HERE IS THE 2023 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLIST.
lithub.com--May 1, 2023
Across the pond this morning, the good people at the Women’s Prize for Fiction—one of the literary world’s most high-profile and prestigious awards—announced the 2023 shortlist, which includes both former winners and three first-time novelists. Read more
Poet Sarah Holland-Batt wins the 2023 Stella Prize.
lithub.com--May 1, 2023
Sarah Holland-Batt spoke at an Australian royal commission in 2019 on the poor state of aged care on behalf of her father, who had Parkinson’s and died in 2020. She later worked her experiences into a collection, The Jaguar, that has taken out the 2023 Stella Prize, awarded last night in Sydney.
Stella prize chair, Alice Pung OAM, offered an appraisal of Holland-Batt’s poetry:
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how the poet jorie graham wrote the best book of her long career
Photo: Jeannette Montgomery Barron | vulture.com--May 1, 2023 Late Work How the poet Jorie Graham — living with cancer, reeling from her mother’s death — wrote the best book of her long career. Discover more
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What are the most anticipated new novels and nonfiction book releases for May 2023?
dandelionchandelier.com--May 1 2023
The Favorite Poem Project is a collection of 50+ short video documentaries showcasing individual Americans reading and speaking personally about poems they love.
APRIL IS NATIONAL POETRY MONTH
Spoken Like a True Poet
Art by Adeshola Makinde | poetryfoundation.org--April 1, 2023 In Joshua Bennett’s history of spoken word, poetry is alive and well thanks to a movement that began in living rooms and bars.
Early in Spoken Word: A Cultural History (Knopf, 2023), Joshua Bennett assures the many parties keeping vigil over poetry that the ancient art remains alive and well in the United States. “Spoken word is the best possible rejoinder to anyone claiming that poetry in this country is dead or not relevant to younger... Read More
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Become "Unprisoned" With Tracy McMillan - Writing Black with Maiysha Kai
Photo Credit: gettyimages | thegrio.com--April 1, 2023
Maiysha brings on relationship expert and acclaimed writer, producer and creator of Hulu's new hit series "Unprisoned" which stars Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo. Tracy and Mayisha discuss how "Unprisoned" is based on Tracy's actual relationship with her father who was in prison for close to two decades. The two talk about what it takes to make it in Hollywood, relationships and what Tracy has planned for the future.
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Month
lithub.com--April 1, 2023
Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood, Catherine Lacey’s Biography of X, Matthew Desmond’s Poverty, By America, and Sebastian Barry’s Old God’s Time all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Month.
Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s “Rotten Tomatoes for books.”
20 new paperbacks hitting shelves this April.
lithub.com--April 1, 2023
As April rolls around and scattered showers might keep us indoors (or nudge us to a sheltered spot outdoors), it’s a great time to revisit the books we had been meaning to read. Whether you choose to read indoors or out—and I support both—a list of some intriguing books that will be released in paperback this month!
"Sweet April showers / Do spring May flowers."
- Thomas Tusser
MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
Phenomenal Woman
Celebrating National Women's History Month
Proclamation: Women’s History Month, 2023
Proclamation: Women’s History Month, 2023
Celebrating National Women's History Month
Proclamation: Women’s History Month, 2023
whitehouse.gov--February 28, 2023
Every March, Women’s History Month provides an opportunity to honor the generations of trailblazing women... Continue reading
Celebrating National Women's History Month
Celebrating National Women's History Month
Celebrating National Women's History Month
Photo by John Olson for Getty Images | PoetryFoundation.org--March 1, 2023
Poems, articles, podcasts and blog posts that explore women's history and rights.
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“WE NEED WOMEN WHO ARE SO STRONG THEY CAN BE GENTLE, SO EDUCATED THEY CAN BE HUMBLE,
SO FIERCE THEY CAN BE COMPASSIONATE, SO PASSIONATE THEY CAN BE RATIONAL
AND SO DISCIPLINED THEY CAN BE FREE."
—Kavita Ramdas, Advocate
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“I HAVE CHOSEN TO NO LONGER BE APOLOGETIC FOR MY FEMALENESS AND MY FEMININITY.
AND I WANT TO BE RESPECTED IN ALL OF MY FEMALENESS BECAUSE I DESERVE TO BE."
—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, writer
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Illustration by Shyama Golden | poetryfoundation.org
Tracing the fight
for equality and women’s rights
through poetry.
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2023 BLACK HISTORY MONTH THEME CELEBRATES BLACK RESISTANCE
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Black History Month With NMAAHC Curator Mary Elliott
Mary Elliott, the museum’s curator of slavery and freedom, discusses the origin of Black History Month, its significance and why it's a special occasion at the museum. In 2023, the theme is "Black Resistance," and stories of Black Resistance abound throughout the museum.
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The responsibility of an artist representing an oppressed people is to make revolution irresistible.
Dr. Toni Cade Bambara, author, professor, activist
The Best Books of 2023 (So Far)
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Haymarket Books, Macmillan, Riverhead Books, St. Martin’s Press| vulture.com--April 4, 2023
When the glories of spring are still on the far-off horizon and the doldrums of late winter take hold, there’s an escape within your grasp no matter your travel budget: a great new book. While the conversation in early 2023 was dominated by a certain prince turned memoirist, readers who looked beyond the big displays could be rewarded with an exciting debut novel, a memoir from a celebrated late journalist, and an exhilarating romance told in verse. We still have many books to look forward to this year, but for now, here are the best, picked by our critics. Learn More
The best books of 2022, according to cultural tastemakers
cnn.com--January 1, 2023
If you've reached the end of the year feeling as though you didn't read enough, we've got you. Here are some of the best books of the year according to notable authors, artists, image-makers and other cultural tastemakers.
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"I Carry You"
by Shawn McKinney
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2022: Poetry’s Year in Prose
Art by Rob Dobi | poetryfoundation.org--January 1, 2023
This year, the Poetry Foundation published more than three dozen longform features—a trove
of criticism and conversations that explores, celebrates, and provokes.
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"Lessons"
by A. Shawn McKinney ~ Gallery Particulier
is a collection of 50+ short video documentaries showcasing individual Americans reading and speaking personally about poems they love.
Ekphrastic Poetry
Art by Sirin Thada | PoetryFoundation.org--August 1, 2022
Responding to flurries of circumstances around us is challenging. Ekphrastic poetry is a way of exploring a complex world, while working within containment. Ekphrasis is defined as the use of detailed description of a work of visual art as a literary device. The artwork’s reality holds the viewer within it, while also firing off personal associations that construct a second world—the world of the poem—then yield another world—the poetic space opened in the mind of the reader, replete with their associations.
Poems of Protest, Resistance, and Empowerment
Illustration by CHema Skandal! | PoetryFoundation.org--July 1, 2022
Why poetry is necessary and sought after during crises?
Pithy and powerful, poetry is a popular art form at protests and rallies. From the civil rights and women’s liberation movements to Black Lives Matter, poetry is commanding enough to gather crowds in a city square and compact enough to demand attention on social media. Speaking truth to power remains a crucial role of the poet in the face of political and media rhetoric designed to obscure, manipulate, or worse. Learn more
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