Today at Círculo de Poesía: Jan Heller Levi, she is poet. She teaches in the MFA Program at Hunter College. In 1998 she deserved the Walt Whitman Prize for her book Once I Gazed at You in Wonder. Spanish version by Adalberto García López Presentamos un texto de Jan Heller Levi, es poeta. Ella da…
Today at Círculo de Poesía we present poetry by the Walt Whitman Award winner Barbara Ras (1949). Awarded in 1997 for her collection of poems Bite Every Sorrow , her work has been described as profoundly metaphysical in nature and prone to discerning spiritual insights. Spanish translations are by Esteban López Arciga (1994). Hoy en…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1996 Today at Círculo de poesía: Joshua Clover. He was born in 1962 in Bekeley and is a professor of English at the University of California, Davis. Among many other recognitions, he has received the Walt Whitman award in 1996 for his book Madonna…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1995 Today at Círculo de Poesía: Nicole Cooley, Walt Whitman Award 1995 for her first book of poetry, Resurrection (Louisiana State University Press, 1996). She is also the author of The Afflicted Girls (Louisiana State University Press, 2004) and Breach (Louisiana State University Press, 2009). Spanish…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1994 Today at Círculo de Poesía: Jan Richman. She is a poet graduated from the NYU Graduate Creative Writing Program. In 2001 she co-edited the literary journal 6,500. In 1994 she deserved the Walt Whitman Prize for her book Because the Brain Can Be…
Today at Círculo de Poesía, we present “Metropolitan Nigtmare”, a poem by American Stephen Vincent Benét (1898-1943). Known for his lengthy, meditative and humorous social pieces, he earned the Pulitzer Prize in 1929 for his book John Brown’s Body, of which we present here a poem in translation by Sergio Eduardo Cruz. Hoy en Círculo…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: a poem by Leonora Speyer (1872-1956), Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1927. She was a poet and a violinist. Leonora Speyer was born in Washington D.C. in 1872. She won the Pulitzer Prize for her Fiddler’s Farewell (Knopf, 1926) Spanish versión by Roberto Amézquta Presentamos un poema de Leonora Speyer (1872-1956) Poeta…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Amy Lowell. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1926. Amy Lowell born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1874. She write poetry books as A Dome of Many Colored Glass (1912), Sword Blades and Poppy Seed or What’s A Clock (1925)[Pulitzer Prize]. Spanish versions by Adalberto García López Presentamos 3 poemas de Amy Lowell. Premio Pulitzer…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Two poems by Robert Frost (1874-1963) from the Collection, New Hampshire: A Poem with notes and Grace notes, which received the Pulitzer Prize (1923). His work employed settings from rural life in New England and his command of American colloquial speech. Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four…
Today at Círculo de Poesía, as a part of our Pulitzer Prize Dossier, we present the poetry of Carl Sandburg (1878-1967). One of the most influential American Poets, he was a Three-Time Pulitzer Prize winner and one of the most prolific writers of the Twentieth Century. His influence extends from poets of his own generation,…