Tag: Poetry
Poet Amanda Gorman revisits inaugural triumph with Oprah
LOS ANGELES — Amanda Gorman revisits her inauguration day poetry reading that wowed observers, among them Oprah Winfrey, in the Apple TV+ series “The...
George C. Wolfe, Anne Carson win PEN achievement awards
NEW YORK — Tony Award-winner George C. Wolfe and Canadian poet-translator Anne Carson are among this year's winners of PEN America awards for career...
Acclaimed Polish poet Adam Zagajewski dies at age 75
WARSAW, Poland — Adam Zagajewski, one of Poland’s greatest poets who wrote a poem that came to symbolize the world's sense of shock and...
Vivian Gornick, 7 others win Windham-Campbell Prizes
NEW YORK — Playwright Michael R. Jackson, author-critic Vivian Gornick and fiction and nonfiction writer Renee Gladman are among this year's winners of Windham-Campbell...
Dutch poet declines assignment to translate Gorman’s works
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A writer who was chosen to translate American poet Amanda Gorman's work into Dutch has handed back the assignment following...