Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding street filled with bookstores and outdoor book stalls. Named after the famed 10th century classical Arab poet, Al-Mutanabbi, it was an established street for bookselling for hundreds of years and the heart and soul of the Baghdad literary and intellectual community. On March 8, to remember the tragic event, Baghdad poets presented readings on the remains of the street. This was followed by various poetry readings around the United States commemorating the bombing of the historic center of the literary and intellectual community of Baghdad, many of the readings took place in the final weeks of August 2007. April 17: Nikki Giovanni, a professor of English at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the US state of Virginia, both spoke and recited poetry at the campus convocation commemorating the Virginia Tech massacre of the day before. Giovanni taught the Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho in a poetry class. She had previously approached the department chair to have Cho taken out of her class. "We are the Hokies! We will prevail! We will prevail! We are Virginia Tech!" Giovanni said, bringing the audience to its feet and into a spontaneous cheer. Giovanni closed the ceremony with a chant poem, intoning, "We are sad today, and we will be sad for quite a while. We are not moving on. We are embracing our mourning. We are Virginia Tech... We do not understand this tragedy... No one deserves a tragedy." August 9: Bangladeshi poet Taslima Nasreen was attacked at a book signing in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh by a crowd of protesters who shouted for her death. The attackers consisted of lawmakers and members of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party who objected to her writings on religion and oppression of women. After the attack, India criminally charged Nasreen with "hurting Muslim feelings", punishable by up to three years in jail. The New Yorker magazine announced that longtime poetry editor Alice Quinn was leaving and, as of November, Paul Muldoon, an Irish native and U.S. citizen, would be taking over what The Chronicle of Higher Education called "one of the most powerful positions in American poetry". Scottish poet Alastair Reid read his poem "Scotland" publicly for the last time at a literary festival in St Andrews, then burned the manuscript. The Eagles set "An Old-Fashioned Song", a poem by John Hollander, to music (four-part harmony with guitar chords, but mostly singing it a cappella), named it "No More Walks in the Wood" after its first line. They released it on the album, "Long Road Out of Eden". The band added no words to the 21-line poem, and there are no choruses.Boynton, Cynthia Wolfe, "Venerable Poet's Words To a Pop Music Beat", article, The New York Times, Connecticut and the Region section, February 10, 2008, p 6 In Russia, the expert board for the Bunin Prize for poetry dissolved itself amid reports of interference and pressure from sponsors. A new expert board was formed and the jury awarded the prize to Andrei Dementyev."Literature" article, with numerous pages by different authors on literature in various nations and languages, Britannica Book of the Year 2007, published by Encyclopædia Britannica, 2008, online version retrieved January 14, 2009 Reality television contest Prince of Poets is launched in the United Arab Emirates.
