2008 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

List of years in poetry (table)
In literature
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011

Events

  • June 18 – Release in the United Kingdom of a new film, The Edge of Love, concerning Dylan Thomas' relationship with two women, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys (as Thomas).[1]
  • September – A United Kingdom examination board, Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, asks schools to withdraw copies of its anthology which contain the poem, Education for Leisure by Carol Ann Duffy after some teachers complained about the poem's reference to knives. Other teachers oppose the move, and Duffy responds with a new poem, Mrs Schofield's GCSE.[1]
  • December 15 – The American Academy of Arts and Sciences begins awarding the May Sarton prize. Five "emerging poets" each year will receive a $2,000 honorarium and an opportunity to have their work published in the Academy's journal, Daedalus (for winners, see "Awards and honors" section, below).[2]
  • Dennis Brutus is awarded the Lifetime Honorary Award by the South African Department of Arts and Culture for his lifelong dedication to African and world poetry and literary arts[3] Brutus was also an activist who was imprisoned and incarcerated in the cell next to Nelson Mandela's on Robben Island from 1963 to 1965.[4]
  • Complaints about Carol Ann Duffy's poem "Education for Leisure" cause it to be withdrawn from the AQA Anthology studied in English schools.[5]
  • Dmitry Vodennikov wins a Russian poetry competition television show, "King of the Poets".[6]
  • POETomu (a play on the English word "poet" and the Russian word poetomu ("because")), a glossy magazine about poetry, is founded in Russia.[6]

Works published in English

Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:

Australia

Bronwyn Lea in 2008
  • Robert Adamson, The Golden Bird, winner of the C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry in the 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, shortlisted for the 2009 Age Book of the Year Awards
  • Michael Brennan, Unanimous Night
  • David Brooks, The Balcony, finalist for the 2008 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry; University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-3669-3
  • Elizabeth Hodgson, Skin Painting, winner of the 2007 David Unaipon Award; University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-3677-8
  • Sarah Holland-Batt, Aria, University of Queensland Press, winner of the Judith Wright Prize and the Anne Elder Award
  • Yvette Holt, Anonymous Premonition, winner of the 2005 David Unaipon Award for an unpublished manuscript, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Indigenous Writing Prize (2008), and the Poets Union Scanlon Prize for Aboriginal Poetry (2008)[7]
  • Clive James, Opal Sunset: Selected Poems, 1958–2008, W.W. Norton
  • Carol Jenkins, Fishing in the Devonian, Puncher & Wattmann
  • John Kinsella, Divine Comedy, University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-3666-2
  • Anthony Lawrence, Bark, University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-3664-8
  • Bronwyn Lea, The Other Way Out, Giramondo Publishing
  • David Malouf, Revolving Days, University of Queensland Press, ISBN 978-0-7022-3635-8
  • Peter Rose, The Best Australian Poems 2008, including work from: Dorothy Porter, Robert Adamson, Judith Beveridge, Rosemary Dobson, Laurie Duggan, Stephen Edgar, Clive James, John Kinsella, Les Murray, Lisa Gorton, Geoffrey Lehmann, Tracy Ryan and Brenda Walker, Chris Wallace-Crabbe and Fay Zwicky; Black Inc., ISBN 978-1-86395-303-0

Canada

  • Kyle Buckley, The Laundromat Essay, a long poem (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-206-6
  • Margaret Christakos, What Stirs, (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-204-2
  • Jen Currin, Hagiography (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-197-7
  • Jeramy Dodds, Crabwise to the Hounds (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-205-9[8]
  • Gwendolyn MacEwen; Meaghan Strimas; Rosemary Sullivan; Barry Callaghan (2008). The Selected Gwendolyn MacEwen. Exile Editions, Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55096-111-9.
  • Nancy Holmes, Open Wide a Wilderness: Canadian Nature Poems, Wilfrid Laurier University Press ISBN 978-1-55458-033-0
  • Randall Maggs, Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems (Brick Books) ISBN 978-1-894078-62-7
  • George McWhirter, The Anachronicles (Ronsdale Press) ISBN 978-1-55380-054-5
  • Joe Rosenblatt & Catherine Owen, Dog; photos by Karen Moe. Toronto: Mansfield Press.[9]
  • Jordan Scott, Blert (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-199-1
  • David Silverberg, editor, Mic Check: An Anthology Of Canadian Spoken Word Poetry, Quattro Books, ISBN 978-0-9782806-5-9
  • Todd Swift, Seaway: New and Selected Poems (Salmon Poetry) ISBN 978-1-903392-92-8
  • R. M. Vaughan, Troubled, (Coach House Books) ISBN 978-1-55245-198-4
  • Zachariah Wells, editor, Jailbreaks: 99 Canadian Sonnets, (Biblioasis) ISBN 978-1-897231-44-9

