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Priscilla Denise Levertov  (24 October 1923 – 20 December 1997) was a British-born naturalised American poet. [3]  She was a recipient of the  Lannan Literary Award for Poetry . - Bio via Wikipedia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack....

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev  (English:  /tʊərˈɡɛnjɛf, -ˈɡeɪn-/ ; [1]  Russian: Иван Сергеевич Тургенев [note 1] , IPA:  [ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf] ; 9 November [ O.S.  28 October] 1818 – 3 September 1883) was a Russian novelist,  short story  writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of  Russian literature  in the West. His first major publication, a short story collection enti...

Kara Jackson is a singer/songwriter, musician, and writer from Oak Park, Illinois. Jackson served as the third National Youth Poet Laureate from 2019– 2020. She is the author of  Bloodstone Cowboy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.c...

Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti  (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as  Dante Gabriel Rossetti  ( /rəˈzɛti/ ), [1]  was an English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator, and member of the  Rossetti  family. He founded the  Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood  in 1848 with  William Holman Hunt and  John Everett Millais . Rossetti was later to be the main inspiration for a second generation of...

Robert Laurence Binyon,   CH  (10 August 1869 – 10 March 1943) was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. Born in  Lancaster , England, his parents were Frederick Binyon, a clergyman, and Mary Dockray. He studied at  St Paul's School, London  and at  Trinity College, Oxford , where he won the  Newdigate Prize  for poetry in 1891. He worked for the  British Museum  from 1893 until his retireme...

Wendell Erdman Berry  (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, essayist,  environmental activist ,  cultural critic , and farmer. [1]  He is an elected member of the  Fellowship of Southern Writers , a recipient of  The National Humanities Medal , and the  Jefferson Lecturer  for 2012. He is also a 2013 Fellow of  The American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Berry was named the recipien...

Sara Teasdale  (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933) was an American  lyric poet . She was born  Sarah Trevor Teasdale  in  St. Louis, Missouri , and used the name  Sara Teasdale Filsinger  after her marriage in 1914. [1 In 1918 she won a  Pulitzer Prize  for her 1917 poetry collection  Love Songs . Bio via Wikipedia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public epis...

Naomi Shihab Nye  ( Arabic : نعومي شهاب ناي‎; born March 12, 1952) is a  poet ,  songwriter , and novelist. She was born to a  Palestinian  father and an American mother. She began composing her first poem at the age of six and has published or contributed to over 30 volumes. Her works include poetry, young-adult fiction, picture books, and novels. [1]  Although she calls herself a "wandering poet...

Bryana Joy is a writer, poet, and full-time artist who believes in the subtle power of Story to challenge and change us. In 2018, she launched the  Letters From The Sea Tower , a handmade monthly subscription letter full of watercolor sketches, paintings, and snippets of glory from the Great Books. Her poetry has appeared in over two dozen literary magazines, including  Beloit Poetry Journal ,  Ch...

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet   FRSE   FSAScot  (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright, and historian. Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and  Scottish literature . Famous titles include the novels  Ivanhoe ,  Rob Roy ,  Waverley ,  Old Mortality  (or  The Tale of Old Mortality ),  The Heart of Mid-Lothian  and ...

William Carlos Williams  (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet, writer, and physician closely associated with  modernism  and  imagism . In addition to his writing, Williams had a long career as a physician practicing both  pediatrics  and general medicine. He was affiliated with Passaic General Hospital, where he served as the hospital's chief of pediatrics from 1924 until his...

Margaret Lucas Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne  (1623 – 15 December 1673) was an English philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction writer and playwright. She published in her own name at a time when most women writers remained anonymous. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...

Katherine Anne Porter  (May 15, 1890 – September 18, 1980) was an American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. Her 1962 novel  Ship of Fools  was the best-selling novel in America that year, but her  short stories  received much more critical acclaim. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to disc...

Elinor Morton Wylie  (September 7, 1885 – December 16, 1928) was an American  poet  and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s. "She was famous during her life almost as much for her ethereal beauty and personality as for her melodious, sensuous poetry." [1] Bio via Wikipedia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...

John Keats  (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet prominent in the second generation of  Romantic  poets, with  Lord Byron  and  Percy Bysshe Shelley , although his poems were in publication for only four years before he died of  tuberculosis  at the age of 25. [1]  They were indifferently received by critics in his lifetime, but his fame grew rapidly after his death. [2]  By th...

Seamus Justin Heaney   MRIA  ( /ˈʃeɪməs ˈhiːni/ ; 13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an  Irish  poet, playwright and translator. He received the 1995  Nobel Prize in Literature . [1] [2]  Among his best-known works is  Death of a Naturalist  (1966), his first major published volume. Heaney was and is still recognised as one of the principal contributors to poetry in Ireland during his lifetime. A...

Woodrow Wilson Guthrie  ( /ˈɡʌθri/ ; July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, and one of the most significant figures in  American folk music .  Bio via Wikipedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subsc...

Alun Lewis  (1 July 1915 – 5 March 1944) was a Welsh poet. He is one of the best-known English-language poets of the  Second World War . [1] [2] Bio via Wikipedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Theodore Huebner Roethke  ( /ˈrɛtki/   RET-kee ; [1]  May 25, 1908 – August 1, 1963 ) was an American poet. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential poets of his generation, having won the  Pulitzer Prize for poetry  in 1954 for his book  The Waking , and the annual  National Book Award for Poetry  on two occasions: in 1959 for  Words for the Wind , [2]  and posthumously in 1...

William James Collins  (born March 22, 1941) is an American poet, appointed as  Poet Laureate of the United States  from 2001 to 2003. [1] [2]  He is a Distinguished Professor at  Lehman College  of the  City University of New York  (retired, 2016). Collins was recognized as a Literary Lion of the  New York Public Library  (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004 through 2006. In 20...

Marge Piercy  (born March 31, 1936) is an American  progressive  activist and writer. Her work includes  Woman on the Edge of Time ;  He, She and It , which won the 1993  Arthur C. Clarke Award ; and  Gone to Soldiers , a  New York Times Best Seller  and a sweeping historical novel set during World War II. Piercy's work is rooted in her Jewish heritage,  Communist  social and political activism, a...

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson  (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. [2] Bio via Wikipedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...

John Keats  (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet prominent in the second generation of  Romantic  poets, with  Lord Byron  and  Percy Bysshe Shelley , although his poems were in publication for only four years before he died of  tuberculosis  at the age of 25. [1]  They were indifferently received by critics in his lifetime, but his fame grew rapidly after his death. [2]  By th...

John Meade Haines  (June 29, 1924 – March 2, 2011) was an American poet and educator who had served as the  poet laureate  of  Alaska . Bio via Wikipedia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Mary Jane Oliver  (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American  poet  who won the  National Book Award  and the  Pulitzer Prize . Her work is inspired by nature, rather than the human world, stemming from her lifelong passion for solitary walks in the wild. It is characterised by a sincere wonderment at the impact of natural imagery, conveyed in unadorned language. In 2007 she was decla...