Items tagged with women.

Iranian Named mtvU Poet Laureate

by Kaveh Bassiri

News and Trends

In October MTV’s college network, mtvU, surprised some of its more literary-minded viewers when it named Iranian poet Simin Behbahani as its next poet laureate. She is only the second poet, following John Ashbery, to hold the honorary post.

A Virtual Forum for Women Writers

by Elrena Evans

News and Trends

November/December 2009

She Writes, a Web site established for women writers, has joined the ranks of literary social networking utilities. Launched in June it aims to provide a place "where women writers working in every genre, in every part of the world, and of all ages and backgrounds, can come together in a space of mutual support."

Oxford University Appoints First Woman Professor of Poetry

by Staff

Daily News

Two weeks after Great Britain appointed its first ever woman poet laureate, Oxford University has elected its first female professor of poetry.

Carolyn Chute on Tap Water, Thinking Dogs, and the Inspirational Quality of Coffee: Postcard From Biddeford, Maine

by Joshua Bodwell

Postcard

An evening with the novelist Carolyn Chute is wonderfully unliterary. This is especially true when she is reading in her native Maine.