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Poetry News:

— How often have we tried to convey our feelings, only to find our mouth issuing words that we had never intended to speak? —

— Australian Mullahs Attack Literature Course on Women —

— Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, Bloodaxe has established itself as a fundamental force in British poetry —

— How to outsource the [...]

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Poetry News:

— How to trivialise women’s poetry —

— elitism is a laughable charge to levy against an art that doesn’t require tickets or a premium cable subscription —

— The antipoem’s burlesque charm hits like a nightstick —

— An interview with poet Mary Jo Salter —

— And I may say, perhaps, I’m happier writing about doctors [...]

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Poetry News:

— Pinned in a subway car with arms at your sides, you can call up a poem and enter a cathedral of words that anoints you again in your singular passions —

— Mary Jo Salter came of age as a poet in the 1970s [...]

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Poetry News:

— Writing tops poll of ideal jobs —

— Prolific poet was a gracious critic —

— Mary Jo Salter and Brad Leithauser, a couple with individual success, will write the next chapter of Hopkins’ Writing Seminars —

— Conversation With a Poet Laureate —

— Rare Anne Spencer collection headed to UVa —

— Renowned poet and Tennessee [...]

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Poetry News:

The timid male would be advised to stand well back when a female threatened is on the rampage —

Milan has begun preparations for the 100th anniversary of the birth of Futurism —

Cardiff poem is too tiny to be seen —

Salter and Leithauser are acclaimed poets, with over a dozen volumes and [...]

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