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Events September 8 – In the 2015 edition of Best American Poetry, the inclusion of a poem by Michael Derrick Hudson, a white American poet from Fort Wayne, Indiana, who claims he used the Asian female pseudonym Yi-Fen Chou to get the poem published, causes considerable debate and criticism on the issue of identity politics and cultural appropriation. September 15 – Juan Felipe Herrera, the first Latino to serve as U.S. poet laureate, gives his inaugural reading.California’s Juan Felipe Herrera Inaugurates Term as U.S. Poet Laureate | The California Report | KQED News November 10 – The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford in England acquires its twelve millionth book, a unique copy of Shelley's subversive Poetical Essay on the Existing State of Things, "By a Gentleman of the University of Oxford," published in 1811. November 17 – the General Court of Abha in Saudi Arabia sentences Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh to death for apostasy. Used as evidence against him were several poems within his book Instructions Within, Twitter posts, and conversations he had in a coffee shop in Abha.
Anniversaries January 4 – On this day 50 years ago, Anglo-American poet T. S. Eliot dies. April 23 – On this day 100 years ago, English poet Rupert Brooke dies on active service. June – In this month 100 years ago, T. S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is published. June 13 – The 150th anniversary of W. B. Yeats, who was born on this date in 1865. October 7 – The 60th anniversary of Allen Ginsberg's reading of his poem Howl, first performed at the Six Gallery in San Francisco on this day in 1955.
Selection of works published in English Africa Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada, Nigerian author
Australia Jane Godwin, The True Story of Mary
Anthologies in Australia Albiston, Jordie & Brophy, Kevin (eds.), Prayers of a Secular World, Inkerman & Blunt Publishers. Beveridge, Judith & Ogle, Susan (eds.), Falling and Flying: Poems on Ageing, Brandl & Schlesinger. Page, Geoff (ed.), The Best Australian Poems 2015, Black Inc.
Canada Liz Howard, Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent Soraya Peerbaye, Tell Holly Bodger, 5 to 1 Anthologies in Canada
New Zealand Poets in Best New Zealand Poems These poets wrote the 25 poems selected for Best New Zealand Poems 2014 (guest editor was Vincent O'Sullivan), published this year:
Peter Bland Amy Brown Geoff Cochrane Kay McKenzie Cooke John Dennison
Cliff Fell Rogelio Guedea Dinah Hawken Caoilinn Hughes Kevin Ireland
Anna Jackson Michael Jackson Michele Leggott Owen Marshall Emma Neale
Gregory O'Brien Peter Olds Claire Orchard Nina Powles Joanna Preston
Helen Rickerby Kerrin P Sharpe Marty Smith Elizabeth Smither Brian Turner
United Kingdom
England Mona Arshi, Small Hands Sarah Crossan, One (young adult novel in verse, Irish author published in UK) George the Poet, Search Party Thomas Grey (died 1928), Poems on the Great War Sarah Howe, Loop of Jade Clive James Sentenced to Life Latest Readings Bhanu Kapil, Ban en Banlieue Frances Leviston, Disinformation Andrew McMillan, Physical Sean O'Brien, The Beautiful Librarians Sam Riviere, Kim Kardashian’s Marriage
Northern Ireland
Scotland Iain Banks, Poems. Kathleen Jamie, The Bonniest Companie Robin Fulton Macpherson, A Northern Habitat: Collected Poems 1960-2010 Don Paterson, 40 Sonnets (Faber)
Anthologies in the United Kingdom
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom
United States Rae Armantrout, Itself Clayton Eshleman, The Essential Poetry (1960-2015) Terrance Hayes, How to Be Drawn Ernest Hilbert, Caligulan, Measure Press Robin Coste Lewis, Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems Fred Moten, The Little Edges Veronica J. Valentini, Perseverance: A Collection of Poetry Tiphanie Yanique, Wife (published in England)
Anthologies in the United States
Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States David Biespiel, A Long High Whistle: Selected Columns on Poetry (Antilever Press) David Schneider, Crowded by beauty: The Life and Zen of Poet Philip Whalen (University California Press)
Poets in The Best American Poetry 2015 The 2015 edition of The Best American Poetry is guest-edited by Native American poet and novelist Sherman Alexie
Works published in other languages
French Ultime recours, Une anthologie de la poésie francophone contemporaine des profondeurs Serge Venturini, Éclats d'une poétique des métamorphoses, Livre VII, (2013–2015) (Paris, L'Harmattan)
Italian Milo De Angelis, Incontri e agguati (Milano, Mondadori) Franco Buffoni, Avrei fatto la fine di Turing (Roma, Donzelli) Anna Maria Carpi, L'animato porto (Milano, La Vita Felice) Gianni D'Elia, Fiori del mare (Torino, Einaudi) Gio Evan, Teorema di un salto (StreetLib) Lia Galli, Non si muore più per un bacio (Viganello [Lugano], alla chiara fonte) Massimo Gezzi, Il numero dei vivi (Roma, Donzelli) Fabio Jermini, Corpi gabbia d’ali e unghie (Viganello [Lugano], alla chiara fonte) Jonathan Lupi, Agli istanti (Viganello [Lugano], alla chiara fonte) Giorgio Orelli, Tutte le poesie (Milano, Mondadori) Franco Marcoaldi, Il mondo sia lodato (Torino, Einaudi) Carlotta Silini, Igiene di vita (Viganello [Lugano], alla chiara fonte)
Awards and honors by country
Awards announced this year:
International
Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry: Finalists are: A Book of Rooms by Kobus Moolman Gumiguru by Togara Muzanenhamo Now the World Takes These Breaths by Joan Meterlerkamp Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath Laureate:
Australia awards and honors C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry: Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry:
Canada awards and honors Archibald Lampman Award: Shane Book, Congotronic Atlantic Poetry Prize: Susan Paddon, Two Tragedies in 429 Breaths 2014 Governor General's Awards: Robyn Sarah, My Shoes Are Killing Me (English); Joël Pourbaix, Le mal du pays est un art oublié (French) Griffin Poetry Prize: (Judges: Tim Bowling, Fanny Howe, Piotr Sommer) Canada: Jane Munro, Blue Sonoma International: Michael Longley, The Stairwell Lifetime Recognition Award (presented by the Griffin trustees): Derek Walcott Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize: Karen Solie Gerald Lampert Award: Kayla Czaga, For Your Safety Please Hold On Pat Lowther Award: Sina Queyras, MxT Prix Alain-Grandbois: André Roy, La très grande solitude de l'écrivain pragois Franz Kafka Raymond Souster Award: Patrick Lane, Washita Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize: Cecily Nicholson, From the Poplars Prix Émile-Nelligan: Rosalie Lessard, L'observatoire
France awards and honors Prix Goncourt de la Poésie:
Italian awards and honors Premio Letterario Camaiore: Italy: Nicola Vacca, Luce nera (Milano, Marco Saya, 2015) International: Claribel Alegría, Voci(Samuele Editore, 2015) Special award: Franco Marcoaldi, Il mondo sia lodato (Torino, Einaudi, 2015) Honorable mentions: Italian poetry: Antonio Porta, Carmelo Pistillo Perché tu mi dici: poeta? (edited by Carmelo Pistillo & Fabio Jermini, Milano, La Vita Felice, 2015) Russian Poetry: Solomon Volkov, Dialoghi con Josif Brodskij (edited by Gala Dobrynina, Roma, Lieto Colle, 2015) Section "Vittorio Grotti": Davide Maria Quarracino, Frangiflutti (Roma, LietoColle, 2015)
New Zealand awards and honors Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement: Montana New Zealand Book Awards (poetry category):
United Kingdom awards and honors Cholmondeley Award: Patience Agbabi, Brian Catling, Christopher Middleton, J. H. Prynne, Pascale Petit Costa Award (formerly "Whitbread Awards") for poetry: Shortlist: English Association's Fellows' Poetry Prizes: Eric Gregory Award (for a collection of poems by a poet under the age of 30): Forward Poetry Prize: Best Collection: Shortlist: Best First Collection: Shortlist: Best Poem: Shortlist: Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize for poetry: Shortlist: Manchester Poetry Prize: National Poet of Wales: National Poetry Competition 2015: T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Sarah Howe, Loop of Jade Shortlist (announced in November 2015): 2015 Short List The Times/Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry Translation:
