Eratosphere
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Eratosphere is the largest online workshop for formal poetry -- it is free to join. Additionally, it caters to free verse, poetry and prose translation, fiction, art, literary criticism and critical discussions on writing. It was founded in 1999 by Alexander Pepple as a workshop complement to Able Muse
. Eratosphere moderators have included some of the best known formal poets, including Marilyn Taylor -- The Poet Laureate of Wisconsin, A. M. Juster, A. E. Stallings
, R. S. Gwynn
, and several others. The Distinguished Guest forum has hosted and continues to host presentations, and discussions with renowned writers and poets such as Richard Wilbur
-- a former US Poet Laureate and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
, the late Anthony Hecht
, Timothy Steele
, Charles Martin, X. J. Kennedy
and others, and these discussions are permanently archived and accessible online. Thus, Eratosphere has become a useful research medium in academic and other circles to interactively gauge modern poetic trends and beliefs, being quoted as a reference for instance in Professor Susan Santovasi of Yale University on political poetry http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2003/3/03.03.08.x.html, besides being included in the listing of writing resources of several universities.
Able Muse
Able Muse is a free, online journal focusing on metrical poetry, as well as fiction, art, photography, essays, interviews, and reviews. Able Muse was created in 1999 by Alexander Pepple. Able Muse is published on an irregular basis. They do not currently pay for submissions.Contributors to Able...
. Eratosphere moderators have included some of the best known formal poets, including Marilyn Taylor -- The Poet Laureate of Wisconsin, A. M. Juster, A. E. Stallings
A. E. Stallings
Alicia Elsbeth Stallings is an American poet and translator. She was named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow-Background:Stallings was raised in Decatur, Georgia and studied classics at the University of Georgia and University of Oxford. She is an editor with the Atlanta Review. In 1999, Stallings moved...
, R. S. Gwynn
R. S. Gwynn
R. S. Gwynn is an American poet, and anthologist associated with New Formalism.-Life:He graduated from Davidson College in 1969, where he won the Vereen Bell Award for creative writing twice, played varsity football on a dubious knee, and was a member of the school's championship team on the...
, and several others. The Distinguished Guest forum has hosted and continues to host presentations, and discussions with renowned writers and poets such as Richard Wilbur
Richard Wilbur
Richard Purdy Wilbur is an American poet and literary translator. He was appointed the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1987, and twice received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1957 and again in 1989....
-- a former US Poet Laureate and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. However, special citations for poetry were presented in 1918 and 1919.-Winners:...
, the late Anthony Hecht
Anthony Hecht
Anthony Evan Hecht was an American poet. His work combined a deep interest in form with a passionate desire to confront the horrors of 20th century history, with the Second World War, in which he fought, and the Holocaust being recurrent themes in his work.-Early years:Hecht was born in New York...
, Timothy Steele
Timothy Steele
Timothy Steele is an American poet and academic. Born in Burlington, Vermont, in 1948, he is a professor of English at California State University, Los Angeles. Some of Steele's early verse appeared in X. J. Kennedy's Counter/Measures in the early seventies. He went on to become a figure in the...
, Charles Martin, X. J. Kennedy
X. J. Kennedy
X. J. Kennedy is a poet, translator, anthologist, editor, and writer of children's literature and student textbooks on English literature and poetry.-Beginnings and academic career:...
and others, and these discussions are permanently archived and accessible online. Thus, Eratosphere has become a useful research medium in academic and other circles to interactively gauge modern poetic trends and beliefs, being quoted as a reference for instance in Professor Susan Santovasi of Yale University on political poetry http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2003/3/03.03.08.x.html, besides being included in the listing of writing resources of several universities.