Commissioners Gregory Davila and Jimmy Weekley, Mayor Teri Johnston, Arida Wright, Commissioner Sam Kaufman, Clayton Lopez and Billy Wardlow. Commissioner Mary Lou Hoover is in attendance virtually on the screens above.
Elizabeth Bishop Honored
The Key West City Commission, during its regular meeting last week, recognized one of the island city’s favorite artists, poet Elizabeth Bishop, whose birthday was on February 8th.
Bishop lived in Key West in the 1930s and 1940s and found inspiration, support, and solace in its subtropical flora, fauna, culture, and in the variety of its people.
Bishop’s poetic style underwent a lasting transformation in response to Key West’s unique environment, and she completed her first book, ”North & South,” while living in Key West, and went on to become one of the most important American poets of the 20th century.
Bishop’s former Key West home at 624 White Street has been acquired by Key West Literary Seminar, and will be restored and preserved as it was when Bishop lived there.
On February 8th, the 110th anniversary of her birth, people all across the island did readings of her poetry.
The honor was accepted by the young local poet Arida Wright.
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