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Events

Nikki Giovanni at a Virginia Tech rally
  • March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding street filled with bookstores and outdoor book stalls. Named after the famed 10th century classical Arab poet, Al-Mutanabbi, it was an established street for bookselling for hundreds of years and the heart and soul of the Baghdad literary and intellectual community. On March 8, to remember the tragic event, Baghdad poets presented readings on the remains of the street. 1 This was followed by various poetry readings around the United States commemorating the bombing of the historic center of the literary and intellectual community of Baghdad, many of the readings took place in the final weeks of August 2007. 2
  • April 17: Nikki Giovanni, a professor of English at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the U.S. state of Virginia, both spoke and recited poetry at the campus convocation commemorating the Virginia Tech massacre of the day before. Giovanni taught the Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho in a poetry class. She had previously approached the department chair to have Cho taken out of her class.3 "We are the Hokies! We will prevail! We will prevail! We are Virginia Tech!" Giovanni said, bringing the audience to its feet and into a spontaneous cheer. Giovanni closed the ceremony with a chant poem, intoning, "We are sad today, and we will be sad for quite a while. We are not moving on. We are embracing our mourning. We are Virginia Tech... We do not understand this tragedy... No one deserves a tragedy."3
  • August 9: Bangladeshi poet Taslima Nasreen was attacked at a book signing in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh by a crowd of protesters who shouted for her death.4 The attackers consisted of lawmakers and members of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party who objected to her writings on religion and oppression of women. After the attack, India criminally charged Nasreen with "hurting Muslim feelings", punishable by up to three years in jail.5
  • The New Yorker magazine announced that longtime poetry editor Alice Quinn was leaving and, as of November, Paul Muldoon, an Irish native and U.S. citizen, would be taking over what The Chronicle of Higher Education called "one of the most powerful positions in American poetry".6
  • The Eagles set "An Old-Fashioned Song", a poem by John Hollander, to music (four-part harmony with guitar chords, but mostly singing it a cappella), named it "No More Walks in the Wood" after its first line. They released it on the album, "Long Road Out of Eden". The band added no words to the 21-line poem, and there are no choruses.7

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

Australian anthologies

  • Peter Rose, editor, Best of Australian Poetry (Black Inc) ISBN-13 9781863954174

Poets in Best Australian Poetry 2007

The Best Australian Poetry 2007 (ISBN 9780702236075), by series editors Bronwyn Lea and Martin Duwell; with 2007 guest editor John Tranter (University of Queensland Press), published work by these 40 poets:

Canada

Ireland

New Zealand

Poets in Best New Zealand Poems

These poets wrote the 25 poems selected for Best New Zealand Poems 2006, published this year:

United Kingdom

Glyn Maxwell in 2007

United States

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

Anthologies in the United States

Poets in The Best American Poetry 2007

These poets appeared in The Best American Poetry 2007, with David Lehman, general editor, and Heather McHugh, guest editor (who selected the poetry) (Scribner ISBN 0743299736):

Other in English

Works published in other languages

Awards and honors

Australia

Canada

New Zealand

United Kingdom

United States

From the Poetry Society of America

Deaths

Notes

  1. ^ Iraq's Cultural Curators Defy Sectarian Unrest
  2. ^ ::Arc Poetry::Portage link::Mutanabbi Street Memorial Reading::
  3. ^ a b Police: Cho taken to mental health center in 2005
  4. ^ Taslima Nasreen, Poet, Attacked in India: Men Attack Her; Other Men Try to Sheild (sic) Her
  5. ^ CBC.ca Arts - India to charge writer Nasreen with 'hurting Muslim feelings'
  6. ^ [1]Howard, Jennifer, "New Gatekeeper of Poetry at 'The New Yorker' Will Be Princeton Professor" item on the "News blog" of The Chronicle of Higher Education, September 21, 2007, accessed October 6, 2007
  7. ^ Boynton, Cynthia Wolfe, "Venerable Poet's Words To a Pop Music Beat", article, The New York Times, Connecticut and the Region section, February 10, 2008, p 6
  8. ^ "Publications" Web page at Pat Boran's Web site, accessed May 2
  9. ^ Robinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Janet Charman" article
  10. ^ CHARLES SIMIC RECEIVES THE WALLACE STEVENS AWARD Press release from Academy of American Poets (August 2, 2007)
  11. ^ a b c d e "Poetry in the News 2007" web page at the Poetry Society website, retrieved November 30, 2008
  12. ^ UBUWEB Historical: Emmett Williams, USA | 1925-2007
  13. ^ Shimon Tzabar, 81, dies in London - Haaretz - Israel News
  14. ^ Robert Dickson n'est plus
  15. ^ globeandmail.com: Arts
  16. ^ Topic Galleries - themorningcall.com
  17. ^ Pulitzer Prize-winning Connecticut poet dies - Boston.com
  18. ^ Sarah Hannah, 40; teacher, poet known for incisiveness, fervence - The Boston Globe
  19. ^ "Remembering Poet and Translator Michael Hamburger - Forward.com"
  20. ^ Nazik al-Malaika, 85; the exiled Iraqi poet wrote in free verse - Los Angeles Times
  21. ^ San Jose Mercury News - Mary Ellen Solt, 86, poet
  22. ^ Blast Kills Iraqi Peace Poet
  23. ^ Javno - Croatia
  24. ^ VietNamNet - Talented female poet dies
  25. ^ Poet Philip Booth dies at 81
  26. ^ [2]
  27. ^ PASSINGS - Dmitri Prigov, 66; artist and influential poet of the post-Soviet era - Los Angeles Times
  28. ^ Topic Galleries - chicagotribune.com
  29. ^ CBC.ca Arts - Canadian poet Margaret Avison dies at 89
  30. ^ Top N.Y. Poet Kills Self
  31. ^ Veteran poet Khalid Alig passes away -DAWN - Top Stories; August 16, 2007
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