Category: Poetry Publications

Caitlin Doyle Featured on the PBS NewsHour Poetry Series

August 31, 2016 at 3:59 PM

We’re pleased to share that Caitlin Doyle (Poetry ’08) has been featured on the PBS NewsHour Poetry Series!  PBS spoke with Caitlin about how she started writing, her thoughts on form and sound in poetry, and the history of the bikini. The feature highlights her poem “A Brief History of the Bikini” and includes a recording of […]

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Lisa Hiton published in Vinyl, semi-finalist for Pamet River Prize

August 25, 2016 at 2:35 PM

We’re delighted to share that Lisa Hiton has recently published her gorgeous poem “Dream of My Father’s Shiva, Atlantis, 1450/3074” in Vinyl!  In addition, Lisa was a semi-finalist for the Pamet River Prize with YesYes Books, an annual contest for full-length books of poetry or prose. Congratulations, Lisa! Lisa Hiton holds an M.F.A. in poetry from Boston […]

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Ryan Wilson’s Pushcart nomination and publications

July 15, 2016 at 11:08 AM

We’re blown away by all of Ryan Wilson’s (Poetry ’08) recent achievements! Ryan’s poem “Xenia” was published in the Winter 2016 issue of Able Muse, which nominated the poem for a Pushcart Prize. His long poem, “Authority,” was published in the Spring 2016 issue of The Hopkins Review. Three poems—“L’Esprit de l’Escalier,” “In the Harvest Season,” […]

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Lisa Hiton publishes two poems

June 15, 2016 at 11:06 AM

Lisa Hiton (Poetry 2011) has recently published two poems.  “Dream of My Father’s Shiva, Auschwitz, 1942” appears in Leveler, accompanied by some thoughts on the poem from the editors. “Lethargy” is in Lambda Literary Review, and we found it particularly relevant in light of the tragedies in Orlando. It begins: I am ill with history. With watching it happen […]

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Lisa Hiton wins AWP WC & C Prize

May 27, 2016 at 11:18 AM

We’re thrilled to announce that Lisa Hiton (Poetry 2011) has won the AWP Writers’ Conferences & Centers Prize for her submission “Dislocated Cities”! Tarfia Faizullah, who judged the competition, had this to say about Lisa’s work: These poems experience the concept of time broadly, deeply, and specifically. I’m impressed by the vivid and careful precision in […]

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Tara Skurtu on Poetry Daily and Creative Mornings

May 5, 2016 at 5:12 PM

We’re excited to share that Tara Skurtu’s (Poetry ’13) poem “Tourniquet” was the Poetry Daily poem of the day for World Poetry Day! The poem originally appeared in the March/April ’16 Kenyon Review. In addition, Tara was January’s featured speaker for the Bucharest chapter of the international CreativeMornings monthly breakfast lecture series. The theme was language, and […]

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Laura Marris publishes animated translation in Asymptote

April 25, 2016 at 2:21 PM

We’re delighted to share that Laura Marris (Poetry ’13) has just had an animated translation of a poem by Paol Keineg appear in Asymptote.  For this piece, Laura collaborated with a visual artist to make a translation in which multiple versions could exist at once.  View it here!  Laura had the opportunity to work on […]

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Tara Skurtu’s latest publications

March 1, 2016 at 1:50 PM

Tara Skurtu’s (Poetry ’13) poem “Tourniquet” is in the Kenyon Review, both online and in the March/April print issue!  In addition, her first published translation appears in this same issue: “What’s one of your dead telling you” is a selection from renowned Romanian poet Radu Vancu’s book Rope in Bloom. Both of these are part of this issue’s featured section, which highlights five […]

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Kelly Morse publishes chapbook with Two of Cups Press

February 9, 2016 at 3:16 PM

We’re so excited to announce that Kelly Morse’s (Poetry ’12) chapbook Heavy Light has been published by Two of Cups Press!  Heavy Light was a finalist in the 2015 Two of Cups Chapbook Contest. Click here to buy a copy. “Kelly Morse’s impressive debut chapbook looks clear-eyed at an essential truth of motherhood: life is wholly new not […]

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Dammy Aderibigbe’s latest publications

February 1, 2016 at 12:19 PM

Michael “Dammy” Aderibigbe, one of our current poets, continues to have a productive year: He has recently published poems in the latest issues of cream city review, Fjords, and the Hawaii Review!  Dammy also has a chapbook out called In Praise of Our Absent Father, which was released last month by Akashik Books. Congratulations, Dammy!  We’re very proud of […]

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