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Adrienne Rich

Poetry News:

— Her early writing is set in a structured style with familiar rhyming schemes, yet its tone foreshadows her charged works to come —

— Consistencies Found In Synaesthesia: Letter ‘A’ Is Red For Many; ‘V’ Is Purple —

— Poet Giovanni honored with historic marker —

— Poems not only rhymed but the syllables of each [...]

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Poetry News:

— “… the legitimacy/relevance/absurdity of AWP” —

— Although it is less thematically unified than previous books, Rich shows a grasp of language and form here that is still impressive —

— I now wish that I had spent somewhat more of my life with verse —

— Dear Lord, save Mississippi from the Paul Ott Verses [...]

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Poetry News:

— Poetry Chronicle —

— Poems on the frontiers; a lobster lesson on the sea
— Jenny Holzer Makes Light of Poems and Beats Swords Into Paintings —

— Pakistani’s Poem Offers Hope in Despairing Time —

— In ‘Telephone Ringing,’ Adrienne Rich makes music of words —

— Here is Arizona poet Steve Orlen’s lovely tribute to the [...]

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Poetry News:

— New lit mag alert —

— Afghan woman poet Nadia Anjuman remembered two years on —

— TO make one anthology is not necessarily a proof of courage; it may be merely a sign of ignorance. But to dare the wrath of neglected poets and of their friends the critics a second time, is bravery. [...]

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Poetry News:

— New £29m Bodleian Library halted —

— Johns Hopkins U. Will Resume Publication of Long-Dead Literary Review —

— Jordanian court convicts alleged al-Qaida poet for slandering king —

— Poet John Keats A “˜Bright Star”™ For Abbie Cornish —

— Fairy Tale Themed Radio Theatre —

— A Quotable, Pithy Guide to Aphorists —

— Listen to acclaimed [...]

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Poetry News:

— How ballads created Finland, opera made Belgium, and fairy stories unified Germany —

— A Poet of the Mets Versifies of Gloom [link found here thank you] —

— …that is why Adrienne Rich’s poetry has enduring importance huzzah —

— Leading writers appraise Wendell Berry —

— Shams Skeleton Allegedly Found —

— Paris Hilton: poetry plagiarizer? [...]

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Poetry News:

— Blogs versus Print: is there a prejudice? [and more, kinda, about the legitimacy of blogging.] —

— Elizabeth Bishop, in her early 20s, doing cart-wheels across the field at the farm —

— English Professor Sets Poetry Wheels in Motion for Luzerne County Residents —

— Poet Cathal O’Searcaigh wins €20,000 literary prize —

— Anna Akhmatova’s [...]

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Poetry News:

Poetaster Squabbling Gets High-Tech —

A big-budget film version of Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost is also in the pipeline —

Academy of American Poets Poetcast #9 (Mp3) Louise Glück reads “Telescope” by telephone, Major Jackson reads “Blunts” in Bryant Park, and Lucie Brock-Broido pairs a poem of her own with a poem by [...]

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Poetry News:

Ancient and modern meet in these haunting poems (bug me not)

Adrienne Rich: She knew me before I knew myself

The banished wife who created her own little Eden

The discovery of an ancient epic poem caused a storm in the 1760s, until it was dismissed as a fake

William Shakespeare, Show Us Your Face (bug me not)

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