THE MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZES, 2020

Marsh Hawk Press congratulates the recipients of our Annual Prizes as judged by Susan Howe:

The MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZE
($1,000.00 Cash Prize and Publication of the Book)

Tony Trigilio “Proof Something Happened” 

The ROBERT CREELEY MEMORIAL AWARD
($250.00 Cash Prize)

Erin Malone “Site of Disappearance”

The ROCHELLE RATNER MEMORIAL AWARD
($250.00 Cash Prize)

Rebecca A. Durham “Loss/Less”

FINALISTS

Ralph J. Long, Jr., Doug Ramspeck, Margaret Young, S.D. Lishan, Jeremy Voight, Richard Fein, Toni Simon, Lily Rose Kosmicki, Alina Stefanescu, Jessica Cuello, Sasha Smith, Mimi Tempestt, Clemonce Heard, Eric Burger, and Kika Dorsey

CHAPTER ONE PRESENTS JULIE MARIE WADE

Julie Marie Wade is our July "Chapter One" poet; you can read her contribution at https://marshhawkpress.org/julie-marie-wade-small-doors/

"Chapter One" presents poets talking about their beginnings as writers; its Table of Contents is at https://marshhawkpress.org/chapter-one/

THE POETRY SHED REVIEWS Mary Mackey

Congratulations to Mary Mackey for the new review of her book The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams! You can see the review HERE, but here's an excerpt:

"One can’t help but be impressed by Mackey’s dynamic range, the fluidity of her lines, and the strength of her convictions. If these poems hadn’t already been written, they would be waiting for someone to write them down, not only for us to enjoy but as a gift to future generations. . . . This is a book I will return to again and again for its wisdom, its humility and its irrepressible spirit. Read it and you will not be disappointed except for the fact that it must eventually end. I can’t recommend it enough. Without poets like Mary Mackey our lives would be poorer indeed.”

THE CHAPTER ONE SERIES

Marsh Hawk Press' "Chapter One" series continues, most recently with David Lehman and Denise Low. Go HERE to navigate for entire list of featured poets which we also note here:

June 2020: David Lehman: Poetic Influences: Ben Jonson’s “My Picture Left in Scotland”

May 2020: Denise Low: “The Fourth Dimension of Writing”

April 2020: Stephanie Strickland: “Late To the Party”

March 2020: Barbara Novack: “Singing the Melody”

February 2020: Geoffrey O’Brien: “WHERE DID POETRY COME FROM: Three Early Encounters”,

January 2020: Amy Gerstler: “Ships In Bottles”

December 2019: Poetic Influences: Mary Mackey on John Keats’s “Negative Capability”

November 2019: Basil King: “The Past is as Present as I Want the Future to Be”

October 2019: David Lehman: “Opening Shot”

September 2019: Daniel Morris: “Reading Spivack/Reading Myself”

August 2019: Indigo Moor: “A Long Overdue Apology”

 July 2019: Lynne Thompson: “Father Tongue”

June 2019: Kim Shuck: “Maybe the Pepperwood Tree Taught Me to Write”

May 2019: Sandy McIntosh: “Two Bookstores and Two Capote Intrusions”

April 2019: Eileen R. Tabios: “My First Book”

March 2019: Jason McCall: “Who Are You?”

February 2019: Burt Kimmelman: “My Tutelage”

January 2019: Jane Hirshfield: “A Continuously Accidental and Precarious Thing”

December 2018: Mary Mackey: “Fever and Jungles: On Becoming a Poet”

November 2018: Phillip Lopate: “The Poetry Years”

October 2018: Denise Duhamel: “Mr. Rogers and Me”

HARRIET ZINNES' MEMORIAL SERVICE AT POETS' HOUSE

The Memorial Service for Harriet Zinnes, March 7, 2020 at Poets House, New York, is now available on YOUTUBE.  You are invited to peruse.  The program was as follows:

Alice Zinnes (daughter); 

2012 video of Harriet Zinnes reading during her 2012 book launch; 

Clifford Zinnes (son); 

Thomas Fink (poet and critic); 

Gheorghe Costinescu (composer) and his musical composition, "Song of Goethe's Wanderer's NIght-Song": Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone and Paula Fan, piano; 

Burt Kimmelman (poet, essayist and editor); 

Gao Ping's (composer) musical compositions, "Two Pieces After Harriet Zinnes: The Gaze and Wings": Gao Ping performing; 

Nelly Frechin de Castet (translator and scholar); 

2019 video of Harriet Zinnes reading her last poems, one month before she died; and 

Audience remarks: Sebastian Zinnes (grandson), Melanie Henley Heyn (opera singer). 

Please note, Rachel Simon is the writer quoted during introductory remarks.

RECOMMENDED BY SPD!

We're pleased to share that Thomas Fink's and Maya Mason's new book, A PAGEANT FOR EVERY ADDICTION, is on SPD's latest Recommended List! Go HERE for more information!

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