Today at Círculo de Poesía: A poem by Martha Hollander, Walt Whitman Award 1989. The poem is based on Tempest, a work by italian Cinquecento painter Giorgione. Hollander was awarded for her book The Game of Statues (Atlantic Press. 1990). Spanish translation by Roberto Amézquita Presentamos un poema de Martha Hollander, ganadora del Walt Whitman…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1988 Today at Círculo de Poesía: April Bernard. She was born in 1960, and was educated at Harvard University and holds a Ph.D from Yale. Her first book, Blackbird Bye Bye, was awarded the 1989 Walt Whitman Prize; she has published four more…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1987 Today at Círculo de Poesía: Judith Baumel (1956, Bronx, New York) is an American poet, author of two books of poetry: Now (1996) and The Weight of Numbers (1988), for which she won the Walt Whitman Award (1987), judged by Mona Van Duyn.…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1986 Today at Círculo de Poesía: Chris Llewellyn. She is a poet graduated from Warren Wilson College. She won in 1986 the Walt Whitman Award. Some of her books are: Valentines Praise, Mirror-Writing (2008), The Avian Muses (1990) and Fragments from the Fire: the…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1985 Today at Círculo de Poesía: Two poems by Christianne Balk (1953). Graduated with honors in biology from Grinnell College, her works have been featured in The New Yorker, Sonora Review, Crazy Horse, among other magazines. In 1985 she was awarded with the Walt…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1984 Today at Círculo de Poesía: Eric Pankey. He was born in Missouri in 1959, and received his BA from the University of Missouri at Columbia. His collection For the New Year was given the Walt Whitman Award in 1984. Currently, he is a…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1983 Today at Círculo de Poesía: Christopher Gilbert (1949-2007). Poet born in Alabama. He recived the Walt Whitman Award in 1983 for his poetry collection: Across the Mutual Landscape (1984). We present his poem: The Bridge Across. Spanish version by Roberto Amézquita (1985).…
All Whitman Laureates at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 1982 Today at Círculo de Poesía: Anthony Petrosky (Pennsylvania, 1948). Author of three poetry collections: Crazy Love (2003), Red and Yellow Boat (1994), and Jurgis Petraskas (1983), selected by Philip Levine as the winner of the 1982 Walt Whitman Award. He is also the…
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…