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…
Yusef Komunyakaa (1947) Recientemente Poeta Laureado de la Ciudad de Nueva York e Invitado al Encuentro Internacional de Poesía CDMX 2015, publicó hace unas horas un poema inédito como parte de la celebración del National Poetry Month, #npm16. Presentamos la versión al español de Adalberto García López (Culiacán, 1993). Puedes encontrar su libro Dien Cai…
Presentamos tres poemas de Jericho Brown en video. Se trata de una sus lecturas durante el Encuentro Internacional de Poesía CDMX 2015. Jericho Brown acaba de ganar el Langston Hughes Award, lo celebramos compartiendo su lectura en México. Los videos se presentan seguidos por la versión en español de los poemas. Again De nuevo…
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…