The annual Whiting Award for Emerging Writers comes with $50,000 to support each winner’s work. It’s one of the largest prizes granted to promising new authors.
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Opinion: Remembering Renee Good
Renee Good won a national prize six years ago for her poem “On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs,” which muses on science and faith. Good was shot to death by an ICE agent this week in Minneapolis.
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New poetry stresses that our stories are more precious and urgent than ever
Three new collections by mid-career poets lay claim to stories of identity, suffering and hope, to a kind of collective subjectivity, to the inner life of a country in the throes of deep pain and uncertainty.
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This week in books: Get stuck in a Nov. 18 time loop, and explore the world in 70 maps
This week brings new releases from Joy Williams, Simon Winchester and Tracy K. Smith, among other talented writers.
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A new fund will route millions to the literary arts
A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years.
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Arthur Sze named 25th U.S. poet laureate
Sze is a poet with a lot of acclaim — he’s won the National Book Award, was a Guggenheim fellow and was a finalist for the Pulitzer. He aims to promote interest in translated poetry in his new role.
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In ‘Words with Wings and Magic Things,’ poetry is beautifully illustrated — and fun!
What do you get if you add poems that are “Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids” with pictures of yetis and primordial slime? Words with Wings and Magic Things, a book of illustrated poems for kids.
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Four teens on why they like poetry
For 20 years, teens from around the country have come to Washington, D.C. to compete in the national Poetry Out Loud finals.
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These 2 funny books give readers a reason to smile in tough times
Dorothy Parker’s posthumously published collection is Poems; Camilla Barnes’ debut novel is The Usual Desire to Kill. Both affirm: sharp humor can be grounded in pain.
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Two books delivered beauty, inspiration and humor — just when I needed them most
Sometimes, the right book shows up just at the right time. Our book critic encountered two such books this week: Water, Water, by Billy Collins, and The Dog Who Followed the Moon, by James Norbury.
