All Walt Whitman Awards at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 2017 Today at Círculo de Poesía: Jenny Xie, was born in China and raised in New Jersey. Her debut poetry collection, Eye Level, won the Walt Whitman Award in 2017. Spanish version by Adalberto García López. Presentamos un poema de Jenny Xie, quien…
All Walt Whitman Awards at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 2015 Today at Círculo de Poesía: Sjohnna McCray (Cincinnati, 1972). Poet and essayist. Winner of the Walt Whitman Award in 2015 for his poetry collection Rapture. He teach in the English department at Savannah State University. Spanish version by Adalberto García López Presentamos…
All Walt Whitman Awards at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 2014 Today at Círculo de Poesía: Hannah Sanghee Park, she’s poet. She holds a BA from the University of Washington and an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Her book, The Same-Different, was selected by Rae Armantrout as the winner of the 2014…
All Walt Whitman Awards at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 2013 Today at Círculo de Poesía: two poems by Chris Hosea (1973). Winner of the Walt Whitman Award in 2013 for his collection Put Your Hands In, Hosea is described as one of the true descendants avant-garde art movements of the twentieth century,…
All Walt Whitman Awards at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 2012 Today at Círculo de Poesía: Matt Rasmussen. He was born in International Falls, Minnesota, and holds an MFA from Emerson College. Black Aperture (2013), his first full-length collection, won the Walt Whitman Award and was shortlisted for the National Book Award. His…
All Walt Whitman Awards at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 2011 Today at Círculo de Poesía we present two poems of Elana Bell, her debut poetry book Eyes, Stone, received the Walt Whitman Award 2011. Bell has conducted poetry workshops for educators, women in prison, teenagers across the country. Spanish versions by Adalberto García…
All Walt Whitman Awards at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 2010 Today at Círculo de Poesía we present a poem of Carl Adamshick (1969). He’s poet. His book, Curses and Wishes, was selected by Marvin Bell for the 2010 Walt Whitman Award. In 2012, the collection won the Stafford/Hall Award for Poetry from…
All Walt Whitman Awards at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 2009 Today at Círculo de Poesía we present two poems by J. Michael Martinez (Colorado, 1978). With a verse that creates a powerful tension between silence and negative speech, Martinez flirts with a discourse that at times resembles mysticism, dwelling unafraid into the…
All Walt Whitman Awards at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 2008 Today at Círculo de Poesía: Jonathan Thirkield. Thirkield was born and raised in New York City, where he currently lives. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and was a Truman Capote fellow in Iowa Writer’s Workshop. His 2008 collection The Waker’s…
All Walt Whitman Awards at Círculo de Poesía The Walt Whitman Award 2007 Today at Círculo de Poesía: we present Sally Van Doren (St. Louis) She is a graduate of Phillips Academy and Princeton University and received an MFA from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Van Doren was awarded the 2007 Walt Whitman Award for…