Herman Melville will stand in a swirl of waves and whale ribs in a new statue to be placed outside the Seaman’s Bethel in New ...

Jewel Rodgers, the daughter of 1972 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers, was named this week by Gov. Jim Pillen to be the next Nebraska State Poet. She was sel ...

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Mort's collection "Music for the Dead and Resurrected" won the 2021 International Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2022 UNT Rilke Prize. Her other honors include a 2021 Rome Prize in literature and ...

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Scientific Marvel is a poetry book by Chimwemwe Undi. (House of Anansi Press, Imalka Nilmalgoda) Scientific Marvel is a poetry collection that looks into the history of and current life in Winnipeg.

The King has approved the award of His Majesty’s Gold Medal for Poetry for the year 2024 to George Szirtes. The Gold Medal for Poetry was established by King George V in 1933 and is awarded for ...