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Submission event for Youth Poetry Festival launched
6 days, 18 hours ago

Submission event for Youth Poetry Festival launched

China Daily  

Jidi Majia, former vice-president of the China Writers Association, attends the news conference announcing the launch of the 41st Youth Poetry Festival submission event. The 41st Youth Poetry Festival submission event was officially launched, as announced at a news conference in Beijing on Sunday. "We hope that young poets from each generation can showcase their talents through the platform of …

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Karan Aujla, who wrote Diljit's GOAT in 10 minutes, got poetry from pain
1 week, 1 day ago

Karan Aujla, who wrote Diljit's GOAT in 10 minutes, got poetry from pain

India Today  

"Sometimes I just can’t believe I’m that same kid that lost his parents when he was in India, today I am here. Last year, Karan released 80–90 songs, out of which, 30–40 songs have over 50 million views,” celebrated Punjabi singer Jassie Gill told India Today Digital. She told India Today Digital, “He's a Punjabi pop artist who raps, sings, …

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Poemlets and extinctions | Review of ‘Yellow’ by Sukrita Paul Kumar and ‘Eartha’ by Vinita Agrawal
1 week, 3 days ago

Poemlets and extinctions | Review of ‘Yellow’ by Sukrita Paul Kumar and ‘Eartha’ by Vinita Agrawal

The Hindu  

Sukrita Paul Kumar’s new book of poems, Yellow, speaks of the interplay between darkness and light, where darkness swallows whatever little light there is. The poet calls these fragments ‘poemlets’ instead of poems, perhaps to indicate a sense of fledgling incompleteness. Vinita Agrawal’s ‘Eartha’ Vinita Agrawal’s Eartha, as the title suggests, delves into wounded earth and the disappearance of various …

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A deep dive into the art of song
1 week, 4 days ago

A deep dive into the art of song

China Daily  

Composer Li Yanbing and soprano Wang Zhe pose in a studio in Beijing on Dec 5 after recording music from Li's new album, Cong Cong. After learning to play the piano and graduating from the composition department at the China Conservatory of Music, Li now teaches in the art education department at the Teachers' College of Beijing Union University, and …

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Alarmel Valli recounts her poetic exploration in ‘The Forgotten Seed’
1 week, 5 days ago

Alarmel Valli recounts her poetic exploration in ‘The Forgotten Seed’

The Hindu  

Not all seeds that are pressed into the earth sprout. In ‘The Forgotten Seed’, a Bharatanatyam recital based on the works of Sangam poets that was presented by Alarmel Valli, seeds long lost in soil find root, even transforming into large trees. Speaking of her “four decade long love affair with Sangam poetry,” Alarmel Valli recalls how it was her …

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Our English students are being failed by dead poets
1 week, 6 days ago

Our English students are being failed by dead poets

The Independent  

Good man, Anthony Anaxagorou! I’m sure Michael Gove will have his excuses, but removing speaking and the ability to listen well – and sacrificing all that rich street view for dead poets – was a massive mistake. Bernard MacDonagh Address supplied Jaguar’s electric shock It has become evident to me why the public are not buying electric vehicles. I find …

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Nikki Giovanni, Poet And Literary Celebrity, Dead At 81
1 week, 6 days ago

Nikki Giovanni, Poet And Literary Celebrity, Dead At 81

Huff Post  

Virginia Tech English Professor, Nikki Giovanni speaks closing remarks at a convocation to honor the victims of a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., on April 17, 2007. She also edited a groundbreaking anthology of Black women poets, “Night Comes Softly,” and helped found a publishing cooperative that promoted works by Gwendolyn Brooks and Margaret Walker among others. …

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Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih: “I believe in literary ambidextrousness”
1 week, 6 days ago

Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih: “I believe in literary ambidextrousness”

