Grace Cavalieri among 13 Poets Laureate to Receive over $1 million in Grant Money
Big news for Maryland's Poet Laureate, Grace Cavalieri. The American Academy of poets announced on Wednesday that an appropriation of $1,050,000 (made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon foundation) would be made available for thirteen of America's most distinguished Poets Laureate including Grace herself.
The funds are, according to AP, for the support of civic programs in the poet's communities which can range from readings to podcasts to free lectures and workshops.
Here's to Grace. We know she will use it well for the all the Maryland communities who can use a little poetry on their block.
Other Voices, Other Lives: A Grace Cavalieri Collection is a selection of poems, plays, and interviews drawn from over forty years of work by one of America’s most beloved and influential women of letters. The author of 23 books of poetry and 26 produced plays, and the founder of the legendary radio interview program, The Poet and the Poem, Grace Cavalieri has won multiple national awards for her writing and her service to literature. She is the current Maryland Poet Laureate.
More From Grace Cavalieri
[Grace Cavalieri] 5 Plays from the Contemporary American Theater Festival Reviewed
5 Plays from the Contemporary American Theater Festival Reviewed by Grace Cavalieri The inimitable Grace Cavalieri, a dramatist herself, returned from the 28th season of the Contemporary American Theater Festival […]
Grace Cavalieri, her great interview with the late Donald Hall, CATF criticism and more
Grace Cavalieri, her great interview with the late Donald Hall, CATF criticism and more Grace’s longtime talk series, The Poet and The Poem, broadcast from The Library of Congress, is […]
The Real Author
The Real Author By Grace Cavalieri There’s a real author and an implied author behind every book. The real author of Other Voices, Other Lives is just me, in Annapolis, […]
- « Previous
- 1
- …
- 6
- 7
- 8