// Chuck Palahniuk reads his short story Guts to audiences while on tour to promote his novel Diary. ... // Rita Dove, American Smooth: Poems (Norton); named a notable book of the year by The New York Times Book Review Donald Justice, Collected Poems (Knopf); published posthumously; named a notable book of the year by The New York Times Book Review Michael Ryan, New And Selected Poems Derek Walcott, The... // Frank Bidart: Star Dust, one of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of the Year[1] Dan Chiasson: Natural History: Poems, one of the New York Times 100 Notable books of the year[1] Jorie Graham: Overlord: Poems, one of the New York Times 100 Notable books of the... // Southword Editions in 2006 was preparing to start an annual anthology of Irish poetry, The Best of Irish Poetry 2007 to be the first volume. ... See also: 2002 in literature, other events of 2003, 2004 in literature, list of years in literature. ... // Canada Reads selects Guy Vanderhaeghes The Last Crossing to be read across the nation. ... // Events February 25 - Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation. ... // Events June 26, 2006: J.K. Rowling reaveals that two characters will die in the seventh book of the Harry Potter series. ... None at present The final book in the Harry Potter series is to be released The final book in the Inheritance trilogy is set to be released. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries in poetry. ... Category: ... Category: ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The 21st century is the present century of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ... The 22nd century (Gregorian calendar) will comprise the years 2101-2200. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... This article is becoming very long. ... The 2010s decade comprises the years from 2010 to 2019, inclusive. ... This decade is expected to be called the twenty-twenties. The Roman decennia number is XX. Those people born in the 1970s and 1980s will most likely be in positions of power. ... Millennia: 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium - 4th millennium Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century Decades: 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s - 2030s - 2040s 2050s 2060s 2070s 2080s Years: 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 The decade as a whole This decade is expected to be called the... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

• French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon. It is reportedly the longest modern hand-written poem in the world.
• March 29 — Grolier Poetry Bookstore is sold.
• November 1 — A Sylvia Plath sonnet from her college years was discovered and first published by Blackbird, an online literary journal run by the English Department at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
• November — The most influential American poets of all time are Walt Whitman, T.S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens, and Sylvia Plath, according to Christian Wiman, editor of Poetry Magazine. Wiman named the poets in a sidebar article to a December The Atlantic Monthly cover story about the "100 Most Influential Americans" — no poet made it on that larger list.^[1]
• BLATT, an English-language literary magazine and publishing imprint is started in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Works published

• Ralph Angel, Exceptions and Melancholies: Poems 1986-2006 (Sarabande Books)
• Elizabeth Bishop, Edgar Allan Poe & The Juke-Box: Uncollected Poems, Drafts, and Fragments, Alice Quinn, editor (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) posthumous
• Charles Bukowski, Come On In!: New Poems (Ecco)
• Hayden Carruth, Toward the Distant Islands: New and Selected Poems
• Robert Creeley, On Earth: Last Poems and an Essay (University of California Press)
• Daisy Fried, My Brother Is Getting Arrested Again (University of Pittsburgh Press), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry
• Jack Gilbert:
  • Tough Heaven: Poems of Pittsburgh
  • Transgressions: Selected Poems (published in the United Kingdom this year)
• Allen Ginsberg, Collected Poems, 1947-1997 (posthumous), one of the New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year", an expanded edition of the 1984 Collected Poems, 1947-1980
• Jesse Glass, The Passion of Phineas Gage and Selected Poems (West House/Ahadada)
• Louise Glück, Averno (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), one of the New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year"
• Donald Hall, White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Selected Poems 1946-2006 (Houghton Mifflin)
• Suheir Hammad, ZataarDiva, book and CD (Cypher/Rattapallax)
• Jim Harrison, Saving Daylight (Copper Canyon Press) ISBN 1-55659-235-3
• Seamus Heaney, District and Circle (Faber & Faber)
• Geoffrey Hill: Without Title
• Jane Hirshfield, After: Poems, (HarperCollins), named as one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post
• Paul Hoover, Edge and Fold (Apogee Press)
• Frieda Hughes, Forty-Five (HarperCollins)
• Troy Jollimore, Tom Thomson in Purgatory (MARGIE/Intuit House), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry
• Patricia Spears Jones, Femme du Monde: Poems, (Tia Chucha Press)
• Mary Karr, Sinners Welcome: Poems (HarperCollins)
• Galway Kinnell, Strong Is Your Hold (Houghton Mifflin Books), the poet's first collection of new poems in more than a decade, one of the New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year"
• Alice Notley, Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems 1970-2005 (Wesleyan University Press)
• Mary Oliver, Thirst (Beacon Press)
• Ishmael Reed, New and Collected Poems, 1964-2006, one of the New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year"
• Kenneth Rexroth, The Fall 2006 issue of the literary journal Chicago Review, a special issue on the late Kenneth Rexroth that includes a large collection of his correspondence, an interview conducted by Bradford Morrow, and several essays and poems in his honor
• Miltos Sachtouris, Poems (1945 - 1971), bilingual edition, Greek with English translation by Karen Emmerich (Archipelago Books), finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry
• Frederick Seidel, Ooga-Booga, (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry
• Julie Sheehan, Orient Point: Poems, (W.W. Norton & Co.)
• Patricia Smith, Teahouse of the Almighty: Poems, selected by Ed Sanders (Coffee House Press, 2006)
• W.D. Snodgrass, Not For Specialists, New and Selected Poems,

