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Poetry News:

— Spent 22 Years Collecting 15,000 Similes; Frank J. Wilstach’s Ardent and Relentless Hunt for This Elusive Figure of Speech Results in a Remarkable Collection - By Joyce Kilmer [book is at Google books] —

— The Totality of Causes: Li-Young Lee and Tina Chang in Conversation —

— “Jennifer L. Knox is pure magic.” —

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Poetry News:

— The [Washington] state Arts Commission is taking applications for the job of poet laureate —

— An ex-soldier’s take on recent war poetry —

— in giving MacNolia a voice, the poet, A. Van Jordan, deals with the subject of balancing our love —

— The poems aren’t irreverent ““ they don’t mock the grave or [...]

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Poetry News:

— How much should a poet be paid per line? —

— Fifty years ago, I suspect that along with Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, and Sandy Koufax, most Americans could have named, at the very least, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg … —

— Rutgers-Newark Offers New MFA Program In Creative Writing —

— “Physicists talk in metaphor [...]

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