India, Indian poetry in English

  • Meena Alexander, Quickly Changing River ( Poetry in English ), Triquarterly Books, by an Indian writing living in and published in the United States[10]
  • Eunice de Souza, editor, Both Sides of the Sky, Post-Independence Poetry in English, New Delhi: National Book Trust, ISBN 978-81-237-5331-7[11]
  • Arundhathi Subramaniam, translator, The Absent Traveller: Prākrit love poetry from the Gāthāsaptaśatī of Sātavāhana Hāla, New Delhi: Penguin India, ISBN 0-14-310080-7[12]
  • Jeet Thayil:
    • These Errors Are Correct, Delhi: Tranquebar Books (EastWest and Westland)[13]
    • Editor, The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets, Bloodaxe, anthology of Indian poetry in English, published in the United Kingdom[14]
  • Sujata Bhatt (2008). "Pure Lizard" ( Poetry in English ), Carcanet Press. Retrieved 2008-09-13.

Ireland

  • Guzstáv Báger, Object Found, translated by Thomas Kabdebo; Hungarian poet published in Ireland (Salmon Press) ISBN 978-1-903392-78-2
  • Ciaran Berry, The Sphere of Birds, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-442-8
  • Dermot Bolger, External Affairs, 80 pages, New Island Press, ISBN 978-1-84840-028-3
  • Andrew Carpenter, editor, Thornfield: Poems by the Thornfield Poets (Salmon Press) ISBN 978-1-903392-79-9 (anthology)
  • Ciarán Carson:
    • Collected Poems, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-433-6
    • For All We Know, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-440-4 ISBN 9781852354398[8]
  • Eileen Casey, Drinking the Colour Blue
  • Gerald Dawe, Points West, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, ISBN 978-1-85235-447-3
  • Frank Golden, In Daily Accord (Salmon Press) ISBN 978-1-903392-75-1
  • Maurice Harmon, The Mischievous Boy and other poems (Salmon Press) ISBN 978-1-903392-86-7
  • Anne Le Marquand Hartigan, To Keep the Light Burning: Reflections in Times of Loss, poetry and prose (Salmon Poetry) ISBN 978-1-903392-96-6
  • Kevin Higgins (poet), Time Gentlemen, Please (Salmon Press) ISBN 978-1-903392-76-8
  • Peter van de Kamp, In Train, Dutch native living in Ireland (Salmon Press) ISBN 978-1-903392-85-0
  • Caroline Lynch, Lost in the Gaeltacht (Salmon Press) ISBN 978-1-903392-84-3
  • Alan Jude Moore, Lost Republics (Salmon Poetry) ISBN 978-1-903392-93-5
  • Patrick Moran (poet), Green (Salmon Press) ISBN 978-1-903392-95-9
  • Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: Selected Poems Gallery Press, London: Oldcastle and Faber, Irish work published in the United Kingdom[15]
  • Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, The Fifty Minute Mermaid, translated from Irish by Paul Muldoon, Gallery Press, ISBN 1-85235-374-0[8]
  • Ulick O'Connor, The Kiss: New and Selected Poems and Translations (Salmon Press) ISBN 978-1-903392-97-3
  • Lorna Shaughnessy, Torching the Brown River (Salmon Press) ISBN 978-1-903392-77-5
  • Eamon Wall, A Tour of Your Country Irish native living in the United States, published in Ireland (Salmon Press) ISBN 978-1-903392-80-5

New Zealand

  • Jenny Bornholdt, The Rocky Shore, winner of the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry (announced September 2009)[16]
  • Kevin Ireland, How To Survive The Morning, Cape Catley Ltd, ISBN 978-1-877340-17-8
  • C. K. Stead, Collected Poems 1951–2006, winner of the"reference and anthology" category of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards (announced September 2009)[16]
  • Vladimir Nabokov (posthumous), edited by Brian Boyd (New Zealand academic) and Stanislav Shvabrin, ' 'Verses and Versions: Three Centuries of Russian Poetry Selected and translated by Vladimir Nabokov' ', English translations of Russian poetry, presented next to the Russian originals, Harcourt (published in the United States)
  • Sam Sampson, Everything Talks, Auckland University Press and Shearsman Books; winner of the 2009 New Zealand Society of Authors Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry