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:
Australia
Judith Bishop, Event David Brooks, Urban Elegies. Sydney: Island Press (Australia) Brook Emery, Uncommon Light, Five Islands Press. Lisa Gorton, Press Release Kathryn Lomer, Two Kinds of Silence, University of Queensland Press, David Malouf, Typewriter Music, winner of the 2008 Arts Queensland Judith Wright Calanthe Award Les Murray, Selected Poems (Black Inc.) Dorothy Porter, El Dorado Peter Skrznecki, Old/New World, University of Queensland Press, Rob Walker, "phobiaphobia" (Picaro Press) Petra White, The Incoming Tide
Australian anthologies Pretty, Ron (ed.), The Road South: An Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry, Kolkota, India: Bengal Creations, 2007. Peter Rose, The Best Australian Poems 2007, Black Inc.,
Poets in Best Australian Poetry 2007 The Best Australian Poetry 2007 (), by series editors Bronwyn Lea and Martin Duwell; with 2007 guest editor John Tranter (University of Queensland Press), published work by these 40 poets:
Robert Adamson Judith Bishop Pam Brown Joanne Burns Grant Caldwell Chris Edwards Michael Farrell Barbara Fisher Dennis Foley Alison Gerber
Jennifer Harrison Dominique Hecq Matt Hetherington Charles Higham Clive James Mary Jenkins Jill Jones S. K. Kelen Cath Kenneally John Kinsella
Cameron Lowe David McCooey Jennifer Maiden Graeme Miles John Millett Pooja Mittal Reg Mombassa Les Murray Louise Nicholas Ouyang Yu
Geoff Page Megan Petrie Craig Powell Michael Riley Peter Rose Brendan Ryan Tracy Ryan Michael Sharkey Chris Wallace-Crabbe Dennis Wild
Canada Joanne Arnott, Mother Time Margaret Atwood, The Door Yvonne Blomer, A Broken Mirror, Fallen Leaf Nicole Brossard, Notebook of Roses and Civilization, translated by Erin Moure (Coach House Books) Lorna Crozier, The Blue Hour of the Day Don Domanski, All Our Wonder Unavenged (Brick Books), , winner of the Governor General's Book Award Patrick Friesen, Earth's Crude Gravities Paul Haines, edited by Stuart Broomer, Secret Carnival Workers (Coach House Books) Brian Henderson, Nerve Language Sarah Lang, Work of Days (Coach House Books) Dennis Lee: The Bard of the Universe. Kentville, NS: Gaspereau Press. Yesno. Toronto: Anansi."Dennis Lee: Publications ," Canadian Poetry Online, UToronto.ca, Web, Apr. 19, 2011. David McGimpsey, Sitcom (Coach House Books) George McWhirter, The Incorrection Garry Thomas Morse, Streams Erín Moure, O Cadoiro George Murray The Rush to Here, bpNichol, edited by Lori Emerson and Darren Wershler-Henry, Alphabet Game: A bpNichol Reader (Coach House Books) Barbara Nickel, Domain Elizabeth Philips, Torch River Anne Simpson Quick, Agnes Walsh, Going Around with Bachelors Rob Winger, Muybridge's Horse Rachel Zolf, Human Resources (Coach House Books)
India, in English Dilip Chitre, As Is, Where Is, (Poetry in English ), Mumbai:Poetrywala; India,Web page titled "Dilip Chitre" , Poetry International website. Retrieved July 6, 2010. Dilip Sankarreddy, Wanderings with Poetry, Peacock Books, India C. P. Surendran, Portraits of the Space We Occupy (Poetry in English), New Delhi: Harper Collins, IndiaWeb page titled "C. P. Surendran" , Poetry International website. Retrieved July 6, 2010. Tapan Kumar Pradhan, Kalahandi, New Delhi : Sahitya Akademi
Anthologies in India Jeet Thayil : 60 Indian Poets : 1952-2007, New Delhi : Penguin India
Ireland Pat Boran, New and Selected Poems Dedalus Press, Ireland"Publications" Web page at Pat Boran's Web site, accessed May 2 Patrick Cotter general editor, Colm Breathnach and Maurice Riordan 2007 editors, The Best of Irish Poetry 2007 designed to be the first of an annual series. Paul Durcan, The Laughter of Mothers, (Harvill Secker) Peter Fallon, The Company of Horses, Oldcastle: The Gallery Press, Thomas McCarthy and Bríd Ní Bhóráin, editors, Best of Irish Poetry 2008, selections from 50 Irish poets published over a 12-month period, including Ciaran Carson, Harry Clifton, Kerry Hardie, Seamus Heaney, Biddy Jenkinson, Thomas Kinsella, Medbh McGuckian, Paula Meehan, John Montague, Bernard O'Donoghue, Robert Nye, Dennis O'Driscoll, Leanne O'Sullivan, Maurice Riordan, Billy Ramsell, David Wheatley, Liam Ó Muirthile, Celia de Fréine, Cathal Ó Searcaigh, William Wall, published October 2007 (Southword Editions) (anthology) Maurice Riordan, The Holy Land London: Faber and Faber, Irish poet living in and published in the United Kingdom
