Found at Leslie Kahn’s Facebook page, November 22, 2019
The Library: Fair Warning
Poetry
Bookish Poem du Jour
Found at Goodwill Librarian’s Facebook page (March 31, 2021)
Southern Poet Honored with National Poetry Appointment
Natasha Trethewey has been named the next U.S. Poet Laureate.
A Pulitzer Prize winner and former poet laureate of Misssisippi, Ms. Trethewey is currently a professor at Atlanta’s Emory University. She is one of the youngest poets named as U.S. Poet Laureate, and the first Southern poet in many years to be named to the post.
The announcement has been widely reported, such as here at the Huffington Post.
The following books written by Trethewey are available from the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library:
- Domestic Work (2000)
- Bellocq’s Ophelia (2002)
- Native Guard (2006)
- Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast (2010)
A Month’s Worth of Poetry Readings
April is National Poetry Month, and there’s an unusual number of poetry readings scheduled throughout Atlanta this month.
Check Poetry Atlanta’s website for details, and treat yourself to some free or low-cost poetry from local poets.
In a Poet’s Footsteps
Get a jump on April’s National Poetry Month by resolving to read at least one book of poems sometime next month. Meanwhile, you might enjoy this article from the National Geographic Society about a modern photographer’s retracing of 1689 journey made by revered Japanese haiku writer Basho.
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