Genre: Poetry

Rentrée

The Time Is Now
9.3.24

The French expression, à la rentrée, literally means “at the return” and can be translated as “see you in the fall” to refer to the time of year when students return back to school after the summer break and vacationers return to the city and to work after out-of-town trips—a time to start anew feeling reenergized with a refreshed and rested perspective on everyday routines. Think about the projects, personal goals, or relationships that you’d like to approach with a fresh start this autumn season. To celebrate la rentrée, write a poem that revolves around a familiar relationship, duty, or obligation. How might it be approached from a different angle or seen in a new light?

List of the Lost

The Time Is Now
8.27.24

Can what was once lost still be found? The Search for Lost Birds, a global partnership between the American Bird Conservancy, Re:wild, and BirdLife International, was founded in 2021 to shed a light on species of birds that are deemed “lost,” meaning that there has been no documented evidence of them in over a decade, but that they may still exist. Researchers from the organization recently published a paper in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment citing over one hundred “lost” bird species with the majority in danger of extinction. Jot down a list of items that have been lost to you over the years, perhaps including both physical objects and intangible things, and compose a poem that incorporates your list. How might you play with the order of items, punctuation, line breaks, sound, and rhythm to express the experience of loss?

Cry About It

The Time Is Now
8.20.24

In the 1960s, a string of songs about crying hit the air waves, from Roy Orbison’s “Crying,” to “Big Girls Don’t Cry” by The Four Seasons, to Lesley Gore’s song that begins with, “It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to.” Crying has carried on as a theme in popular songs throughout the decades with Prince’s 1984 ballad “When Doves Cry,” Aerosmith’s 1993 hit “Cryin’” and The Weeknd’s 2020 song “Save Your Tears.” This week, take a cue from tunes about shedding tears and write a poem that incorporates crying in some way, whether about sorrow or joy, letting the waterworks flow or attempting to hold them back. Consider using unique diction or imagery to put a fresh spin on conventional tropes. What can you say about crying that hasn’t been said before?

SparkTalks: Daniel Borzutsky

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In this short reading hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago’s SparkTalks series, Daniel Borzutzky reads “Apparatus #519” from his poetry collection The Murmuring Grief of the Americas (Coffee House Press, 2024), which is featured in Page One in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Poetry
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Daniel Borzutzky
The Murmuring Grief of the Americas
Coffee House Press
SparkTalks
University of Illinois Chicago
Page One
September/October 2024

Carl Phillips on Scattered Snows, to the North

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In this video from U.K. publisher Carcanet Press, Carl Phillips talks about the themes of memory and reflection within his seventeenth poetry collection, Scattered Snows, to the North (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024), which is featured in Page One in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Poetry
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Carl Phillips
Scattered Snows, to the North
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Carcanet Press
writing process
Page One
September/October 2024

Prospect Street Writers House

September/October 2024

Prospect Street Writers House offers one- and two-week residencies in January and from May through November to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at the Prospect Street residency in the village of North Bennington, Vermont. Residents are provided with lodging in dorm-style bedrooms with a private bathroom and an en suite kitchenette and sitting room, as well as access to shared common spaces, including a kitchen, dining room, great room, library, office, porch, and a half-acre garden with a terrace.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
January 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
April 23, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
April 23, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Prospect Street Writers House, 20 Prospect Street, North Bennington, VT 05257. (802) 730-4125. Gary Clark, Managing Director.

Gary Clark
Managing Editor
Contact City: 
North Bennington
Contact State: 
VT
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
05257
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Edith Wharton–Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence Program

September/October 2024

The Edith Wharton–Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence Program offers one-week residencies during the month of March to nine emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Mount, Edith Wharton’s former home in Lenox, Massachusetts. Residents will be provided a $500 stipend; dedicated private work spaces at the Mount, a 1902 Georgian revival mansion; and lodging at a nearby hotel with private bedrooms and bathrooms.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
March 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
October 1, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
October 1, 2024
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Edith Wharton–Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence Program, The Mount, P.O. Box 974, Lenox, MA 01240. 

Contact City: 
Lenox
Contact State: 
MA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
01240
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Iota Short Forms Conference

September/October 2024

The ninth annual Iota Short Forms Conference was held from October 20 to October 23 at the Cobscook Institute in Trescott, Maine, and its surrounding fifty acres of forest and former farmland. The conference featured writing classes, readings, workshops, an open mic, and craft talks oriented toward forms of short prose writing, including essays, prose poems, short stories, flash fiction and nonfiction, micro essays, and more. The faculty included fiction and nonfiction writer Ann Hood and nonfiction writer Penny Guisinger.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
October 20, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
September 30, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
April 23, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Iota Short Forms Conference, Cobscook Institute, 10 Commissary Point Road, Trescott TWP, ME 04652. Beana Hopkins, Community Steward.

Beana Hopkins
Community Steward
Contact City: 
Trescott
Contact State: 
ME
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
04652
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Southern Festival of Books

September/October 2024

The 2024 Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word, sponsored by Humanities Tennessee, was held on October 26 and October 27 at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Tennessee State Library & Archives, and Tennessee State Museum in Nashville. The festival featured readings, panel discussions, a bookfair, book signings, and music performances. Participating authors included poet and fiction writer Ron Rash, fiction writers Bonnie Jo Campbell and Rachel Khong, fiction and nonfiction writers Andre Dubus III and Ann Patchett, and nonfiction writer Erik Larson.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
October 26, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
April 23, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
April 23, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Southern Festival of Books, Humanities Tennessee, 615 Main Street, Suite B19, Nashville, TN 37206. (615) 770-0006. Serenity Gerbman, Director of Literature & Language Programs.

Serenity Gerbman
Director of Literature & Language Programs
Contact City: 
Nashville
Contact State: 
TN
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
37206
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

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