Category: National Poetry Month

April 1, 2019

Book Giveaway! National Poetry Month 2019

In celebration of National Poetry Month we’ll be featuring media roundups and book excerpts from recent titles about poetry as well as highlighting works of poetry published by The Chinese University Press. In addition to these weekly features, we’re offering...

April 30, 2018

Yang Mu and Western Literary Tradition

We are closing Poetry Month today with the second of a two-part post on Yang Mu, a towering figure in modern Chinese poetry. This post, written by Xiaohan Du, a Ph.D. Candidate in Art History at Columbia University focuses on...

April 27, 2018

Columbia University Press Announces Student Poetry Contest Winners!

In celebration of National Poetry Month, Columbia University Press is pleased to announce the three winners of the second annual Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Student Poetry Contest. The Granger’s Poetry contest is held each April and generates high-quality submissions from students around...

April 26, 2018

In 1931 The Press Launched Two Definitive Works in Poetry: The Works of John Milton and the Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records series

In observance of International Poetry Month, today’s Throwback Thursday takes us back eighty-seven years when the Press launched the first volumes of two definitive works in poetry. The Works Of John Milton In 1931, Columbia University Press published the first...

April 25, 2018

Masaoka Shiki & Haiku’s Political Turn in 19th Century Japan

In honor of Poetry Month, today we have a guest post from Robert Tuck about Japanese poet Masaoka Shiki. Robert Tuck is the author of the forthcoming title Idly Scribbling Rhymers: Poetry, Print, and Community in Nineteenth-Century Japan.  • • •...

April 12, 2018

A Contemplation of Konstantin Batyushkov’s Writings from the Golden Age of Russian Poetry

“The poet sees a palace in his retreat— Happy because he dreams.” — Konstantin Batyushkov (1787-1855) In celebration of National Poetry Month, today we’re presenting you with this contemplation of Konstantin Batyushkov’s Writings from the Golden Age of Russian Poetry (Presented and translated...

April 10, 2018

Writings from the Golden Age of Russian Poetry: An Introduction

In celebration of National Poetry Month, today we’re introducing you to Konstantin Batyushkov’s Writings from the Golden Age of Russian Poetry,  presented and translated by Peter France. Remember to enter our book giveaway for a chance to win a free copy! •   •...

April 9, 2018

Book Giveaway! Writings from the Golden Age of Russian Poetry

In celebration of National Poetry Month, we are featuring Writings from the Golden Age of Russian Poetry, by Konstantin Batyushkov. Presented and translated by Peter France. Throughout the week, we will be featuring content about the book and its translator on our blog as well as...

May 5, 2016

Thursday Poetry Corner: C. D. Wright

Lizzie Tribone discusses the powerful poetry of C. D. Wright, as seen in Wright’s chapbook FLAME, part of the Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011 collection WORDS AND THE WORLD.

April 29, 2016

What Can Poetry Do?

Read excerpts from The Chinese University Press’s newest International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong anthology: POETRY AND CONFLICT.

April 23, 2015

Thursday Fiction Corner: Sierra Nevada, by Tomaž Šalamun

Read “Sierra Nevada,” a poem from Tomaž Šalamun’s 2015 BTBA longlisted poetry collection, SOY REALIDAD! Happy National Poetry Month!

April 16, 2013

William Logan Poetry Criticism Quiz Answers

Columbia University Press has had the privilege of publishing two volumes of critical essays by the poet and critic William Logan, Our Savage Age: Poetry and the Civil Tongue and The Undiscovered Country: Poetry in the Age of Tin. As...