1961 in Poetry - Events

Events

  • January 20–Robert Frost recites his poem "The Gift Outright" at United States President John F. Kennedy's inauguration.
  • Sylvia Plath suffers a miscarriage
  • Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop buy a secondhand printing press and start Burning Deck magazine in the United States.
  • Tish literary magazine, founded in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was published intermittently until 1969. Poets associated with the magazine include Frank Davey, Fred Wah, George Bowering, and, briefly, pbNichol when he lived in Vancouver.
  • Kyk-over-al magazine in Guyana ceases publication

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