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Poetry News:

Steinbeck Center nears goal of 10,000 poems —

Bio glosses over poet’s dark side —

India’s literary elite call for anti-gay law to be scrapped —

Marketers have discovered a novel way to get their word out: embedding products in books —

Sgt. Brian Turner’s words capture the feel of a tour in Iraq [...]

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Poetry News:

Dante’s terza rima is the perfect form for John Haynes’s Letter to Patience —

Poet literally sees colors in words and letters (login: requires bug me not) —

Poet Bob Hicok, author of such collections as “Insomnia Diary” and “Animal Soul,” likens the work of Jack Ridl to John Cage’s “4′33” (login: requires [...]

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Poetry News:

Lebanese Poet’s Words Echo Decades Later in Wounded Country —

Arleen Hynes, 90; Bibliotherapy Pioneer (requires bug me not) —

Appalachian Musical Brother Wolf, a North Carolina Hit, Gets NYC Readings Sept. 18 —

Rubble reveals 3,000-year-old poetry (if you click on the image you can see the glyphs more clearly) — [...]

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The online launch party for A Slice of Cherry Pie is today at 6pm Eastern Time, 5pm Nashville Time :), or 22:00 UTC/GMT/Zulu.
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Tags: Philip Larkin, Poetry, twin peaks

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Poetry News:

Wales Arts International is sending Ivy Alvarez, a Cardiff-based Australian writer, to Sydney next month Congrats, Ivy —

Mexican stone block could hold New World’s first poem —

many of the people who came to poetry night would not spend money and act impertinent to the staff —

Dylan ‘borrowed’ from obscure [...]

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Poetry News:

Restoring Lazarus —

Auburn resident William O’Daly is nominated for a Quill Award in the poetry category —

Drunken Boat 8 have a massive Oulipo feature including texts, curated by Jean-Jacques Poucel —

A very civil war erupts over Dylan’s poetic licence —

The ‘absolutely honest’ Charles Bukowski finds a home at The Hunington [...]

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Poetry News:

Literary pilgrimage in upstate New York —

The East Village’s Howl festival collapses amid mudslinging, debt, and broken promises —

Ten Essential Michigan Books —

Poets at three paces —

In the final part of our exclusive series on Assia Wevill… —

New Media Poetics. Contexts, Technotexts, and Theories —

CAP - Computer [...]

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A. E. Stallings
October 9, 2006, 8 p.m.
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, TN
A. E. Stallings, author of Archaic Smile and Hapax, reads from her work, in Buttrick 102 on the Vanderbilt University Campus. This reading is free and open to the public. [more]
Thanks to AD for letting me know.
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Poetry News:

CALYX Journal gave women voices for 30 years —

Lorca play in Madrid canceled after death threats —

He hid himself behind various different personae but he was also addicted to pain, both his and that of others —

http://books.google.com/googlebooks/banned/ —

Majid Tavallaei told the AP that his paper was closed for publishing a poem [...]

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2,996: A Tribute to the Victims of 9/11

Name: Michele Ann Nelson
Age: 27
Killed at: World Trade Center
From city: Valley Stream
From state: N.Y.
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Poetry News:

Often, the best poem about a momentous event may be written long before the event happens —

Powerful collections from Southern poets explore facets of our mortality —

The North American Review is the oldest literary magazine in United States history —

A gift from two poets —

Leading Author Faces Trial in Turkey [...]

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Poetry News:

Dodge Poetry Festival announces roster of poets for Waterloo Village biennial event —

Ted Hughes revealed as a domestic tyrant who laid down law to mistress —

Millay’s words and home still stand atop Taconic Ridge —

Intrigued, the singer proposed a collaboration, and Levertov instantly said yes. —

Sipping ouzo with Sappho — [...]

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Poetry News:

Avant-Garde Poet Wins $100,000 Prize (requires login bug me not) —

Dionne Brand wins Toronto Book Award —

Forty-eight years and thousands of poems later, SPR is poised to release its newest issue this week —

Poetry periods Part one: Antiquity to the Renaissance —

Woman has finished 1,200 poems to remember 9/11 [...]

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Poetry News:

The marbles were removed by Britain’s seventh Lord Elgin in the early 19th century —

Other Betjeman Biographer Admits to Hoax —

Mystery Poem at Crash Memorial: Who Wrote It? —

Results of The BigBadRead —

Lord Byron had the answer: he called him a “son of a bitch” —

“Banish Misfortune” (title of [...]

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