The Harvard Gazette

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April is National Poetry Month, though at Harvard every month could be. This book of poems is signed by T.S. Eliot, who graduated from Harvard in 1909. Photo by Thomas Earle

Poetic wandering

Walking tour highlights the sights and sounds of literary Harvard

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DateApril 10, 2015June 19, 2019

Oct. 25 marked the centennial of the poet John Berryman, who was Harvard's Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on English from 1940 to 1943. Berryman jumped from the Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis in 1972 at the age of 57.

‘Dream Songs’ and demons

John Berryman centennial reintroduces Pulitzer-winning poet and onetime Harvard lecturer

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DateOctober 30, 2014September 11, 2019

Between the lines

Harvard faculty reveal connections to the books they love

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DateMarch 17, 2014

The Mahindra Humanities Center hosted "Trans Arts," a University-wide coming out for the trans arts, including texts, media, and performances from within the world of what insiders call the trans and genderqueer life. Among the guests was Tim Trace Peterson (at podium), co-editor of “Troubling the Line,” a new poetry collection featuring trans writers.

The power of trans

Discussion, performances showcase what it means to reshape gender

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DateDecember 5, 2013March 15, 2019

"... Harvard, sometimes anxious about its role as a leader in American art, truly got it right when it came to poetry. From its early days to the present moment — but most astonishingly throughout the whole 20th century — Harvard has made a truly unequaled contribution to American poetry,” said Jorie Graham, herself a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory. Graham is leading a celebration of Harvard’s lyrical nursery by presenting a communal recitation of poetry titled “Over the Centuries: Poetry at Harvard (A Love Story)” on April 29.

Poetry in motion

Harvard’s practitioners pass craft from generation to generation

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DateApril 18, 2012July 25, 2019

Faculty of Arts and Sciences announces 2010-11 full professors

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DateMay 13, 2010July 25, 2019

The Art of the Sonnet

<h4>Belknap Press, April 2010</h4><h5>By Stephen Burt and David Mikics</h5>

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DateMay 13, 2010

Close Calls with Nonsense: Reading New Poetry

<h4>Graywolf Press, March 2009</h4><h5>Stephen Burt</h5>

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DateSeptember 17, 2009