Poetry News For January 6, 2007
Poetry News:
- Professor Steals Student’s Poem —
- Oscar Wilde, gay poet, playwright and deathbed convert to Catholicism, has been paid a rare tribute by the Vatican —
- Distributor’s Bankruptcy Rattles Book Industry —
- Deconstructing Meaning by Truly Mincing Words —
- Hollywood star seeks dead British author —
- The horror, the horror of Iraq, in poetry —
Frank Zappa said that “there is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.” I think he was correct. haha Thanks to “Cip,” my high school computer science teacher, for that link. 
Alan Cordle responds:
Posted: January 6th, 2007 at 5:10 pm →
Apparently the stolen poem thing also happened at a very prominent writers’ workshop involving a well-known poet, her not-as-well-known EX, and his student. If anyone has details, please email me. Your confidentiality is assured!!!