Best New Zealand Poetry 2007

The year's guest editor, who chose 25 poems for inclusion, was Paula Green. The list appeared at the series website in February 2008.[17]

United Kingdom

  • Paul Thomas Abbott, FLOOD (Clutag Press) ISBN 0-9553476-2-9
  • Moniza Alvi:
  • Annemarie Austin, Very: New and Selected Poems, Bloodaxe Books, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Mourid Barghouti, Midnight and Other Poems, translated by Radwa Ashour, Palestinian poet published in the United Kingdom (Arc Publications), ISBN 978-1-906570-08-8
  • Paul Batchelor, The Sinking Road[18]
  • Marck L. Beggs, Catastrophic Chords (Salmon Poetry) ISBN 978-1-903392-89-8
  • Robyn Bolam, New Wings[18]
  • Zoe Brigley, The Secret[18]
  • Constantine Cavafy, The Selected Poems of Cavafy, translated from the original Greek by Avi Sharon, Penguin Classic, ISBN 978-0-14-118561-3
  • Felix Dennis, Homeless in my Heart, Ebury Press (Random House), ISBN 0-09-192800-1
  • Menna Elfyn, Perfect Blemish, translated by Elin Ap Hywel from the original Welsh; Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Janet Frame, Storms Will Tell: Selected Poems, Bloodaxe Books; posthumously published[18]
  • Anne Gorrick, Kyotologic, Shearsman Books, ISBN 978-1-84861-004-0[8] (American, published in the United Kingdom)
  • Chris Greenhalgh, The Invention of Zero, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Jane Griffiths, Another Country: New and Selected Poems, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Liam Guilar, Lady Godiva and Me (Nine Arches Press) ISBN 978-0-9560559-1-0
  • Jen Hadfield, Nigh-no-place, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • David Harsent, Selected Poems 1969–2005, ISBN 978-0-571-23401-1[8]
  • Selima Hill:
    • Gloria: Selected Poems, Bloodaxe Books[18]
    • The Hat, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Mick Imlah, The Lost Leader, Faber and Faber, ISBN 978-0-571-24307-5
  • Clive James, Angels Over Elsinore: Collected Verse 2003–2008 (Picador)
  • Esther Jansma, What It Is, edited and translated by Francis R. Jones from the original Dutch, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Daniel Kane, Ostentation of Peacocks, (Egg Box Publishing) ISBN 978-0-9543920-9-3
  • Jackie Kay:
    • Darling: New and Selected Poems, Bloodaxe Books[18]
    • The Lamplighter, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Agnes Lehoczky, Budapest to Babel, (Egg Box Publishing) ISBN 978-0-9543920-6-2
  • Ira Lightman, Duetcetera (Shearsman Books) ISBN 978-1-84861-011-8
  • Jack Mapanje, Beasts of Nalunga, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Robert Minhinnick, King Driftwood, Carcanet ISBN 978-1-85754-965-2[8] Welsh poet, writing in English
  • Kenji Miyazawa, Strong in the Rain: Selected Poems, translated from the original Japanese by Roger Pulvers, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin: Selected Poems Gallery Press, London: Oldcastle and Faber, Irish work published in the United Kingdom[15]
  • Stephanie Norgate, Hidden River, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Naomi Shihab Nye, Tender Spot: Selected Poems, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Sean O'Brien, Andrew Marvell: poems selected by Sean O'Brien (Poet to Poet series, Faber and Faber)
  • Julie O'Callaghan, Tell Me This Is Normal: New & Selected Poems, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Pamela Robertson-Pearse, editor, In Person: 30 Poets, including two DVDs, ISBN 1-85224-800-9, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Anne Rouse, The Upshot: New and Selected Poems, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • John Sears, Reading George Szirtes, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Yi Sha, Starve the Poets!, edited and translated from the original Chinese by Simon Patton and Tao Naikan, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Elena Shvarts, Birdsong on the Seabed, edited and translated from the original Russian by Sasha Dugdale, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Pauline Stainer, Crossing the Snowline, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • George Szirtes, New and Collected Poems, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Edward Thomas, The Annotated Collected Poems, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Ruth Thompson (poet), The Flaggy Shore, (bluechrome Publishing) ISBN 978-1-906061-59-3 Northern Irish poet published in United Kingdom
  • Tomas Venclova, The Junction, translated from the original Lithuanian by Ellen Hinsey, Bloodaxe Books[18]
  • Rab Wilson, Life Sentence: More Poems Chiefly in the Scots Dialect (Luath Press Ltd) ISBN 978-1-906307-89-9

