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November 14, 2012

“Denise Levertov” author on PBS

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Watch Dana Greene on Denise Levertov on PBS. See more from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. Denise Levertov: A Poet’s Life by Dana Greene […]

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October 16, 2012 (October 16, 2012)

Denise Levertov event at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

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This week we officially published the new biography Denise Levertov: A Poet’s Life by Dana Greene.  Levertov was born in England (October 24, 1923), published her first book of poems at […]

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October 10, 2012

Celebrate poet Michael S. Harper

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CALL FOR PAPERS Michael S. Harper “Canon Maker: Poet, Editor, Teacher, Mentor, Scholar” Wednesday – Friday, March 13-15, 2013 The English Department at The University of Missouri – Columbia in […]

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September 7, 2012

The Atlantic speaks with poet Laurie Lambeth

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The Atlantic online profiled Laurie Lambeth, author of the University of Illinois Press poetry collection, Veil and Burn. “The fact that Laurie Lambeth’s diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) came after only one month […]

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July 26, 2012

UIP author Dana Greene to speak at the National Portrait Gallery

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The Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery will host the exhibition Poetic Likeness: Modern American Poets, which opens in October 2012. A portrait of poet Denise Levertov (1923-1997) will be included in the exhibit. In […]

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July 16, 2012

Inside Higher Ed Q&A with John Timberman Newcomb

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John Timberman Newcomb, author of the recent University of Illinois Press book How Did Poetry Survive? The Making of Modern American Verse, is featured in today’s edition of Inside Higher […]

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February 18, 2010

Congrats to UIP book designer Kelly Gray

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The Association of American University Presses has recognized University of Illinois Press book designer Kelly Gray for her work designing Michael Harper’s recent book Use Trouble, which was one of four […]

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November 4, 2009

Maura Stanton poem on The Writer’s Almanac

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The November 5, 2009, edition of Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac will feature Maura Stanton’s poem “Psalm for a Lost Summer” from her recent book Immortal Sofa. […]

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October 6, 2009 (October 6, 2009)

“Poetry & Cultural Studies” event audio

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On September 19, 2009, the Bowery Poetry Club in New York hosted a launch reading for Poetry and Cultural Studies: A Reader, edited by Maria Damon and Ira Livingston.  Penn […]

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September 28, 2009

“A Map of the Night” wins award

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David Wagoner’s book, A Map of the Night, has been named winner of the 2009 Washington State Book Award in Poetry. Sponsored by the Washington Center for the Book at […]

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April 13, 2009 (April 14, 2009)

Oni Buchanan reading in Champaign

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Oni Buchanan reads from Spring. […]

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February 5, 2009

Kevin Stein reviewed in the Chicago Sun-Times

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Kevin Stein’s new book of poems, Sufficiency of the Actual, received some fine recognition in the January 11, 2009, issue of the Chicago Sun-Times: A skilled reader, Stein is at […]

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