Ian Williams interviews Susan Musgrave
“It’s almost as if she died and she took the words away.” —Susan Musgrave In this interview with Griffin Trustee Ian Williams, 2023 Griffin Poetry …
Ian Williams interviews Susan Musgrave
“It’s almost as if she died and she took the words away.” —Susan Musgrave In this interview with Griffin Trustee Ian Williams, 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize finalist Susan Musgrave on the role of poetry in providing catharsis, the neuroscience of the grieving brain, the tension between grief and love, and … Read more
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Susan Musgrave reads from Exculpatory Lilies
Listen to Susan Musgrave read “Exculpatory Lilies” from her 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize shortlisted collection Exculpatory Lilies, (McClelland & Stewart)! For a chance to hear …
Sarah Howe Interviews Robyn Creswell and Iman Mersal
“Iman’s poetry was completely unlike anything that I had been reading in Arabic, and the impression that I got was that all of a sudden …
2022 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners Announcement Film
This film features our 2022 finalists reading poems from each of their shortlisted collections. At the end of the film, we reveal the 2022 Griffin …
Robyn Creswell and Iman Mersal read from The Threshold
Listen to translator Robyn Creswell and poet Iman Mersal read “A Grave I’m About to Dig” (مقبرة سأحفرها) from their 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize collection, …
Ada Limón reads from The Hurting Kind
Listen to Ada Limón read “Privacy” from her 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize shortlisted collection, The Hurting Kind (Corsair Poetry). For a chance to hear Ada …
Reflecting on the First 12 Years of the Griffin Poetry Prize (2000-2012)
We’re not just translating a poem into our own language; we are translating our own language into another poem. We’re making something new in English …
Douglas Kearney reads from Sho
Listen to the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize International winner, Douglas Kearney, read a poem from his award-winning book, Sho (Wave Books).
2020 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners Announcement Film
This short film celebrates our 2020 shortlisted poets and announces the International and Canadian winners of the prize.