Poetry News:
- — Most Recent Articles from American Poetry Review, The —
- — Female contenders rule out ‘archaic’ post of Poet Laureate —
- — In the 1960s, when some in academia still denied the existence of Native American literature, Paula Gunn Allen embarked on a career that proved them wrong — and altered the required reading lists of literature classes on U.S. college campuses —
- — Asahi Haikuist Network —
- — When Barbara Guest passed away in the winter of 2006, America lost one of its most fiercely independent and original artists. —
- — The Art of the Blurb: Results of the Poll —
- — In 1611, at age 42, Lanyer became the first woman to publish a book of poetry in English, Salue Deus Rex Judaeorum, or “Hail, God, King of the Jews.” —
- — Surrealism, Rebellion and the 1960s —
- — “My problem is that I am the daughter of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, but I wanted to be an individual. But we are, of course, a product of our parents. In denying them, you deny part of who you are. It’s taken me years to be comfortable with that” —
This isn’t Miguel Batista’s blog haha. I’m getting erroneous web traffic.
Kucinich introduces Bush impeachment resolution. I’m watching him on C-SPAN right now. Thank you Rep. Kucinich.
Please please please please call your Representative. (202) 224-3121. If you don’t know who that is, you can put your zip code in here and it will tell you.
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