April is National Poetry month in the US and there are many ways to celebrate! From Twitter poetry to National Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 27th, and attending local poetry gatherings, language, poems, and poets are in the spotlight.
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Books Awards, Make-A-Wish, Political Poetry & More! Your Weekly Lit News Round Up by Emily Ramser
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Announced Henry Louis Gates Jr announced the recipients of the 82nd annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards on March 23. In this announcement, he
NBCC Winners, Virtual Reality, Emography & more! Your Weekly Lit News Roundup by Laurel Dowswell
On March 16, the NBCC celebrated the finalists for the 2016 publishing year. The winners include Louise Erdrich for her novel, LaRose, and Ishion Hutchinson for poetry with House of Lords and Commons.
Smuggled Fiction, Costly Tweets, Powerful Poetry & More! Your Weekly Lit News Round Up by Laurel Dowswell
First Known English Publication of Fiction Out of North Korea Lands in U.S. The Accusation, a collection of short stories by the pseudonymous North Korean
2017 in Verse, Fantasy Novel Adaptions, Fiction Apps & More! Your Weekly Lit News Roundup by Emily Ramser
Indigenous Poet Ali Cobby Eckermann Wins $215,000 Literary Prize The Australian writer and poet won a Windham-Campbell prize. Eckermann, currently unemployed, is living in Adelaide. She
Awards, E-Books, a Discovery & More! Your Weekly Lit News Roundup by Laurel Dowswell
Los Angeles Times Book Finalists Announced The finalists, announced on 2/22, include Zadie Smith’s novel Swing Time, Jane Mayer’s Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind
Change Seven Magazine 