Elise Paschen partly credited as inspiration for the title of Martin Scorsese’s new film, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON!
Martin Scorsese’s latest film — “Killers of the Flower Moon” — documents the real-life tragedy that befell the Osage Nation in the early 20th century. After becoming rich after discovering oil on their land, numerous murders were committed by white infiltrators looking to take their oil head rights.
The movie is based on the 2017 novel, “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann. However, the metaphor of the flower-moon killer didn’t originate with David Grann. Its origin is found in 2009 poem from Osage poet Elise Paschen titled “Wi’-gi-e.”
Lisa C. Krueger author of the recently published poetry memoir FLORIOGRAPHY CHILD featured in Literary Hub!
Most of us, in some manner, dig into our lives with words. We want clarity, we want understanding. Words, as Adrienne Rich said, are maps. The process of discovery, in both therapy and poetry, bears the weight of questions: What will I find? Can I live with what is there? We therapists reside in contemplation and mindful presence with people who are searching. Who dig.
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, author of WATER & SALT, receives the John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize for Translation from the Poetry Foundation!
Several prizes are awarded annually for work printed in Poetry during the preceding year. Only poems already published in the magazine are eligible for consideration, and no formal application is necessary. The winners are announced in the December issue. Below the prize descriptions is a complete list of past prize winners.
The Poetry Foundation also administers many other awards and grants.
The John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize for Translation, established in 1999 by Bonnie Larkin Nims, trustees of the Poetry Foundation, and friends of the late poet, translator, and editor, in the amount of $500, is awarded to Lena Khalaf Tuffaha for her translations of Zakaria Mohammed’s poems, “January 2,” “August 15,” and “August 16” in the September 2023 issue.
Berkeley Fiction Review interviews E.P Tuazon about upcoming book, PROFESSIONAL LOLA!
Gillian Gee at Berkeley Fiction Review has the wonderful opportunity to interview E.P. Tuazon, writer of the Pushcart Prize-nominated short story, “Professional Lola.” The interview covers topics ranging from representation of culture in fiction to what it means to be a Pilipinx-American writer.
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, author of WATER & SALT, discusses the life and work of Palestinian poet and writer Zakaria Mohammed on The Poetry Magazine Podcast!
On this week’s episode, Cindy Juyoung Ok speaks with poet, essayist, and translator Lena Khalaf Tuffaha about the life and work of the renowned Palestinian poet and writer Zakaria Mohammed. Born in Nablus, Palestine, Mohammed was a freelance journalist, editor, and poet who authored nine volumes of poetry. In 1994, after twenty-five years in exile, he returned to his homeland to live in Ramallah where he recently died at the age of seventy-three. Ok and Khalaf Tuffaha discuss Mohammed’s rebelliousness, his democratizing practice of posting early drafts of his poems to Facebook, and how he approached writing in the shadow of Mahmoud Darwish. They also talk about grief, the politics of translation, and the always tricky task of composing an email. Finally, Khalaf Tuffaha treats us to some of Mohammed’s poems in Arabic and English translation that appear in the September 2023 issue of Poetry.
Juliana Lamy’s debut Haitian short-story collection YOU WERE WATCHING FROM THE SAND featured in Trinidad Express!
Welcome to the latest installment of the Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly roundup of Caribbean literary news, curated by the NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival, and published in the Sunday Express.
Afaa M. Weaver, author of A FIRE IN THE HILLS, wins Academy of American Poets Wallace Stevens Award!
Congratulations to Afaa M. Weaver on being the recipient of the 2023 Academy of American Poets Wallace Stevens Award, recognizing mastery in Poetry!
We are honored to have published Afaa’s most recent book, A Fire in the Hills, and can say with certainty that this honor could not have gone to a more deserving poet.
Cheri Johnson’s ANNIKA ROSE and E.P. Tuazon’s PROFESSIONAL LOLA featured in Shelf Unbound’s Fall 2023 issue!
As the world undergoes its annual transformation, shedding the vibrant hues of summer for the warm embrace of autumn, our passion for storytelling knows no borders. Fall has arrived, not merely as a season but as a season of exploration and connection. In the pages of the Fall 2023 issue of Shelf Unbound, we invite you on a literary voyage around the globe, where stories from diverse cultures converge to create a tapestry of rich and unforgettable narratives.
Chelsey Clammer’s HUMAN HEARTBEAT DETECTED selected as Finalist for Memoir Magazine’s 2023 Memoir Prize for Books!
Memoir Magazine is delighted to share the winners of the 2023 Memoir Prize for Books! Congratulations to our Grand Prize winner, Finalists, and Category winners!
Adriana Páramo featured in Solstice Literary Magazine
I’m lying on my back, scrawny feet up in the stirrups. In my head, I go like, don’t look, don’t look, don’t you look at her, but of course, I do. I raise my head, and there next to the gynecologist is Mom, peering into my most private me. Mom cranes her neck over the doctor’s head to bear witness, to be there when the doctor announces her verdict…
