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…
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…
The Pulitzer Prize committee recently announced Peter Balakian (1951) as this year’s winner in the poetry category; today at Círculo de Poesía we celebrate his award with a brief selection from his winning book Ozone Journal. Balakian’s work often indulges in political themes in a way that is as unafraid of polemics as it is…
Today at Círculo de Poesía: Five poems by Mijail Lamas (Culiacán, 1979) Poet, translator and literary critic. He is the senior editor of Rio Grande Review (University of Texas at El Paso). He has published the poetry collections: Contraverano (2007) and Trevas | Canción del navegante de sí mismo (2013), among others. He has been awarded with the…