Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,
Irish or
France).
Events
January 19 – For the first time since
1949, an anonymous black-clad man, known as the
Poe Toaster, failed to show up at the tomb of
Edgar Allan Poe at the
Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, early on the morning of Poe's birthday. The absence of the man, who would toast Poe with Cognac and leave three red roses at the grave (along with the rest of the Cognac), disappointed more than 30 people who stayed up all night to be present at the appearance.[1]
May 1 –
David Biespiel, writing in Poetry, suggests (in an essay titled "This Land Is Our Land") that the insularity of America's poets has left them with a minimal presence in American civic discourse and a minuscule public role in the life of American democracy.[6]
Anne Carson, Nox, New Directions, described by one reviewer as "not really a 'book' at all, but rather a box of material connected accordion-style (in one folded, ribbon-like page many yards long) about the death of her deeply troubled older brother Michael" and including a translation of
Catullus 101; Canadian published in the
United States[10]
James Reaney, A Suit of Nettles. Porcupine's Quill.
Lisa Robertson, R's Boat, 96 pages, "New California Poetry" series of the University of California Press,
ISBN978-0-520-26240-9, written by a Canadian poet living in and published in the
United States
Bernardine Evaristo &
Daljit Nagra. editors, Ten: New poets from Spread the Word, an anthology, with work by Mir Mahfuz Ali, Rowyda Amin,
Malika Booker,
Roger Robinson, Karen McCarthy,
Nick Makoha, Denise Saul, Seni Seniviratne, Shazea Quraishi and Janet Kofi Tsekpo; Bloodaxe Books
Nicole Brossard, Selections, introduction by
Jennifer Moxley, translations by many hands, University of California Press, Berkeley
Julie Carr, 100 Notes on Violence, Ahsahta Press, Boise, ID
Anne Carson, Nox, New Directions, described by one reviewer as "not really a 'book' at all, but rather a box of material connected accordion-style (in one folded, ribbon-like page many yards long) about the death of her deeply troubled older brother Michael" and including a translation of
Catullus 101;
Canadian published in the United States[10]
Bei Dao, author, and
Eliot Weinberger, translator and editor, The Rose of Time: New and Selected Poems, a bilingual English/
Chinese edition of poems written in Chinese by Bei Dao; preface by Bei Dao, afterword by Eliot Weinberger; 304 pages; New Directions,
ISBN978-0-8112-1848-1
Larry Eigner, The Collected Poems of Larry Eigner, edited by Curtis Faville and
Robert Grenier, Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 2010, (Vol. I: 1937–1958; Vol. II: 1958–1966; Vol. III: 1966–1978; Vol. IV: 1978–1995);
ISBN978-0-8047-5090-5
Sawako Nakayasu, Texture Notes, Letter Machine Editions, Chicago / Denver
Travis Nichols, Iowa, Letter Machine Editions, Chicago / Denver
Tamae K. Prindle, translator, On Knowing Oneself Too Well: Selected Poems of
Ishikawa Takuboku, translated from the original Japanese of the
tanka poems written until the author's death in
1912 at age 26, 146 pages, Syllabic Press,
ISBN978-0-615-34562-8
Barbara Ras, The Last Skin, Penguin, New York / London
Atsuro Riley, Romey's Order, 54 pages; University of Chicago Press[20]
Lisa Robertson, R's Boat, 96 pages, "New California Poetry" series of the University of California Press,
ISBN978-0-520-26240-9, written by a
Canadian poet living in and published in the United States
Marc Rosen,
James P. Wagner, coeditors and compilers, Perspectives: Poetry Concerning Autism and Other Disabilities, 178 pages, Local Gems Poetry Press,
ISBN978-0-557-57112-3
R. M. Ryan, Vaudeville in the Dark, 68 pages; Louisiana State University Press[20]
