Sydney Lea - A Pulitzer Finalist in Poetry; Vermont’s Poet Laureate from 2011 to 2015; Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts 2021 - Shares His Latest Poetry Collection ”What Shines” - 637

2024-01-19

Sydney Lea - A Pulitzer Finalist in Poetry; Vermont's Poet Laureate from 2011 to 2015; Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts 2021 - Shares his Latest Poetry Collection "What Shines". This is episode 637 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast. A former Pulitzer finalist in poetry, Sydney Lea served as founding editor of New England Review and was Vermont’s Poet Laureate from 2011 to 2015. In 2021, he was presented with his home state’s Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts.

A former Pulitzer finalist in poetry, Sydney Lea served as founding editor of New England Review and was Vermont’s Poet Laureate from 2011 to 2015. In 2021, he was presented with his home state’s Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts.

He has published twenty-four books: a novel, five volumes of personal and three of critical essays, and sixteen poetry collections, most recently What Shines (Four Way Books, NYC, 2023).

His sixth book of personal essays, Such Dancing as We Can, is due in early 2024, and his second novel, Now Look, in spring.

Our focus today is on poetry, writing, and his work - What Shines.

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