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Edgar Lee Masters

Poetry News:

1. — Then there was a whole slew of psychological tests and all they could discover was that memorizing poetry helps you to memorize poetry —
2. — Creatures: Heart Medicine For Humans —
3. — Q&A: Poet Kevin Young —
4. — Patter up: Verse that covers all the bases —
5. — 2007 Georgia Literary Festival —
6. — Drunkards, hypocrites and ne’er-do-wells ” that’s how poet Edgar Lee Masters portrayed many of the dearly departed —
7. — Among those subsidizing expenses for the event are Marilyn Nelson, the former Connecticut poet laureate, and Howard Zinn —
8. — For college teachers, September is the month of returning to work, often with mingled feelings of eagerness and dread —

Happy (US) Constitution Day. Poor, old, brilliant, shat-upon-as-of-late United States Constitution. Take a quiz.

YOUR SCORE IS: 41 OUT OF 50 ON THE CONSTITUTION FACTS EXPERT QUIZ #1!
YOUR CONSTITUTION I.Q. IS: CONSTITUTION WHIZ KID

Neener neener.

Poetry News:

1. — MtvU, the subsidiary of MTV Networks that is broadcast only on college campuses, will announce today that it has selected its first poet laureate —
2. — a poem that considers explicitly the relation between old ways and new generations —
3. — Meet the many famous poets of modern America —
4. — The area is best known, of course, because of “Spoon River Anthology” —
5. — The poems touch on the ideas of confusion and remembering, as well as anecdotes about the past —
6. — Verse flowed from dying poet —
7. — The distinctive voices of Gilbert, Gregg retain their strength —
8. — Hillman’s poetry: Think jazz —
9. — Poetry magazine’s editor rediscovers his spirituality and his voice —
10. — Hopkins and the dark night —
11. — How an Englishman in Somerville is becoming the most feared man in American letters —
12. — “here’s a [Grace Paley] poem I’ve had up for years on my bulletin board” —
13. — A father reflects on his Pulitzer-winning daughter [may require bug me not] —

Total Lunar Eclipse to Occur on Tuesday and the astrological implications if you are so inclined.

Poetry Hut Blog and WhimsyLand are blog twins.

Poetry News:

1. when we decide whether or not to buy a book, cover design is always the most important thing —
2. Power and poetry do go hand in verse —
3. There has been a steady deterioration of assistance to individual artists and this organization is trying to make that right —
4. Online, everyone’s a critic —
5. To the enragement of certain sections of the poetry mafia - oh, I’m sorry, I mean establishment, HA HA —
6. The Poets.org Poetcast: National Book Award-winner Nathaniel Mackey talks about his winning collection “Splay Anthem,” and reads a poem from the book (MP3)—

Looks like that Anne Sexton manuscript was relisted on Ebay and someone bought it for less than the original listing. (scroll down). Ebay is funny. I’ve gotten some (to me) valuable things on there for less than $10 each. A litmag with Flannery O’Connor’s first published work. A Lomonosov “Akhmatova” teacup and saucer. An old Madomoiselle with very early Sylvia Plath work. Kooky.

Interview: Tom Waits and an audio interview

David Lynch’s Inland Empire trailer at You Tube. hahahahaha!

• “Lampblack and Ash” is the recipient of the Kathryn A. Morton Prize for poetry
• Alberto Rios: A Yellow Leaf
• Literary Magazine Launched via DVD
• ‘Nevermore’: The Poignant Song of The Raven (bug me not)
• ACT I Presents ‘Spoon River Anthology’ [local Nashville]