Anthologies in the United Kingdom

  • Lesley Duncan, editor, 100 Favourite Poems of the Day (Luath Press Ltd) ISBN 978-1-906307-08-0
  • Mark Richardson, editor, The Big Green Poetry Machine Poems from Scotland (Young Writers) ISBN 978-1-84431-787-5
  • Jeet Thayil, editor, The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poets, Bloodaxe Books ISBN 978-1-85224-801-7[18]
  • Forward Book of Poetry 2009 (published October 2008), Faber and Faber, ISBN 978-0-571-24396-9

Criticism, biography and scholarship in the United Kingdom

  • Bloodaxe Poetry Lectures: a series of talks by poets at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne about the craft and practice of poetry, published by Bloodaxe Books:
  • Josephine Nock-Hee Park, Apparitions of Asia: Modernist Form and Asian American Poetics, Oxford University Press, scholarship[19]
  • James Persoon and Robert R. Watson, editors, The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry, 1900 to the Present ISBN 978-0-8160-6406-9
  • Shira Wolosky, The Art of Poetry: How to Read a Poem, Oxford University Press, scholarship[19]

United States

Anthologies in the United States

  • Tina Chang and Nathalie Handal, editors, Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond,W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 978-0-393-33238-4
  • Vladimir Nabokov (posthumous), edited by Brian Boyd and Stanislav Shvabrin, Verses and Versions: Three Centuries of Russian Poetry Selected and translated by Vladimir Nabokov, English translations of Russian poetry, presented next to the Russian originals, Harcourt
  • Nguyen Do and Paul Hoover, editors, Black Dog, Black Night, anthology of contemporary Vietnamese poetry from 21 poets, many of whom had never previously been translated into English; Milkweed ISBN 978-1-57131-430-7[25]
  • Leslie Pockell and Celia Johnson, editors, 100 Poems to Lift Your Spirits, Grand Central Publishing, ISBN 978-0-446-17795-5
  • Reginald Shepherd, editor, Lyric Postmodernisms: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetries, Counterpath Press, ISBN 978-1-933996-06-6
  • Jason Shinder, John Lithgow, Billy Collins, editors, The Poem I Turn To: Actors and Directors Present Poetry That Inspires Them, ISBN 978-1-4022-0502-6
  • Mark Strand and Jeb Livingood, editors, Best New Poets 2008, including work by Zach Savich, Heidi Poon, and Malachi Black
  • Carolyne Wright, editor and translator, Majestic Nights: Love Poems of Bengali Women, Buffalo, New York: White Pine Press, ISBN 978-1-893996-93-9

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

  • Michael Almereyda, editor, Night Wraps the Sky: Writings by and about Mayakovsky (Macmillan/Farrar, Straus, and Giroux), ISBN 978-0-374-28135-9
  • Robert Frost, The Collected Prose of Robert Frost, edited by Mark Richardson; Frost was reluctant to publish his collected prose and even said he lost his notes to the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures he delivered at Harvard in 1936 (Harvard University Press)
  • Donald Hall, Unpacking the Boxes: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry, Houghton Mifflin
  • Michael Heller, Speaking the Estranged: Essays on the Work of George Oppen, Cambridge UK: Salt Publishing
  • Michael Palmer, Active Boundaries: Selected Essays and Talks, New Directions (New York, NY), 2008. ISBN 0-8112-1754-X
  • Reginald Shepherd, Orpheus in the Bronx: Essays on Identity, Politics, and the Freedom of Poetry, University of Michigan Press
  • Jan Ziolkowski and Bridget K. Balint, editors, A Garland of Satire, Wisdom, and History: Latin Verse from Twelfth-Century France (Carmina Houghtoniensia), Harvard University Press, ISBN 0-9765472-7-9 ISBN 9780976547273

Poets in The Best American Poetry 2008

These poets appeared in The Best American Poetry 2008, with David Lehman, general editor, and Charles Wright, guest editor (who selected the poetry) (Scribner ISBN 0-7432-9973-6):

