Category: Poetry

June 23, 2018

What Difference Does a Word Make?

Did you know that Thomas Wentworth Higginson, publisher and friend to Emily Dickinson, changed the word “Heft” to “weight” when he and Mabel Loomis Todd edited and published a collection of her poems after her death. Higginson wrote that Dickinson’s...

June 20, 2018

Behind the Scenes of the Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online

  “Granger’s is a portal that invites our own voyages of discovery.” ~ Tessa Kale In continuing with this week’s “Behind the Scenes” theme, today we bring you a guest post from Tessa Kale, Senior Editor of The Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online. • ...

May 19, 2018

Granger’s Poetry Online Weekly Feature: “Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,”

Visit Granger’s World of Poetry Online and follow along on Instagram for more about poems and poets. A big thank you to @gottakidtofeed and his team for creating #cinemagraph posts for #grangers that features an excerpt from one of our favorite...

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...

February 9, 2018

Reference in the Age of Technology: The Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online

Yesterday we introduced you to a hefty product of the past. Today we’d like to tell you about the present. Modern technology has paved the way to dynamic databases like The Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry Online. Accessible anytime, anywhere,...

June 14, 2017

The Other Night at Columbia: A Report from the Academy

Read an article on the Beat poets by Diana Trilling, plus a contextualizing excerpt from THE UNTOLD JOURNEY: THE LIFE OF DIANA TRILLING, by Natalie Robins!