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Mary Ruefle

Poetry News:

— We’ve published some poetry, even though we both know you may as well be setting fire to hundred-dollar bills —

— Bradfield delivers her bruised truths through a quiet honesty that stands in ardent defense of mainstream normative expectations —

— Gov. Pawlenty names Robert Bly Minnesota’s first official poet laureate —

— So you’d look [...]

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Just some poems today:

— Lorine Niedecker “When Ecstasy is Inconvenient” —

— Mary Ruefle “From A Little White Shadow” —

— Muriel Rukeyser “Metaphor to Action” —

— Susan Howe “From Hinge Picture” —

— Wislawa Szymborska “Consolation” —

Tags: Lorine Niedecker, Mary Ruefle, Muriel Rukeyser, Poems, Poetry, poets, Susan Howe, Wislawa Szymborska

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Poetry News:

Approaching Planet Ishmael Reed, you encounter an upper atmosphere of weighty scholarship, wanton hearsay, rapturous praise and outraged condemnation (bug me not)

Speaking of new poetry, “Legitimate Dangers” offers about 350 poems by 85 poets…according to the book’s subtitle, are American poets of the new century

“A Little White Shadow” is Mary Ruefle’s experiment in “found [...]

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Kim Addonizio is blogging at the Poetry Foundation this week
Paper erodes, tablets are smashed
A Bibliophile’s Worst Nightmare
How Betjeman learned to boogie
point and counterpoint
The tradition of poetry as a way of being mean is an ancient one

Tags: Anne Bradstreet, John Betjeman, Kim Addonizio, Mary Ruefle, MFA, Poems, Poetry, Poetry News, poets, Writing and poetry

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