Sentences with phrase «poet laureate»

Broadside Print Projects, an organization that supports projects involving artists and poets and writers, has brought together artist Nola Zirin and former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky to create a special portfolio based on Zirin's paintings and a poem by Pinsky.

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In addition to two journalistic works on climate change, there is Time and Materials, by Robert Hass, former poet laureate of the United States, which contains «State of the Planet: on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory.

Recently, MoMA's first poet laureate, Kenneth Goldsmith, received national attention for teaching a course at the University of Pennsylvania titled «Wasting Time on the Internet.»

The award was presented by British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy.

Donald Hall, America's new poet laureate, is a bearded, sagely fellow and a trifle unkempt, just what a poet would look like if he were chosen by central casting.

Duffy was appointed last month as the first female poet laureate in the job's 341 - year history and the poem can be seen as a statement of intent that she intends to tackle big, difficult subjects in the nation's narrative.

Maybe it's because they serve longer terms (prior to Motion's appointment, the position was for life), but it seems like British poets laureate get a lot more press than their American counterparts.

The winning artist will be presented with their # 25,000 cheque by poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy at a ritzy gig at Tate Britain tonight; the other three with a consolatory # 5,000.

It is a sobering thought that Richard Wilbur, the two - time Pulitzer Prize - winning poet (1957, 1989) who was named poet laureate of the United States in 1987, is now ninety years old.

, as well as state poet laureate Marjory Wentworth (on hand to discuss her new book, We Are Charleston, about the Mother Emanuel shootings and the aftermath.

The 18th century poet laureate of Scotland, Robert Burns, accurately described the essence of the Border Collie, describing it as «honest» and «faithful».

With words and images at the heart of her practice, and moving between analog and digital modes of assemblage, Stark has been heralded by the Los Angeles Times as «the visual poet laureate of the Internet age.»

Juliana Spahr, poet and English professor, Mills College Alejandro Murguía, San Francisco poet laureate Frances Richard, poet and adjunct professor of fine arts and visual studies, California College of the Arts

Hundreds of writers have denounced the ban, including poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, AL Kennedy, Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Ian Rankin, Irvine Welsh and Joanna Trollope.

Cian: I found out about the People's Assembly about three years ago trawling the internet and I came across this guy called Stephen Morrison - Burke who was the [Birmingham] poet laureate and he presented the poem in the first People's Assembly event that Tony Benn was a part of.

A trio of Ramapo poets: Marty Levine, Diane Weber and Harry Waitzman, will be joined by Rockland County's own poet laureate, Dan Masterson, on Wedesday, April 10, 7 p.m. at the community room of the New City Library.

Cuomo announced that, separately from the selections, Joseph Tusiani has been named poet laureate emeritus, recognizing his contributions to American and Italian literature.

«The wind pours by like destiny, bending everything in one direction,» American poet Sylvia Plath famously wrote of the Yorkshire Moors, where she once lived with her husband, poet laureate Ted Hughes.

Along the way, he transformed himself into the unlikely poet laureate of the American century — the high priest and Pied Piper of one of the most radical experiments in the history of American culture — and the greatest and most resoundingly influential artist of his age.

That these two are make - believe is pretty obvious (snippets of Byatt's horrible «Victorian» poems prove less Tennyson (the actual poet laureate in 1859) than «moony fifteen - year - old»); more surprising is the fact that besides being fictional, LaBute's historical lovers don't appear to have a pulse.

On the one hand, the picture is a heaving - bosoms bodice - ripper circa 1859 featuring fictional poet laureate Randolph Henry Ash (Jeremy Northam) and his correspondence - inspired love affair with fictional lesbian poet Christabel LaMotte (Jennifer Ehle).

His father was the celebrated Anglo - Irish poet laureate Cecil Day - Lewis, his mother the screen actress Jill Balcon, whose father ran Ealing Studios in its heyday.

Two - time poet laureate of the United States Billy Collins gives us our «recommended dietary allowance» of poetry, accompanied by animated videos of five of his poems.

Billy Collins, who was appointed to the post of poet laureate consultant in poetry last summer by the librarian of Congress, planned to announce his new program, «Poetry 180,» this week at his inaugural reading as the country's poetry guide and adviser.

That's a new award that we haven't had before and she is an amazing youth from Harvard College, a national youth poet laureate, and a spoken word artist.

But can anyone name her, or our current poet laureate (also female)?

- BuzzFeed «Deftly, Tracy K. Smith — the reigning poet laureate of the United States — illuminates America's generational wounds.»

Today, 44 states have acting poet laureates, and April is acknowledged as a time for recognizing the beauty and power of verse.

More poet laureate goodness: it's been a busy week at Sudbury's libraries.

A former United States poet laureate reflects on his career, and how his experiences of love, partnership, and aging helped shape the curatorial process for his newest collection.

Natasha Trethewey's term as the nineteenth poet laureate of the United States, during which she has been tasked with raising the country's awareness of poetry, comes to an end this month.

It is supported by a group of wonderful patrons including former poet laureate Andrew Motion and artist Mark Garry.

His monotype collaboration, with poet laureate Robert Pinsky, of Dante's Inferno confronts states of

Both artists are based in Los Angeles, and the exhibition takes stanzas by Wanda Coleman — known as the «L.A. Blueswoman» and the «unofficial poet laureate of Los Angeles» — as a point of departure.

March 2014 - An intimate, beautifully illustrated gift edition of poet laureate W.S. Merwin's wondrous story about how to resurrect a fallen tree.

His lush mauves, pinks, greens, silvery whites, tea browns and soft yellows establish a lyrical resonance that has led John Canady to refer to Avery as the lyrical poet laureate of American painting.

This exhibition features works created for illustrated gift edition of poet laureate W. S. Merwin's story about how to resurrect a fallen tree.

Maine's poet laureate Stuart Kestenbaum and artist Susan Webster talk about their recent collabora...

The South has often been examined in the context of its past, but seldom, if ever, has it been sought so assiduously through contemporary art, bolstered by a catalogue that goes far beyond an exegesis of slides, with lively, personal essays by the likes of former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey and Drive - By Truckers bandleader Patterson Hood.

San Francisco poet laureate Jack Hirschman was commissioned by the Arts Center to write a long poem, «The Marioni Line,» for the show's catalog.

In 1956, the American poet Randall Jarrell was selected as a consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress (a position now called poet laureate).

A onetime poet laureate exhibiting his collages?