1990 in poetry
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Events
Works published in English
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
- Les Murray, Dog Fox Field Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1990; Carcanet, 1991 and New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe:
- For Crying Out Loud, Oxford: Oxford University Press
- Poetry and Belief (scholarship), Hobart: University of Tasmania
- Ciarán Carson: Belfast Confetti, Bloodaxe, Wake Forest University Press, 1990
- Elaine Feinstein, City Music, Hutchinson
- John Heath-Stubbs, Selected Poems
- Derek Mahon, The Chinese Restaurant in Portrush: Selected Poems. Gallery Press
- Peter Redgrove, Dressed as for a Tarot Pack
- Seamus Heaney:
- R.S. Thomas, Counterpoint
- Derek Walcott, Omeros
- Elizabeth Alexander, The Venus Hottentot[5]
- Maya Angelou, I Shall Not be Moved
- Frank Bidart, In the Western Night: Collected Poems 1965–90 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
- Philip Booth, Selves, Viking Penguin
- George F. Butterick and Richard Blevins, editors, Charles Olson and Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence, ninth and last volume published this year (first volume published in 1980), Santa Barbara, California, biography and criticism[6]
- Maxine Chernoff, Leap Year Day: New & Selected Poems (Another Chicago Press)
- Alice Fulton, Powers of Congress
- David Graham, Second Wind, Texas Tech University Press
- David Lehman, Operation Memory, Princeton University Press
- Thomas Lux, The Drowned River, Houghton Mifflin
- Grace Nichols (Guyanian poet and author writing in the United Kingdom), Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Woman, and Other Poems, Random House (New York, NY); originally published in the United Kingdom by Virago Press (London, England) in 1989
- Mary Oliver, House of Light
- Peter Oresick, Definitions (West End Press) and Working Classics (University of Illinois Press)
- Rosmarie Waldrop, Peculiar Motions (Kelsey St. Press)
- Reed Whittemore, The Past, the Future, the Present: Poems Selected and New
These 75 poets were included in The Best American Poetry 1990, edited by David Lehman with Jorie Graham, guest editor:
Other in English
- A. E. Davidson, Studies on Canadian Literature (scholarship), Canada[7]
- George Elliott Clarke, Whylah Falls, Vancouver: Polestar, ISBN 0-919591-57-4 (revised edition, 2000 ISBN 1-896095-50-X) Canada
- Bill Manhire, The Old Man's Example, New Zealand
- Cilla McQueen, Berlin Diary, winner of the 1991 New Zealand Book Award for Poetry, New Zealand
Works published in other languages
Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately:
Spanish language
- Matilde Camus, El color de mi cristal ("The colour of my glasses")
Other
Awards and honors
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- May 14 — Mary Oppen, 82 (born 1908), American poet, activist, artist, photographer, and writer, wife of George Oppen
- November 7 — Lawrence Durrell, 78 (born 1912 in poetry|1912]]), English novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer
- November 11 — Yannis Ritsos, Greek
- dates not known:
References
- ^ a b "Publications" Web page at Pat Boran's Web site, accessed May 2
- ^ Allen Curnow Web page at the New Zealand Book Council website, accessed April 21, 2008
- ^ [1]Web psge titled "James K. Baxter" at "Best of New Zealand Poetry 2001" Web site, accessed October 11, 2007
- ^ Cilla McQueen - NZ Literature File - LEARN - The University Of Auckland Library
- ^ Web page titled "Elizabeth Alexander" at the Poetry Foundation website, accessed April 24, 2008
- ^ Everett, Nicholas, "Robert Creeley's Life and Career" at the Modern American Poetry website, accessed May 1, 2008
- ^ Preminger, Alex and T.V.F. Brogan, et al., editors, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993, Princeton University Press and MJF Books, "Canadian Poetry" article, English "Anthologies" section, p 164
- ^ a b Balcom, John, "Lo Fu", article on Poetry International website, retrieved November 22, 2008
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