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Poetry Foundation honors Robert Pinsky with a $100,000 lifetime achievement prize

Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky has received a $100,000 lifetime achievement award

The Independent UK · Sep 9

Kimiko Hahn wins $100,000 award from Poetry Foundation for lifetime achievement

Cornelius Eady, Toi Derricotte and Kimiko Hahn are among this year’s winners of awards from the Poetry Foundation, which announced some of poetry's most lucrative prizes

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Best Poetry Lessons and Activities

Explore top online poetry lessons and activities, ideal for National Poetry Month.

Tech&Learning · Mar 30, 2023

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Search is on for Chicago’s first poet laureate

The poet will serve a two-year term and be awarded a grant of $50,000 for the commissioning of new poems and to create public programs, including for youth and students.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 5, 2023

Poetry has a new editor — and now a new issue. It’s time to give a fresh look at this important Chicago magazine.

CHICAGO — The new editor of Poetry magazine, one of the city’s most important and influential publications, is Adrian Matejka, a great poet and a good guy.

Chicago Tribune · Dec 7, 2022

Meet Adrian Matejka, the first Black editor to lead Poetry magazine in its 110-year history

CHICAGO — Adrian Matejka, Indiana’s poet laureate from 2018-2019, is still trying to figure out Chicago’s bus system. He laughs about missing his bus heading to the Poetry Foundation on Superior Street because a new neighbor recognized him and said, “I love poetry, and heard that you’re the new editor.…

Chicago Tribune · Jun 22, 2022

Adrian Matejka will be first Black editor of Poetry magazine, which faced criticism on diversity

Published in Chicago, it’s one of the country’s oldest and most prominent literary publications. Matejka, a former Indiana poet laureate, has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 28, 2022

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Adrian Matejka will be first Black editor of Poetry magazine

Poetry magazine, one of the country’s oldest and most prominent literary publications, will for the first time have a Black editor

The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2022

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