Today at Círculo de Poesía: Judy Jordan (1961), grew up on a small farm near the border between the Carolinas, was the first member of her family to attend college. Her first poetry collection, Carolina Ghost Woods (2000), was selected by James Tate to receive the 1999 Walt Whitman Award and won the National Book…
Today at Círculo de Poesía, as part of our Pulitzer Prize dossier, we present poems by George Dillon (1906-1968). Nowadays a poet mostly remembered for being the lover of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dillon was the editor of Poetry Magazine while serving in the Signal Corps during World War II, eventually announcing the freedom of…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Santiago Espinosa (Bogotá, 1985) Poet and literary critic. He studied Literature and Philosophy at Universidad de Los Andes. Currently he teaches at Gimnasio Moderno in Bogotá Colombia. In 2010 he published Los ecos, his first collection of poems. Lo Lejano, his second book, was published in Ecuador by El Ángel…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Six poems by Mario Meléndez (Linares, Chile, 1971) Among his publications there are: Apuntes para una leyenda, Vuelo subterráneo, El circo de papel, La muerte tiene los días contados and Esperando a Perec. His poems are published in various literary magazines and anthologies both in Chile and abroad. Part of…
Yesterday The Griffin Trust For Excellence in Poetry announced the winners of the prestigious Griffin Award 2016. We present a selection of both canadian and international poets. in English and in a Spanish translation by various Mexican authors. This year the Canadian Prize goes to Liz Howard, for her book: Infinite Citizen of the Shaking…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Two poems by Juan Arabia (Buenos Aires, 1983).Poet, essayist and literary critic. Juan Arabia is also the director of the renowned printed and electronic magazine: Buenos Aires Poetry (www.buenosairespoetry.com). At the beginning of 2011 he published his first poetry collection Canciones del Gólgota. The present english translation are by scottish…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: A poem by Andrea Cote-Botero (Barrancabermeja, 1981). She is a colombian poet, author of poetry collections: Puerto Calcinado, Cosas Frágiles and Chinatown a toda hora. She was awarded with National Poetry Prize of the Externado University of Colombia (2003). International Poetry Prize Bridges of Struga (2005) and Cittá de Castrovillari Prize (2010). The…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Conrad Akien (1889-1973) American poet and writer. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1930. He was the poetry consultant of the Library of Congress from 1950–1952. He also won the National Book Award and the first edition of the Shelley Memorial Award, in 1929. Spanish translation by Adalberto García López En el marco…
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…