Hindustan Times  

How did you feel when you were announced as the winner of this year’s Shakti Bhatt Prize? In a vast and complex country like India, these languages would mean one’s mother tongue and the language of interaction. A native author’s work with any literary merit must “go singing through the world” as Pablo Neruda put it. Those being pitched by …

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‘The Princess of Black Poetry,’ Nikki Giovanni, has died at 81
1 week, 6 days ago

‘The Princess of Black Poetry,’ Nikki Giovanni, has died at 81

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, educator and public speaker who went from borrowing money to release her first book to spending decades as a literary celebrity who shared blunt and conversational takes on everything from racism and love to space travel and mortality, has died. She also edited a groundbreaking anthology of Black women poets, “Night Comes …

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Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, the ‘Princess of Black Poetry,’ dies at 81
1 week, 6 days ago

Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni, the ‘Princess of Black Poetry,’ dies at 81

LA Times  

Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and ‘70s who was dubbed “the Princess of Black Poetry,” has died. In addition to her adult poetry, she released two films, 13 children’s poetry books and 10 recordings, including her Grammy-nominated “The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection.” She was a frequent guest …

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GCSE English is too pale, male and stale – but I have an idea to change all that
2 weeks ago

GCSE English is too pale, male and stale – but I have an idea to change all that

The Independent  

Pearson, one of the three leading exam boards in the UK, has warned that urgent reform at GSCE level is needed. How literature is perceived is partly shaped around those formative school years, but we can’t dismiss the role wider culture plays in discouraging or encouraging young people – and adults – to read. One of the questions I’m often …

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Renowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81
2 weeks ago

Renowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81

NPR  

Renowned poet and Black arts movement icon Nikki Giovanni dies at 81 toggle caption Getty Images/Hulton Archive The renowned poet Nikki Giovanni has died. "We will forever be grateful for the unconditional time she gave to us, to all her literary children across the writerly world," said poet Kwame Alexander in the statement. Giovanni published her first poetry collection, Black …

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Review of Hoshang Merchant’s ‘Rainbow Warriors’, and poetry collection ‘Lalon’s Book’
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Review of Hoshang Merchant’s ‘Rainbow Warriors’, and poetry collection ‘Lalon’s Book’

The Hindu  

Social media has spawned a class of so-called influencers who make it a point to visit every art gallery, fair and museum here and abroad, and thereafter very generously share their experience of viewing the latest exhibitions with “friends”. When I took up his new book, Rainbow Warriors of India, co-authored with Akshay K. Rath, I expected it to be …

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The changing nature of grief | Review of Jeet Thayil’s new poetry collection, ‘I’ll Have It Here’
2 weeks, 3 days ago

The changing nature of grief | Review of Jeet Thayil’s new poetry collection, ‘I’ll Have It Here’

The Hindu  

Jeet Thayil’s necro-poems in These Errors are Correct that lament the premature passing of his wife Shakti Bhatt, and which later went on to win the Sahitya Akademi Award, introduced us to a poet nursing his intimate wounds. Considerably so, as, his ardent followers would agree, the despondent veil of not being able to ‘equal or improve on your last …

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Jeet Thayil: Had I not been a poet, I’d have been a mess
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Jeet Thayil: Had I not been a poet, I’d have been a mess

New Indian Express  

"I was convinced there had been a break-up between poetry and me. For the reader could you suggest some sort of pick – the five poems that could get the reader to start a conversation with the book. It isn't chronological: I placed the poems in a way that narrows the book and opens it up at the same time. …

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‘Mandala’ explored poetry through movement
2 weeks, 5 days ago

‘Mandala’ explored poetry through movement

The Hindu  

Song and dance were inseparable in Mandala, which depicted the journey from seeking outside to finding within. Directed and choreographed by Leela Samson, and set to poetry by Kabir, Annamacharya, Meera Bai, Kshetrayya, Soyarabai and Kanakadasa, among others, Chandana Bala Kalyan’s music was an equal collaborator in Amrita Lahiri’s dance. Speaking about the process of selecting the poetry, Leela Samson …