New Zealand Janet Charman, Cold Snack, Auckland: Auckland University PressRobinson, Roger and Wattie, Nelson, The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature, 1998, "Janet Charman" article Andrew Johnston, Sol Michele Leggott, Journey to Portugal (Holloway Press) a collection of poems written during a 2004 trip to Portugal and inspired by Fernando Pessoa, Portugal's great Modernist poet. Illustrated by Gretchen Albrecht. Paula Green, Making Lists for Francis Hodgkins, Auckland University Press Kay McKenzie Cooke, Made for Weather: Poems by Kay McKenzie Cooke, Otago University Press Jessica Le Bas, Incognito, Auckland University Press
Poets in Best New Zealand Poems These poets wrote the 25 poems selected for Best New Zealand Poems 2006, published this year:
Hinemoana Baker Cherie Barford Jenny Bornholdt James Brown Alistair Te Ariki Campbell
Geoff Cochrane Murray Edmond David Eggleton Cliff Fell Brian Flaherty
Paula Green Bernadette Hall Anna Jackson Andrew Johnston Michele Leggott
Selina Tusitala Marsh Karlo Mila Gregory O'Brien Brian Potiki Chris Price
Elizabeth Smither C. K. Stead JC Sturm Richard von Sturmer Alison Wong
United Kingdom
Simon Armitage, translator, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation, Faber and Faber W. H. Auden, Collected Poems, edited by Edward Mendelson (Modern Library) (Anglo-American poet), posthumous Dale Craske Remedy The Remedy With New Improved Remedy, Faber Carol Ann Duffy: Editor, Answering Back, Picador (anthology)O’Reilly, Elizabeth (either author of the "Critical Perspective" section or of the entire contents of the web page, titled "Carol Ann Duffy" at Contemporary Poets website, retrieved May 4, 2009. May 8, 2009. The Hat, Faber and Faber (children's poetry) Ian Duhig, The Speed of Dark (Picador), on the short list for the T. S. Eliot Prize Alan Gillis, Hawks and Doves (Gallery), on the short list for the T. S. Eliot Prize Sophie Hannah, Pessimism for Beginners (Carcanet), on the short list for the T. S. Eliot Prize Seamus Heaney: Something to Write Home About, Nicholson and Bass Paul Henry, Ingrid's Husband, Seren Mimi Khalvati, The Meanest Flower (Carcanet), on the short list for the T. S. Eliot Prize Nick Laird, On Purpose (Faber & Faber) Frances Leviston, Public Dream (Picador), on the short list for the T. S. Eliot Prize Sarah Maguire, The Pomegranates of Kandahar (Chatto), on the short list for the T. S. Eliot Prize Edwin Morgan, A Book of Lives (Carcanet), on the short list for the T. S. Eliot Prize Daljit Nagra, Look We Have Coming to Dover!, Faber and Faber Sean O'Brien, The Drowned Book, Picador, winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize Michael O'Neill, The All Sustaining Air: Romantic Legacies and Renewals in British, Irish and American Poetry Since 1900 (scholarship) Iona Opie, editor, Mother Goose's Little Treasures, a collection of nursery rhymes Maurice Riordan, The Holy Land London: Faber and Faber, Irish poet living in and published in the United Kingdom Fiona Sampson, Common Prayer (Carcanet), on the short list for the T. S. Eliot Prize Zoë Skoulding, Dark Wires (with Ian Davidson) Matthew Sweeney, Black Moon (Jonathan Cape), on the short list for the T. S. Eliot Prize
United States
Rae Armantrout, Next Life (Wesleyan University Press), one of the New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year", 92 pages, John Ash, The Parthian Stations (Carcanet), John Ashbery: A Worldly Country: New Poems Ecco/HarperCollins, Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems, Ecco/HarperCollins, ISBN