MY REVIEW
May
8
11:00 AM11:00

MY REVIEW

Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli declares that “the world seems to be less about objects than about interactive relationships” where “[t]he border is porous.” This notion that “space is not an inert box, but rather something dynamic” comes alive when you see Rader’s poems and Twombly’s works side by side.

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Sep
24
5:00 PM17:00

Judge, The Laurel Prize UK Events https://laurelprize.com/

As a judge for the international Laurel Prize with poets Glyn Maxwell and Tishani Doshi, I will be in England for the month of September, 2022. During that time, I will take part in the Birmingham and Yorkshire ceremonies, teach four classes, and give four readings. https://laurelprize.com/

‘We are facing the most catastrophic threat to the future of our planet that we have ever encountered.’

Over the course of my ten-year Laureateship I want one of the headline projects to be a prize or award that recognises and encourages the resurgence of nature and environmental writing, currently taking place in poetry.

The new wave of nature writing in non-fiction has been well documented over recent years but not enough attention has been paid to a similar move in poetry, with climate crisis and environmental concerns clearly provoking this important strand of work.

I have established The Laurel Prize as an annual award for the best collection of nature or environmental poetry to highlight the climate crisis and raise awareness of the challenges and potential solutions at this critical point in our planet’s life. The Prize will dovetail and partner with The Ginkgo Prize which rewards best single poems.

In celebrating and rewarding this work, the Prize aims to encourage more of it, and to become part of the discourse and awareness about our current environmental predicament.

Building on the success of its inaugural year, the Laurel Prize will now become an international award for nature poetry written in English. This is also a way of recognising the global importance of environmentalism, and drawing together concerned voices from across the planet.

I will donate my annual Laureate Honorarium of £5,000 towards the prize money each year.

Simon Armitage., Poet Laureate

The Laurel Prize

First Prize – £5,000
Second Prize – £2,000
Third Prize – £1,000
Prize for Best First Collection – £500

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Mar
16
8:30 PM20:30

SPRING 2022

2022 READING EVENTS for IF THIS MAKES YOU NERVOUS (Omnidawn Publishing, 2021)

Saturday, April 2, 2022
Lummis Day Library Series with poets TBA
Eagle Rock Library

Sunday, April 24, 2022
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books with Marty Williams
U.S.C Campus

Thursday, April 28, 2022
Chevaliers Book Store
Reading with poets: Gail Wronsky, Maureen Alsop, & Yun Wang.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022
PRATIK Anthology Reading with So. Cal poets
Whittier College

Saturday, May 28, 2022
The Claremont Library Reading Series with Daniel Romo
Helen Renwick Library

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Apr
30
7:00 PM19:00

LINGUA FRANCA WEST HOLLYWOOD READING

https://www.weho.org/community/arts-and-culture/weho-reads

Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 7pm
West Hollywood City Council Chambers
625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069

Kazim Ali, Laure-Anne Bosselar, Elena Karina Byrne, Blas Falconer, Piotr Florczyck, and Vandana Khanna.

Admission is free. Free validated parking will be provided in the adjacent 5 story Public/Park Parking structure.

RSVP: https://wehoreadslinguafranca.eventbrite.com

 For more info on this event, contact Mike Che, Arts Coordinator, mche@weho.org 

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Apr
20
2:00 PM14:00

LOOSE LIPS POETRY READING

TOPANGA CANYON

County Library I will read from new work!

Loose Lips brings a diverse array of the best contemporary poets to Topanga, providing audiences and authors with a poetic forum and community and delivering literary events that are edgy, spiritual, inspiring and, at times, irreverent.

(past announcement--https://messengermountainnews.com/news/loose-lips-poetry-series/)

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