Kareem James Abu-Zeid wins $25,000 from NEA for the translation of a masterwork of Arabic literature
The NEA has recently awarded Kareem James Abu-Zeid a $25,000 grant, which will support work on a contemporary, poetic translation of the Al-Mu’allaqat or “The Hanging Poems,” an important collection… Read more »
Knox Professor publishes first-ever anthology of Quechua poetry
Last December, we reported that the Peruvian television station TV Peru was launching its first-ever program in Quechua, “the most widely spoken autochthonous language in Peru, with millions of speakers also… Read more »
Reeling from Trump’s executive orders, some unacknowledged legislators propose a few of their own
Since the Donald Trump took office in January, executive orders have been one of the primary means by which our long national agita is continually stoked. If you’re unclear on the exact definition,… Read more »
Science has now proved that poetry gives us the feels
I was the shadow of the waxwing slain (Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire) A splash quite unnoticed this was Icarus drowning (William Carlos Williams, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus) Jenny,… Read more »
Google these poems and change the way people think of Miami’s inmates
It’s a fact that the United States incarcerates a greater percentage of its population than any country in the world. But thinking about the problem as numbers instead of people… Read more »
On the poetry of a film on poetry
I’m not usually one to watch movies of my favorite books, or listen to them as audio. Perhaps it’s cliche to say this nowadays, but I don’t want to destroy the… Read more »
The Poet vs. The Standardized Test
Poetry, to the middle school mind, can be an awfully daunting subject. Standardized tests, to that same young mind, can be an awfully daunting way to measure a student’s competence in… Read more »
“Illiterate” man on trial in UAE for sharing poem on WhatsApp
The poetry-friendly (in specific contexts) United Arab Emirates has jailed and put a man on trial for sharing a poem on WhatsApp. The man’s counsel, however, is claiming that the defendant’s minimal… Read more »
The Poetry of Trump
Later this month, HarperCollins will publish reporter and humorist Hart Seely’s Bard of the Deal: The Poetry of Donald Trump, a book of poems crafted from interviews, speeches, and tweets… Read more »
Okay, okay: Orwell was no Byron
Last month, despite apparent reservations, The Orwell Society decided to publish a slim volume of 42 little-known poems written by George Orwell. The poems were written over a 35-year span, from… Read more »