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Students find creative outlet in poetry
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Students find creative outlet in poetry

China Daily  

Yang Deli teaches a poetry class to her students from Mangshui Town Central School in a field in Changning county, Yunnan province, on Sept 2. After discovering the children's interest, Mangshui Town Central School and Mangshui Junior High School started incorporating poetry into their lessons. "I love writing poems in the fields, where inspiration is everywhere," said Wang Yuanjiao, a …

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Students find creative outlet in poetry
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Students find creative outlet in poetry

China Daily  

Yang Deli teaches a poetry class to her students from Mangshui Town Central School in a field in Changning county, Yunnan province, on Sept 2. After discovering the children's interest, Mangshui Town Central School and Mangshui Junior High School started incorporating poetry into their lessons. "I love writing poems in the fields, where inspiration is everywhere," said Wang Yuanjiao, a …

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Scientifically Speaking: When machines become poets
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Scientifically Speaking: When machines become poets

Hindustan Times  

I want to start off this science column in a slightly different way this week, with a poem. Researchers Brian Porter and Edouard Machery from the University of Pittsburgh used AI to mimic Plath, William Shakespeare, and Walt Whitman, and other poets to test if people could tell the difference between poems written by people and those written by AI …

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Poetry conference in Beijing celebrates China-Arab ties
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Poetry conference in Beijing celebrates China-Arab ties

China Daily  

Chinese poet Jidi Majia and Ouyang Jianghe join Jordanian poet Alian Al-Adwan and Iraqi poet Sadiq Jassim Mohammad for a panel discussion moderated by Xue Qingguo, a professor of Arabic Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University, at the China-Arab Poetry Conference in Beijing on Nov 29, 2024. Chinese students majoring in Arabic and Arab students specializing in Chinese from the …

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Poetry conference in Beijing celebrates China-Arab ties
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Poetry conference in Beijing celebrates China-Arab ties

China Daily  

Chinese poet Jidi Majia and Ouyang Jianghe join Jordanian poet Alian Al-Adwan and Iraqi poet Sadiq Jassim Mohammad for a panel discussion moderated by Xue Qingguo, a professor of Arabic Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University, at the China-Arab Poetry Conference in Beijing on Nov 29, 2024. Chinese students majoring in Arabic and Arab students specializing in Chinese from the …

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Poetry conference in Beijing celebrates China-Arab ties
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Poetry conference in Beijing celebrates China-Arab ties

China Daily  

By Yang Xiaoyu | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-12-03 15:27 Chinese poet Jidi Majia and Ouyang Jianghe join Jordanian poet Alian Al-Adwan and Iraqi poet Sadiq Jassim Mohammad for a panel discussion moderated by Xue Qingguo, a professor of Arabic Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University, at the China-Arab Poetry Conference in Beijing on Nov 29, 2024. Chinese students majoring in …

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Poetry conference in Beijing celebrates China-Arab ties
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Poetry conference in Beijing celebrates China-Arab ties

China Daily  

By Yang Xiaoyu | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-12-03 15:27 Chinese poet Jidi Majia and Ouyang Jianghe join Jordanian poet Alian Al-Adwan and Iraqi poet Sadiq Jassim Mohammad for a panel discussion moderated by Xue Qingguo, a professor of Arabic Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University, at the China-Arab Poetry Conference in Beijing on Nov 29, 2024. Chinese students majoring in …

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Variety show displays poetry in modern motion
3 weeks ago

Variety show displays poetry in modern motion

China Daily  

Contestants in the promotional session before a seminar to discuss the variety show Zhonghua Jiating Shici Leitaisai. With his young son, who also shares his love of poetry, Wang attended the Zhonghua Jiating Shici Leitaisai, a cultural TV variety show produced by Shandong Television. The show has aired four episodes so far, amassing over 150 million views of its related …

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