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Book of What Remains, Copper Canyon, Port Townsend, WA
Kevin Young, editor, The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing, 150 poems arranged to correspond with the grieving process, grouped by: Reckoning, Remembrance, Rituals, Recovery and Redemption; 336 pages, Bloomsbury USA,
ISBN978-1-60819-033-1
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
Ben Lerner, Die Lichtenbergfiguren: Gedichte. Zweisprachig ("The Lichtenberg Figures: Poems"), a bilingual English/German edition; translated into German by
Steffen Popp, 70 pages, Luxbooks,
ISBN978-3-939557-42-5
Bei Dao, author, and
Eliot Weinberger, translator and editor, The Rose of Time: New and Selected Poems, a bilingual English/
Chinese edition of poems written in Chinese by Bei Dao; preface by Bei Dao, afterword by Eliot Weinberger; 304 pages; New Directions,
ISBN978-0-8112-1848-1; published in the
United States
János Háy, Egy szerelmes vers története ("The Story of a Love Poem"), Palatinus;
Hungary[26]
May 22 –
Veturi (
Telugu: వేటూరి సుందరరామమూర్తి), 74,
Telugu-language
Indian poet, journalist, writer and lyricist in the Indian cinema, cardiac arrest.[59]
June 16 –
Allen Hoey, 57 (born
1952),
American poet who received a Pulitzer prize nomination for his 2008 collection Country Music,, of a
heart attack.[64]
Edwin Morgan, 90 (born
1920),
Scottish poet in English and Scots, appointed first "
Scottish Makar" (national poet of Scotland) in
2004, an honor which he held the rest of his life[72]
Micky Burn, 97 (born
1912),
English writer, journalist, World War II commando and prize-winning poet[75]
Carmelo Arden Quin, 97 (born
1913),
Uruguayan poet, political writer, painter, sculptor and co-founder of the international artistic movement “Madi”[76]
^Web page titled
"Broer af sultne ord" for "digte" ("poetry") at "Gyldendals internetboghandel" ("Gylendals internet bookstore") website, retrieved January 29, 2010
^Web page titled
"Kulørte balletfantasier" at "Gyldendals internetboghandel" ("Gylendals internet bookstore") website, retrieved January 29, 2010
^The 2010 award was announced in March 2011. The announcement process differs from the Pulitzer Prize announcement. Like the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer is also awarded to publications from the previous year, but unlike the NBCCA, the Pulitzer award is named for the year in which it is given. The volume of poetry Versed, published in 2009, won the 2009 NBCC and the 2010 Pulitzer. See the Discussion page of this article for more information.
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,
Irish or
France).
Events
January 19 – For the first time since
1949, an anonymous black-clad man, known as the
Poe Toaster, failed to show up at the tomb of
Edgar Allan Poe at the
Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, early on the morning of Poe's birthday. The absence of the man, who would toast Poe with Cognac and leave three red roses at the grave (along with the rest of the Cognac), disappointed more than 30 people who stayed up all night to be present at the appearance.[1]
May 1 –
David Biespiel, writing in Poetry, suggests (in an essay titled "This Land Is Our Land") that the insularity of America's poets has left them with a minimal presence in American civic discourse and a minuscule public role in the life of American democracy.[6]
Anne Carson, Nox, New Directions, described by one reviewer as "not really a 'book' at all, but rather a box of material connected accordion-style (in one folded, ribbon-like page many yards long) about the death of her deeply troubled older brother Michael" and including a translation of
Catullus 101; Canadian published in the
United States[10]
James Reaney, A Suit of Nettles. Porcupine's Quill.
