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Poetry News:

— The day Thoreau died —

— Sexually explicit poetry forces educator out —

— Dylan’s mystery girl tells it like it was —

— Poetry readers tend to lead active lives, listen to music, read a lot, use the Internet and volunteer at significantly higher rates than non-poetry readers, according to a study looking [...]

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Poetry News:

— Morphine —

— The Author Will Take Q.’s Now —

— Major Jackson: Where He‘ From —

— Clueless CBI gives up Nobel theft probe after three years —

— Why Attempt Suicide? Evidence from the Poetry of Suicidal Poets —

— Mothers’ reading style affects children’s later understanding of other people’s minds —

— Philomene Long, 67, poet [...]

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1. Pawlenty Gives The OK For State Poet - The governor having vetoed the poet bill once — mocking it as an activity that might lead to a state interpretive dancer or a state mime.
2. Doors exhibit opening at rock hall
3. D.A. Pennebaker’s ‘65 film a defining look at Dylan
4. Interview: Nobel laureate, Nadine Gordimer [...]

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Reb and Collin have some interesting things to say about poetry.
Poetry News:
1. the idea that poetry can be straightforward and still be worthwhile bothers certain poets so much ”
2. What Are Words Worth? ”
3. Learning How to Read Slowly Again (login requires bug me not) ”
4. In those days, men had art and women [...]

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And now for the poetry news:

The Penguin Classics Series has issued in a new paperback edition The Complete Poems of Andrew Marvell (requires bug me not)
New biography a fascinating account about East Texas poet
Unknown Larkin tapes found in attic
Between existence and non-existence, poet Robert Bly finds joy
The Berkeley crowd and a voice beyond
Paul Laurence Dunbar’s [...]

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