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…
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: poetry by Alison Hawthorne (1946). Winner of the Walt Whitman Award in 1993 for her book Science and Other Poems she has been praised for her precise language and elaborate metaphors. Spanish translations are by Esteban López Arciga (1994) Hoy en Círculo de Poesía: poesía de Alison Hawthorne (1946). Ganadora…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Stephen Yenser. Born in Kansas in 1941, he is currently head of Creative Writing at the University of California in Los Angeles. He has won the Ingram Merrill Foundation Award, the B.F. Connors prize for Poetry and the Walt Whitman Award in 1993 for the book The Fire in All…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Greg Glazner (Anson, Texas), is author of the books of poetry, Singularity (1996) and From the Iron Chair (1992), which was chosen by Charles Wright for the 1991 Walt Whitman Award. He is a recipient of the Bess Hokin Award from Poetry. He taught in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Spanish translation…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Elaine Terranova (1939), she is poet, academic and editor. She is currently teaching at Rutgers University, Camden, and at the Community College of Philadelphia. She deserved in 1990 the Walt Whitman Prize by her book The Cult of the Right Hand. Spanish version by Adalberto García López Presentamos la poesía…