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NEWS ITEMS:

Annie's first book of poetry, EVE, has been chosen for inclusion in Carnegie Mellon University Press's "Classic Contemporaries" poetry series. "Classic Contemporaries" has gained widespread praise for reissuing significant out-of-print books by important American poets including Richard Hugo, Carolyn Kizer, James Tate, and Ellen Bryant Voigt. EVE will be published by Carnegie Mellon in January 2010.

Final edits are almost done for A Poet's Craft and A Poet's Ear, Annie's pair of poetry-writing textbooks for University of Michigan Press. The books should be released in Spring 2010.

Annie Finch has been named the winner of the tenth annual Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award for scholars who have made a lasting contribution to the art and science of versification. Previous winners include Paul Fussell, Marina Tarlinskaja, and John Hollander.

Annie Finch's birthday was recently noted by Garrison Keillor during his daily Public Radio broadcast, "The Writer's Almanac." Keillor also noted the birthdays of Martin Luther and John Keats.

Annie's book Among the Goddesses: An Epic Poem Libretto has been accepted for publication by Red Hen Press. The book consists of the epic poem "Marie Moving" and its opera libretto adaptation, "Lily Among the Goddesses." Among the Goddesses will be released in Fall 2009.

Annie is now a guest blogger at the Poetry Foundation blog, "Harriet."

Annie's online poetry workshop for the U.K. newspaper The Guardian is up. The topic: sincere and uncynical love poetry.

NEWS FROM THE REVIEWS:

Annie has been defined, in a review of Calendars, as "a happy poet." : “... Annie Finch has never hesitated to buck a trend. . . she is a happy poet in an age (like most ages) when poets are bleak and blear.”

March 26, 2009

Thursday, 8 PM

Poetry Reading

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, Kansas

contact: Laura Washburn

April 6, 2009
Monday, 7 PM
Annie FInch and Marilyn Hacker
An Evening of Sonnets

Poets Out Loud
Fordham University
Fordham University-Lincoln Center
113 West 60th Street (corner of Columbus/Ninth Ave.)

April 14, 2009

12 noon

Falmouth Memorial Library

Falmouth, Maine

April 25, 2009

Inaugural Poem

Presidetial Inauguration

Abramson Center

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine

May 2, 2009
Saturday, 4 PM
Reading from Aftershocks: Poetry of Recovery
Suffolk University Poetry Center
Mildred F. Sawyer Library, 3rd floor
Suffolk University
73 Tremont St Boston

May 3, 2009
Sunday, 3 PM
Poetry Reading
Concord Poetry Center
40 Stow Street
Concord, MA
Contact: Susan Richmond
susanrichmond@veriozon.net

May 19, 2009

6:00 PM

Reading with Dusie Press/ Dusie Players

Cara Benson, Elizabeth Bryant. Annie Finch, Susana Gardner. Jennifer Karmin.Nicole Mauro,Marthe Reed, and Jessica Smith

ACA Galleries

529 W. 20th St., 5th floor

New York, NY

May 28-31 , 2009
Poetry Reading
Yale University Alumni Reunion
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

June 13, 2009

Interview and Awarding of Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award

West Chester Poetry Conference

West Chester University

July 10-20, 2009

Stonecoast MFA Residency

September 5-7, 2009
Fellows Retreat
Black Earth Institute
Black Earth, Wisconsin

September 12, 2009

Poetry Reading
Powow River Poetry Series
Newburyport, MA

September 16, 2009

Red Hen Poets Reading

Cornelia St. Cafe

New York, NY

September 14-26, 2009
Wolf Field Writing Project
Yellowstone National Park
Montana

Oct 1, 2009
Thursday, 7:30 PM
Poetry Reading with Patricia Smith
Collected Poets Series
47 Bridge St.
Shelburne, MA
413-625-6292
contact: Lea Banks

Oct. 3, 2009
Poetry Reading
Brattleboro Poetry Festival
Brattleboro, Vermont
contact: Wyn Cooper