United States awards and honors Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize: AML Award for Poetry awarded to Hive by Christina Stoddard Finalists: Glyphs by Colin Douglas, Lake of Fire: Landscape Meditations from the Great Basin Deserts of Nevada by Justin Evans, Let Me Drown With Moses by James Goldberg Arab American Book Award (The George Ellenbogen Poetry Award): Anisfield-Wolf Book Award: Marilyn Chin for Hard Love Province Best Translated Book Award (BTBA): Beatrice Hawley Award from Alice James Books: Bollingen Prize: to Nathaniel Mackey Jackson Poetry Prize: Judges: Lambda Literary Award: Gay Poetry: Danez Smith, [insert] boy Lesbian Poetry: Valerie Wetlaufer, Mysterious Acts by My People Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: Los Angeles Times Book Prize: Finalists: National Book Award for Poetry (NBA) NBA Longlist; Finalists (†); Winner () Ross Gay, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude;† Amy Gerstler, Scattered at Sea; Marilyn Hacker, A Stranger’s Mirror: New and Selected Poems, 1994-2014; Terrance Hayes, How to Be Drawn;† Jane Hirshfield, The Beauty; Robin Coste Lewis, Voyage of the Sable Venus;† Ada Limón, Bright Dead Things;† Patrick Phillips, Elegy for a Broken Machine;† Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Heaven; Lawrence Raab, Mistaking Each Other for Ghosts. NBA Judges: Sherman Alexie, Willie Perdomo, Katha Pollitt, and Tim SeiblesNew Yorker Staff (2015-09-14). The National Book Awards Longlist: Poetry - The New Yorker National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry: Finalists (Winner - ) Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay How to Be Drawn by Terrance Hayes Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón Parallax: And Selected Poems by Sinéad Morrissey What About This: Collected Poems of Frank Stanford by Frank Stanford The New Criterion Poetry Prize: Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (United States): Digest by Gregory Pardlo Finalists: Reel to Reel by Alan Shapiro and Compass Rose by Arthur Sze Wallace Stevens Award: Joy Harjo Whiting Awards: Anthony Carelli, Aracelis Girmay, Jenny Johnson, Roger Reeves PEN Award for Poetry in Translation: to Eliza Griswold, I Am the Beggar of the World: Landays from Contemporary Afghanistan, translated from the Pashto. – Judge: Ana Božičević PEN Center USA 2015 Poetry Award: Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry: (Judges: ) Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award: Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Alice Notleyhttp://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2015/05/alice-notley-awarded Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award: Walt Whitman Prize – - Judge: Yale Younger Series:
From the Poetry Society of America Frost Medal: Shelley Memorial Award: Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award: Lyric Poetry Award: Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award: Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award: George Bogin Memorial Award: Robert H. Winner Memorial Award: ' Cecil Hemley Memorial Award: Norma Farber First Book Award: Lucille Medwick Memorial Award: William Carlos Williams Award: (Judge: ) Finalists for WCW Award:
Conferences and workshops by country
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United States West Chester University Poetry Conference will take place at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania from June 2 to 6, 2015.WCU Poetry Conference
Deaths
January – June Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
January 1 – Miller Williams, 84 (born 1930), American poet, maybe best known for reading the inaugural poem at US President Bill Clinton's second inauguration.