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— Their elders will not be quick to applaud either their language or their sentiments: both grate harshly on a pre-War ear —

— Poetry workshop: This month Peter Bennet invites you to enter the moonlit world of Walter de la Mare —

— The poisoned wedding dress —

— Military junta bans 19 writers and performers; [...]

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— Edwin Arlington Robinson Defines Poetry; A Language, Says Well-Known Poet, That Tells Us Through More or Less Emotional Reaction Something Which Cannot Be Said —

— The millennia-long story of the wilful or careless destruction of books—this account takes in both possibilities—begins centuries before the birth of Christ —

— Len Roberts: A memorial reading [...]

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1. The literary wife: Working with the widow
2. MacSween: Canada‘ “˜great unknown poet”™
3. Topicalizer and other tools for writers.
4. Edwin Arlington Robinson: A Poet’s Life.

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Radish King marks the first book of poems I’ve read that has made me want to call in for penicillin —

Robinson used traditional forms of poetry but focused much of his attention on nontraditional literary topics, often writing about otherwise ordinary, working-class people and events —

This year, NPR.org renews its partnership with [...]

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He devised a tone, a feeling of wry, informed and doom-ridden attentiveness —

Letters: Hart Crane —

The pressures of confinement in Guantanamo Bay have led many in the controversial detention camp to turn to poetry —

We want more people to know who she was and what she achieved —

Robinson’s reputation did [...]

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Copper Nickel: a literary showcase —

Distributor’s folding hurts indie mags —

A new Aeneid for the 21st century —

there is a fine line between poetry art and porn —

But if the form was familiar, the language and subject matter marked a revolution in American poetry —

How to Read a [...]

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Google mashes up books and maps —

“I hate publishing!” Alfred Tennyson complained —

Edward Thomas on the Lagans Road by Seamus Heaney —

The Man With Two Brains —

A New Book Promises an Intriguing Twist to the Epic Tale of ‘Doctor Zhivago’ —

Remembering Brainard —

Edwin Arlington Robinson article at the [...]

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