Works published in other languages

French language

France

  • Stéphane Bataillon, Sylvestre Clancier and Bruno Doucey, editors, Poésies de langue française: 144 poètes d'aujourd'hui autour du monde ("Poems in the French Language: 144 Contemporary Poets from Around the World"), Éditions Seghurs, ISBN 978-2-232-12305-4, anthology
  • Yves Bonnefoy, La Longue Chaîne de l'Ancre ("The Anchor's Long Chain"), publisher: Mercure de France
  • Hélène Dorion, Le Hublot des heures, Paris, Éditions de La Différence; Canadian poet published in France
  • Haïjin, translated from her Japanese edition, Du rouge aux lèvres ("Red lips"), publisher: La Table Ronde, short poems to be read aloud in a single breath
  • Philippe Jaccottet, Ce peu de bruits ("This Little Noise"), publisher: Gallimard
  • Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Les Obscurcis, publisher: Mercure de France
  • Abdellatif Laabi, Tribulations d'un rêveur attitré, coll. La Clepsydre, La Différence, Paris, Moroccan author writing French and published in France
  • Jacques Prévert (illustrated with photography by Izis Bidermanas), Grand bal du printemps, publisher: Le Cherche midi
  • Jean Max Tixier, Le grenier à sel, publisher: Encres vives
  • Jean-Vincent Verdonnet, Mots en maraude, illustrated by Marie-Claude Enevoldsen-Bussat, Publisher: Voix d'Encre

Canadian poetry in French

  • Roger Des Roches, Dixhuitjuilletdeuxmillequatre, winner of the Prix Chasse-Spleen[26]
  • Hélène Dorion, Le Hublot des heures, Paris, Éditions de La Différence; Canadian poet published in France

Germany

  • Christoph Buchwald, series editor, and Ulf Stolterfoht, guest editor, Jahrbuch der Lyrik 2008 ("Yearbook of Poetry 2008"), Frankfurt: Fischer (S.), 215 pages, ISBN 978-3-10-009654-8, anthology
  • Christoph Janacs:
    • die Ungewissheit der Barke/la barca sin certidumbre ("The Uncertainty of the Boat"), publisher: Arovell
    • Nachtwache ("Nightwatch"), Edition Thanhäuser, 37 poems; St. Georgs Presse
  • Bjoern Kuligk and Jan Wagner, editors, Lyrik von Jetzt 2 ("Poetry of Now 2"), publisher: Berlin Verlag, featuring poetry by 50 authors born after 1969 (a follow-up volume to Lyrik von Jetzt, published in 2003
  • Steffen Popp, Kolonie zur Sonne: Gedichte ("Colony to the Sun: Poems"), Kookbooks, 59 pages, ISBN 978-3-937445-35-9
  • Sabine Scho:
    • Album: Gedichte ("Album: Poems"), Kookbooks, 62 pages, ISBN 978-3-937445-29-8
    • Farben ("Colors"), Kookbooks, 78 pages, ISBN 978-3-937445-34-2
Danish poet Pia Tafdrup

Greece

  • Michael Longley, Το χταπόδι του Ομήρου ("The Octopus of Homer"), translated from the original English of the Irish author by Harris Vlavianos, Athens: Patakis
  • Katerina Iliopoulou, Asylum, Melani editions[27]
  • George Koropoulis (Γιώργος Κοροπούλης), Αντιύλη ("Antimatter'"), Athens: Upsilon
  • Dionysis Kapsalis (Διονύσης Καψάλης), Όλα τα δειλινά του κόσμου ("All the Sunsets in the World"), Athens: Agra
  • Stamatis Polenakis, Notre Dames, publisher: Odos Panos Editions[28]

India

Listed in alphabetical order by first name:

Iran

  • Sarvenaz Heraner, Sarrizha-yi sukut (“Overflowing of Silence”)[37]
  • Mohammad Reza Shafi'i Kadkani, editor, Gozideh-ye Ghazaliyat-e Shams extensive, annotated selections from Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi ("The Collected Poems of Shams of Tabriz")by Rumi; Persian, published in Iran[38]
  • Ru'ya Muqaddas, Ru'yaha-yi 'ashiqanah: 'ashiqanahha-yi Ru'ya ("Loverly Reveries: Love Songs of Ru'ya")[37]

Poland

Russia

  • Yelena Fanailova, Baltisky dnevnik ("Baltic Diary")[6]
  • Yelena Shvarts, Collected Works, Volumes 3 and 4[6]
  • Books of poetry were published by Mikhail Aizenberg, Vasily Borodin, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Alla Gorbunova, Vadim Mesyats, Andrey Rodionov and Aleksey Tsvetkov[6]

