poetry
July 20, 2022
London – Yesterday at Sotheby’s in London, a copy of the first edition of Sylvia Plath’s first collection, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960) se
July 12, 2022
Washington, D.C. — Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden today announced the appointment of Ada Limón as the nation’s 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2022-2023.
February 28, 2022
San Marino, CA — The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced that it has acquired the papers of Will Alexander (b.
February 8, 2022
Surrey, England — To be sold at auction on Thursday 10th March, this exceptional work, which is dated 1963, was produced for a fami
January 11, 2022
New York – The Morgan Library & Museum presents Gwendolyn Brooks: A Poet’s Work in Community, opening January 28, 2022, and running through June 5, 2022.
August 23, 2021
London — A first collected edition of Shakespeare's poems (1640) with an illustrious provenance – containing all but eight of the sonnets and other shorter, non-dramatic poetry – has returned to th
May 17, 2021
Austin, TX — A digital collection of manuscripts and photographs related to the Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas held
January 22, 2021
For book lovers, the highlight of the presidential inauguration earlier this week was easily Amanda Gorman’s reading of her poem, “
June 10, 2020
"Where were you during the coronavirus pandemic of 2020," will become a common query of us by generations to come.