Lisa Robertson, R's Boat, 96 pages, "New California Poetry" series of the University of California Press,
ISBN978-0-520-26240-9, written by a Canadian poet living in and published in the
United States
Bernardine Evaristo &
Daljit Nagra. editors, Ten: New poets from Spread the Word, an anthology, with work by Mir Mahfuz Ali, Rowyda Amin,
Malika Booker,
Roger Robinson, Karen McCarthy,
Nick Makoha, Denise Saul, Seni Seniviratne, Shazea Quraishi and Janet Kofi Tsekpo; Bloodaxe Books
Nicole Brossard, Selections, introduction by
Jennifer Moxley, translations by many hands, University of California Press, Berkeley
Julie Carr, 100 Notes on Violence, Ahsahta Press, Boise, ID
Anne Carson, Nox, New Directions, described by one reviewer as "not really a 'book' at all, but rather a box of material connected accordion-style (in one folded, ribbon-like page many yards long) about the death of her deeply troubled older brother Michael" and including a translation of
Catullus 101;
Canadian published in the United States[10]
Bei Dao, author, and
Eliot Weinberger, translator and editor, The Rose of Time: New and Selected Poems, a bilingual English/
Chinese edition of poems written in Chinese by Bei Dao; preface by Bei Dao, afterword by Eliot Weinberger; 304 pages; New Directions,
ISBN978-0-8112-1848-1
Larry Eigner, The Collected Poems of Larry Eigner, edited by Curtis Faville and
Robert Grenier, Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 2010, (Vol. I: 1937–1958; Vol. II: 1958–1966; Vol. III: 1966–1978; Vol. IV: 1978–1995);
ISBN978-0-8047-5090-5
Sawako Nakayasu, Texture Notes, Letter Machine Editions, Chicago / Denver
Travis Nichols, Iowa, Letter Machine Editions, Chicago / Denver
Tamae K. Prindle, translator, On Knowing Oneself Too Well: Selected Poems of
Ishikawa Takuboku, translated from the original Japanese of the
tanka poems written until the author's death in
1912 at age 26, 146 pages, Syllabic Press,
ISBN978-0-615-34562-8
Barbara Ras, The Last Skin, Penguin, New York / London
Atsuro Riley, Romey's Order, 54 pages; University of Chicago Press[20]
Lisa Robertson, R's Boat, 96 pages, "New California Poetry" series of the University of California Press,
ISBN978-0-520-26240-9, written by a
Canadian poet living in and published in the United States
Marc Rosen,
James P. Wagner, coeditors and compilers, Perspectives: Poetry Concerning Autism and Other Disabilities, 178 pages, Local Gems Poetry Press,
ISBN978-0-557-57112-3
R. M. Ryan, Vaudeville in the Dark, 68 pages; Louisiana State University Press[20]
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, The Book of What Remains, Copper Canyon, Port Townsend, WA
Kevin Young, editor, The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing, 150 poems arranged to correspond with the grieving process, grouped by: Reckoning, Remembrance, Rituals, Recovery and Redemption; 336 pages, Bloomsbury USA,
ISBN978-1-60819-033-1
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States
Ben Lerner, Die Lichtenbergfiguren: Gedichte. Zweisprachig ("The Lichtenberg Figures: Poems"), a bilingual English/German edition; translated into German by
Steffen Popp, 70 pages, Luxbooks,
ISBN978-3-939557-42-5
Bei Dao, author, and
Eliot Weinberger, translator and editor, The Rose of Time: New and Selected Poems, a bilingual English/
Chinese edition of poems written in Chinese by Bei Dao; preface by Bei Dao, afterword by Eliot Weinberger; 304 pages; New Directions,
ISBN978-0-8112-1848-1; published in the
United States
János Háy, Egy szerelmes vers története ("The Story of a Love Poem"), Palatinus;
Hungary[26]
May 22 –
Veturi (
Telugu: వేటూరి సుందరరామమూర్తి), 74,
Telugu-language
Indian poet, journalist, writer and lyricist in the Indian cinema, cardiac arrest.[59]
June 16 –
Allen Hoey, 57 (born
1952),
American poet who received a Pulitzer prize nomination for his 2008 collection Country Music,, of a
heart attack.[64]
Edwin Morgan, 90 (born
1920),
Scottish poet in English and Scots, appointed first "
Scottish Makar" (national poet of Scotland) in
2004, an honor which he held the rest of his life[72]
Micky Burn, 97 (born
1912),
English writer, journalist, World War II commando and prize-winning poet[75]
Carmelo Arden Quin, 97 (born
1913),
Uruguayan poet, political writer, painter, sculptor and co-founder of the international artistic movement “Madi”[76]
^Web page titled
"Broer af sultne ord" for "digte" ("poetry") at "Gyldendals internetboghandel" ("Gylendals internet bookstore") website, retrieved January 29, 2010
^Web page titled
"Kulørte balletfantasier" at "Gyldendals internetboghandel" ("Gylendals internet bookstore") website, retrieved January 29, 2010
^The 2010 award was announced in March 2011. The announcement process differs from the Pulitzer Prize announcement. Like the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer is also awarded to publications from the previous year, but unlike the NBCCA, the Pulitzer award is named for the year in which it is given. The volume of poetry Versed, published in 2009, won the 2009 NBCC and the 2010 Pulitzer. See the Discussion page of this article for more information.