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— A translator from many tongues, she loves a pun, even when mourning a dead pooch —

— Atlanta Sings of Poems Electric, Past and Present —

— What We Miss if We Pass on Poetry (Hint: Not Poems) —

— Langston Hughes, 1902-1967: The Poet Voice of African-Americans —

— Houston poet wins $50,000 award —

— Reed [...]

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Poetry News:

— What is the state of poetry in our culture today? —

— Her literary journey has taken her through books and journals across the country —

— Poetry soothes a vulnerable soul —

— Dr Johnson found him too lofty, TS Eliot said he wasn’t serious enough —

— From the author of “The Savage Detectives,” a [...]

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Poetry News:

— their estimates of one or two poets, notably John Gould Fletcher, are horrifyingly kind, and of one or two others, notably Laura Riding, apparently insensible —

— Members of the public will choose the verses from a list before picking up the cab at an agreed location and time —

— Queens faculty readings in [...]

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— Though still a student at Lincoln University, he has already published two books of poems, The Weary Blues and Fine Clothes to the Jew —

— Prize-Winning Poet Robert Hass On American Poetry, Bob Dylan, Impact of ‘The Big Lebowski’ —

— Singing the songs of love —

— Anne Stevenson: the secret life of a [...]

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Poetry News:

— Poet and short story writer Grace Paley, a literary eminence and old-fashioned rebel who described herself as a “combative pacifist,” has died (and NYT) —

— Fatwa offers unlimited money to kill Taslima —

— Remembering Liam Rector —

— Out of this has come a small industry in creative writing courses —

— We Need Models [...]

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Poetry News:

— Shakespeare in Dogpatch - Of sonnets and comic strips [link courtesy afitf thank you] —

— Apartment Complex Where Charles Bukowski Wrote “Post Office” For Sale, Could Be Leveled [link found here thank you] —

— Southern book festival announces authors for this year’s event [we have room for 1 guest if you plan [...]

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Poetry News:

— How much should a poet be paid per line? —

— Fifty years ago, I suspect that along with Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, and Sandy Koufax, most Americans could have named, at the very least, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg … —

— Rutgers-Newark Offers New MFA Program In Creative Writing —

— “Physicists talk in metaphor [...]

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One cannot overstate the synergistic impact of Fuller and Emerson, nor the importance of Transcendentalism to the fundamental concepts of American self-reliance and individualism —

He strongly objected to actors reading poetry, and believed that only poets should read poetry —

Rejection. And then what? —

The sign paying tribute to poet Langston Hughes [...]

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Poetry News:

Poetaster Squabbling Gets High-Tech —

A big-budget film version of Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost is also in the pipeline —

Academy of American Poets Poetcast #9 (Mp3) Louise Glück reads “Telescope” by telephone, Major Jackson reads “Blunts” in Bryant Park, and Lucie Brock-Broido pairs a poem of her own with a poem by [...]

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The nostalgia sometimes expressed for a vague “old days” when “poetry was popular” neglects the fact that much extremely popular [...]

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