Tag: Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry

May 13, 2020

Columbia University Press Announces the 2020 Student Poetry Contest Winners!

April was National Poetry Month, and this year, it marked the fourth annual high school poetry contest, in which high school students are invited to submit an original poem inspired by one from the Granger’s database. The contest has grown...

May 2, 2019

Columbia University Press Announces 2019 Student Poetry Contest Winners!

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

August 11, 2018

Pity the Dewy Pearl Be Thrown

Here’s a haiku by Lady Den Sute-Jo (1633-98), translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain, in honor of Women in Translation month. #haiku #womenpoets #womenintranslation #japanese #poetry A post shared by Columbia (@grangersworldofpoetry) on Aug 7, 2018 at 9:13am PDT

July 7, 2018

The Best Thing in the World

Browning was born in England in 1806, the oldest of 12, and grew up in a Turkish-style mansion. She secretly married Robert Browning, also a poet, amidst the melodrama of paternal opposition and romantic art. She published her first book...

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 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 4, 2012

Columbia Granger's Poem of the Day App!

            Just in time for National Poetry Month, The Columbia Granger’s World of Poetry proudly presents the smartphone app Columbia Granger’s Poem of the Day, offering everybody a free daily passport to Granger’s. The free app enables users to download...