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• Mark Strand, Man and Camel (Alfred A. Knopf)
• Rosmarie Waldrop:
  • Splitting Image (Zasterle)
  • Curves to the Apple (New Directions)
• Alicia E. Vasquez, 1719 Union St. (Wasteland Press)
• Eliot Weinberger, Muhammed, (Verso, W.W. Norton & Co.)
• Jack Wiler, Fun Being Me: Poems (CavanKerry Press, Ltd.)
• Hugo Williams, Dear Room, (Faber and Faber)
• Charles Wright, Scar Tissue, (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
• Franz Wright, God's Silence (Alfred A. Knopf)
• Louis Zukofsky, Selected Poems, [American Poets Project], (Library of America; distributed by Penguin Putnam, Inc. , New York), posthumous

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Poets included in New Writing 14

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Poets included in The Best American Poetry 2006

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Poets in Best New Zealand Poems

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Awards and honors

Canada

• Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate: John Steffler (until December 3, 2008)

• Griffin Poetry Prize (Canada): Sylvia Legris, Nerve Squall
• Griffin Poetry Prize (International, in the English Language): Kamau Brathwaite, Born to Slow Horses

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United Kingdom

• Forward Poetry Prize Best Collection: Robin Robertson for Swithering.
• Forward Poetry Prize Best First Collection: Tishani Doshi, for Countries of the Body.
• Forward Poetry Prize Best Single Poem: Sean O'Brien, for "Fantasia on a Theme of James Wright".
• T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Seamus Heaney, for District and Circle
• Costa Book Awards (formerly Whitbread Award) for poetry: John Haynes for Letter to Patience

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United States

• The National Poetry Review Book Prize awarded to Bryan Penberthy for Lucktown.
• American Academy of Arts and Letters: poets Paul Auster and Frank Bidart elected to the Literature Department
• Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress: Donald Hall appointed
• Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards: Moira Linehan, If No Moon
• James Laughlin Award for poetry: Tracy K. Smith
• National Book Award for poetry: Nathaniel Mackey, Splay Anthem, New Directions
  • Finalists: Louise Glück, Averno, Farrar, Straus & Giroux; H.L. Hix, Chromatic, Etruscan Press; Ben Lerner, Angle of Yaw, Copper Canyon Press; James McMichael, Capacity, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
• Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (United States): Claudia Emerson, Late Wife
• Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award: John Hollander
• Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize: Richard Wilbur
• Whiting Writers' Award (poetry winners): Sherwin Bitsui, Tyehimba Jess, Suji Kwock Kim
• Wallace Stevens Award: Michael Palmer
• Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition: Jessica Fisher, Frail-Craft; Judge: Louise Glück
• Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Carl Phillips

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From the Poetry Society of America

• Frost Medal: Maxine Kumin
• Shelley Memorial Award: George Stanley (poet), Judges: Sonia Sanchez, Joshua Clover
• Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award: Nicole Cooley, "The Anatomical Museum", Judge: Gerald Stern
• Cecil Hemley Memorial Award: Rusty Morrison, "Sky Clutches Any Strong Beat", Judge: Cal Bedient
• Lanan Literary Award for Poetry: Bruce Weigl
• Lyric Poetry Award: Alice Jones, "Valle D'Aosta", Judge: Toi Derricotte
• Lucille Medwick Memorial Award: Lynne Knight, "Recovery", Judge: Grace Schulman
  • Finalists: Amy Dryansky, Somewhere Honey from Those Bees; J.C. Todd, What's Left;
• Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award (for a manuscript in progress): G.C. Waldrep, Archicembalo,
  • Finalists: John Isles, The Arcadia Negotiations; Wayne Miller, The Book of Props; Emily Rosko, Weather Inventions; Judge: Forrest Gander
• Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award: Katherine Browning, "to discover the cartography of blankness", Judge: Prageeta Sharma
• George Bogin Memorial Award: Kevin Prufer
  • Finalists: Susan Briante, Jill McDonough, Judge: Marie Howe
• Robert H. Winner Memorial Award: Daneen Wardrop, Archicembalo, Judge: Jean Valentine
• Norma Farber First Book Award: Cammy Thomas, Cathedral of Wish, Judge: Medbh McGuckian
• William Carlos Williams Award: Brenda Hillman, Pieces of Air in the Epic, Judge: Marjorie Welish
  • Finalists: Ethan Paquin, The Violence (Ahsahta Press); Aaron Shurin, Involuntary Lyrics (Omnidawn Press)

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Deaths

Jerzy Ficowski's grave, Warsaw

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