Poetry at Yale

A small archive of letters, manuscripts, and manuscript notebooks by poet, editor, and novelist Charles Plymell; the notebooks include drafts of poems and letters, miscellaneous notes, and drawings by the poet. All materials date from approximately 1968-1969.

John Haines is the author of numerous books of poetry, including At the End of This Summer, The Owl in the Mask of the Dreamer; Cicada, Leaves and Ashes, and News from the Glacier. His prose works include: Fables and Distances: New and Selected Essays and The Stars, the Snow, the Fire: Twenty-five Years in the Northern Wilderness.

The Appeal If I have given you delight By aught that I have done, Let me lie quiet in that night Which shall be yours anon: And for that little, little span The dead are borne in mind Seek not to question other than The books I leave behind.

Please join us for a Yale student poetry reading on Wednesday, April 25th, 4pm. Student poets reading their work include: Georgiana Banita, Mary Daniel, Rebecca Dinerstein, Adam Eaker, David Gorin, David Griswold, Erich Matthes, Chiara Scully, Jenni Sorkin, and Samantha Tonini. This event is free and open to the public. The Beinecke Library is located at 121 Wall Street, New Haven.

        Ron Padgett Wednesday, April 11th, 4 pm Beinecke Library, 121 Wall Street   Please join us for a poetry reading by Ron Padgett on Wednesday, April 11th, 4pm. This event is free and open to the public. The Beinecke Library is located at 121 Wall Street, New Haven.

  New Haven, Conn.—A three-judge panel has named Frank Bidart the 2007 winner of University’s Bollingen Prize in American Poetry. The judges described Bidart as “a poet whose work exemplifies consistent originality of theme, sustained linguistic and formal explorations, and a strong sense of the profoundly serious and adventurous nature of the poetic calling.”