2008 Donald Justice Poetry Prize Winner

One of my favorite poets, John Poch, recently won this award. You can order the book here.

Poet Jeanne Murray Walker Has Poems for You!

The ever-insightful folks at Image Journal have posted audio of Jeanne Murray Walker reading her poems. The recordings were made at the 2007 Glen Workshop.

Check it.

In the Mode of Disappearance

In the Mode of Disappearance is an amazing new book of poetry by Jonathan Weinert. Visit his website for more information - http://www.jonathanweinert.net/

Erin Keane Reading in Louisville, KY

This Friday at St. John’s Renaissance Theater (637 East Market Street) Erin Keane will be reading along with Adam Day. Plus there will be music by Brett Eugene Ralph’s Kentucky Chrome Revue and The Big Time Band. The event, which costs $5 is a National Poetry Month event sponsored by Thousand Poets.

Luci Shaw on Grace Matters this Monday, March 9

WordFarm author Luci Shaw will be the featured guest on the March 9 broadcast of Grace Matters, a radio program of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, where she will be interviewed on "The Crime of Living Cautiously."

Shaw is a poet who understands life to be full of adventure and risk. She joins the program to help distinguish faith from fear, and both from fanaticism.

Grace Matters is currently heard on 175 radio stations in the United States, on the American Forces Network and in several other countries. Podcast and streaming audio versions of the program can be downloaded at www.gracematters.org one day after the airdate.

Li-Young Lee at the Harold Washington Library Center

Li-Young Lee, author of the critically acclaimed Book of My Nights, will be reading in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library Center on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 6pm (Chicago, IL). Admission is free. More information is available at the Poetry Foundation website.

Four Notable Latino Poets

The Poetry Foundation and the Art Institute of Chicago are hosting a reading by four notable Latino poets in Fullerton Hall at the Art Institute of Chicago on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 6pm (Chicago, IL). Poets include: Francisco Aragon, author of Puerta del Sol; Brenda Cardenas, author of From the Tongues of Brick and Stone; Blas Falconer, author of A Question of Gravity; and Gina Franco, author of The Keepsake Storm. Admission is free. More information is available at the Poetry Foundation website.

 

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