Other languages

Awards and honors

International

Australia awards and honors

Canada awards and honors

New Zealand awards and honors

Poetry - Janet Charman, Cold Snack. Auckland University Press
Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry - Jessica Le Bas, Incognito. Auckland University Press

United Kingdom awards and honors

United States awards and honors

From the Poetry Society of America

Other awards and honors

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Poetry in the News 2008" web page at the Poetry Society website, retrieved November 30, 2008
  2. ↑ News release and web page, "Young Poets Recognized by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Five Receive Academy Prize in Honor of May Sarton", December 15, 2008, at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences website, retrieved December 17, 2008
  3. ↑ .Poetry and Protest: A Dennis Brutus Reader Publisher's page includes video of Brutus and a remembrance by Amy Goodman
  4. ↑ http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/125784/7/07_chapter%202.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  5. ↑ Curtis, Polly (2008-09-04). "Top exam board asks schools to destroy book containing knife poem". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Britannica (2009), "Russian" subsection
  7. ↑ Web page titled "Anonymous Premonition" Archived 2011-02-26 at the Wayback Machine. at the University of Queensland Press website, retrieved July 5, 2010
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Some Favorite Books of 2008: Poetry Foundation Staff Picks" Archived 2008-12-24 at the Wayback Machine. entry, December 19, 2008, "Harriet" blog, Poetry Foundation website, retrieved December 31, 2008
  9. ↑ "Joe Rosenblatt: Publications," Canadian Poetry Online. Web, Mar. 22, 2011.
  10. 1 2 Web page titled "Meena Alexander" Archived September 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., Poetry International website, retrieved July 15, 2010
  11. ↑ Web page titled "Eunice de Souza" Archived September 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., Poetry International website, retrieved July 8, 2010
  12. ↑ Web page titled "Arundhathi Subramaniam" Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., Poetry International website, retrieved July 6, 2010
  13. ↑ Web page titled "Jeet Thayil" Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., Poetry International website, retrieved July 10, 2010
  14. ↑ Scharf, Michael, "The Other Mother Tongue", book review, Boston Review, May/June 2010 issue, retrieved July 19, 2010
  15. 1 2 Web page titled "Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin" Archived May 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. at Poetry International website, accessed May 3, 2008
  16. 1 2 Web page titled "Literature/Year in Review 2009/English: Other Literature in English" at the Encyclopædia Britannica website, retrieved February 22, 2010
  17. ↑ Web page titled "Best New Zealand Poetry 2007 / Introduction" at the Best New Zealand Poetry website, accessed April 25, 2008
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Search results page: Bloodaxe Books + 2008 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine., Poets House website, retrieved July 9, 2010
  19. 1 2 Search results page: Oxford University Press + 2008 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine., Poets House website, retrieved July 9, 2010
  20. ↑ The publication of Complete Early Poems, (Green Integer) was scheduled for publication in 2008, but as of May 2010 had not appeared. Since she received the Pulitzer Prize for Versed, look for a future publication of this collection which is to consist of Armantrout's early collections, from 1978's Extremities to 1995's Made to Seem.
  21. 1 2 Web page titled "Mark Doty Books" Archived May 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. at Mark Doty website, accessed May 5, 2008
  22. ↑ Farr, Sheila, "Poet ponders life's contrasts in 'The Shadow of Sirius'", book review, October 30, 2010, The Seattle Times, retrieved June 8, 2010
  23. ↑ Web page at the CMU Press website, accessed July 24, 2008
  24. ↑ Silliman reveals publication on his blog
  25. ↑ Web page titled "Poetry Notes / Publishers Weekly, 3/17/2008" at Publishers Weekly website, retrieved March 12, 2009. Archived 2009-06-01.
  26. ↑ Britannica (2009), "French: Canada"
  27. ↑ Web page about Katerina Iliopoulou Archived October 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. at the Greek Poetry Now website, retrieved January 29, 2010
  28. ↑ Web page about Stamatis Polenakis at the Greek Poetry Now website, retrieved January 29, 2010
  29. ↑ Web page titled "Bharat Majhi" Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 6, 2010
  30. ↑ Web page titled "Jiban Narah" Archived September 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 10, 2010
  31. ↑ Web page titled "K. Siva Reddy" Archived September 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. at the "Poetry International" website, retrieved July 11, 2010
  32. ↑ Web page titled "P. P. Ramachandran", Poetry International website, retrieved July 19, 2010
  33. ↑ Web page titled "Raghavan Atholi" Archived February 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine., Poetry International website, retrieved July 25, 2010
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