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Federico Garci­a Lorca

Poetry News:

— Federico García Lorca called it “el duende” — in Spanish, the elf — a dark, irrational muse that leads artists to tragic depths —

— It was beyond my imagination that in a secular democracy this can happen to a writer —

— Police Get Tips in Frost Vandalism Case [and sad pictures]—

— Poetry, community [...]

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Poetry News:

‘Isotope’ gets $5,000 grant (yay! I loooove Isotope) —

“The Lorca family cannot stand me” —

With history as his muse, a poet finds new voices —

Decision on Burns museum awaited —

The Waste Land: Declassified poetry from Guantanamo Bay —

7 regional writers vying for book critics honors —

My mom is [...]

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Poetry News:

National Book Award winner Nathaniel Mackey talks about poetry, jazz and beauty in discord —

Mr. Zak left behind 40 cardboard boxes filled with lyric sheets —

The most famous gay man killed by the regime was the poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca —

Lucretius on optical illusions By A.E. Stallings —

New [...]

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