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Gil Scott Heron

Poetry News:

— Her first poetry collection was 10 years in the making, part of which she spent working on her master’s of fine arts in English at Western Michigan University —

— But what people may not know is that Scott-Heron played an instrumental role in getting an official national holiday to honor Martin Luther King, [...]

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Poetry News:

— Let’s do it, let’s fall in luff [link via Avoiding the Muse thank you] —

— Here’s a tortoise shell that reminds the poet of a soldier’s helmet and which leads me to a pet hate: computer games —

— A two-century jinx on a potential literary goldmine held true today —

— Galway Kinnell has [...]

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