Ocean Vuong (1988) es la sensación de la nueva poesía norteamericana. Ha llegado a decirse que su lenguaje poético renueva el inglés todo. Presentamos la conversación que hoy mismo, en el New Yorker, sostuvo con Daniel Wenger. Ocean Vuong es autor de los libros de poemas: Burnings (2010), No (2013) y Night Sky with Exit…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1981 Today at Círculo de Poesía we proudly share the work of Alberto Ríos (1952), Mexican-American poet winner of the prestigious Walt Whitman Award in 1981 for his collection Fool the Wind. Profoundly influenced by his Latin heritage, his poetry has been praised for…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1980 Today at Círculo de Poesía, as part of our celebration of the National Poetry Month 2016, we present: Jared Carter (Indiana, 1939). His collection Work, for the Night is Coming won the Walt Whitman Award in 1980. He has been a two-time recipient of the National…
All Whitman Laurates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1979 Today at Círculo de Poesía, as part of our celebration of the National Poetry Month 2016, we present: David Bottoms (Georgia, 1949), he is poet and academic. In 1979 he won the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets for his…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1978 Today at Círculo de Poesía, as part of our celebration of the National Poetry Month 2016, we present Karen Snow. Karen’s work has appeared in the Beloit Poetry Journal, Chowder Review, Montserrat Review, Heartland Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, ANON and North American Review. She…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1977 Today at Círculo de Poesía, as part of our celebration of the National Poetry Month 2016, we present two poems by the 1977 Walt Whitman Award winner Lauren Shakely (1948). Her book Guilty Bystander received praise for its spot-on portrayal of modern urban hysteria;…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1976 Today at Círculo de Poesía, as part of our celebration of the National Poetry Month 2016, we present: Laura Gilpin (1950-2007). Her book The Hocus-Pocus of the Universe (Doubleday, 1977), was the winner of the 1976 Walt Whitman Award. She also published aonther book…
En esta entrega de nuestro dossier de poesía británica contemporánea curado y traducido por Luis David Palacios, presentamos la poesía de Robert Crawford (1959, Bellshill, Escocia). Crawford es uno de los poetas y críticos de más renombre en la actualidad. En la década de los noventas era miembro New generation, el grupo que ha dado a las…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1975 Today at Círculo de Poesía, as part of our celebration of the National Poetry Month 2016, we present: Reg Saner (1931). Saner was born in Jacksonville, Illinois. After serving in the military during the Korean War, he studied philosophy and Renaissance culture at the…
The Best American Poetry (La Mejor Poesía Estadounidense) es una serie, iniciada por el poeta y editor David Lehman en 1988 que tiene un editor invitado diferente cada año. Lehman, siendo el editor general de la serie, cada año aporta un prólogo que se enfoca en la situación de la poesía estadounidense contemporánea y el…