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Poetry News:

— The lit mags that could —

— GK intros Maxine Kumin, she and GK read her poetry [real audio] —

— There are stereotypes about Sylvia Plath fangirls — that we’re mired in middle-class existential woe —

— In his new collection, Hardheaded Weather: New and Selected Poems, poet Cornelius Eady writes of his transition [...]

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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:

Students critique Pulitzer Prize winner —

Tulare County poet laureate kept writing until the end —

When words take wing —

That’s the trouble with now. Now we’ve got a horrible culture, horrible times and horrible music. —

From Haiku to the Blues —

Nelson Mandela read an extract from one of her poems, [...]

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