Academy of American Poets names two regional poets as 2023 fellows

The Academy of American Poets recently named its Poet Laureate Fellows for 2023. These 23 fellows from across the country will each receive $50,000 and they’ll create programs that emphasize and celebrate poetry in their communities. In New England, Oliver de la Paz of Worcester was named a fellow this year. De la Paz teaches at the College of the Holy Cross, and his most recent collection was “The Diaspora Sonnets” (Liveright). He’ll be collaborating with the Worcester County Poetry Association on the Rain Poetry Project, a public art installation across the city. In Portsmouth, N.H., award-winning poet Diannely Antigua was also named a fellow. She’ll develop the Bread & Poetry Project, honoring the Hoot Poetry Reading series and the Esther Buffler Poetin-Residence program, both of which were created by former poets laureate in Portsmouth.

Coming out

“Still Born” by Guadalupe Nettel, translated from the Spanish by Rosalind Harvey (Bloomsbury)

“The Details” by Ia Genberg, translated from the Swedish by Kira Josefsson (Harpervia)

“Prophet” by Helen MacDonald and Sin Blaché (Grove Atlantic)

Pick of the week

Nancy Brown at RJ Julia Independent Booksellers in Madison, Conn., recommends “Taxi from Another Planet” by Charles S. Cockell (Harvard University): “The subtitle ‘Conversations with Drivers about Life in the Universe’ says it all. Short, random trips in a cab to an airport or conference is the venue for the insight of Everyman. Smart, funny, inquisitive, and perfectly human. AI couldn’t come up with these questions or observations about what may be out there in the universe.”