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Bradstreet wrote about the difficulty of pursuing art in the Puritan community where she lived —

There are Plathites out there that are very sensitive about Sylvia being made fun of in any way —

Seattle Poetry Festival Steps Up [probably not safe for work] —

Kathleen Peirce is one of nine poets [...]

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Trucker-poet finds inspiration on the road —

Jimmy Santiago Baca disinvited for university reading program —

… it also explains why certain factions in the poetry world loathe each other nearly as much as “Star Wars” fanatics despise people who have a working knowledge of Klingon —

What does it mean to “hear” a [...]

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Legend links lettered olive seashell with Poe’s ‘The Gold Bug’ —

Whatever rejects us only makes us stronger —

In death match, fearless poets spar but haiku lives —

Dickinson’s path intrigues to this day —

Poets discuss the works they’re reading for inspiration or diversion —

Dark horse chosen for Commencement —

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Professor Steals Student’s Poem —

Oscar Wilde, gay poet, playwright and deathbed convert to Catholicism, has been paid a rare tribute by the Vatican —

Distributor’s Bankruptcy Rattles Book Industry —

Deconstructing Meaning by Truly Mincing Words —

Hollywood star seeks dead British author —

The horror, the horror of Iraq, in poetry — [...]

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Death of Dylan … ‘a flamboyant, eloquent, Bohemian genius’ —

There were 69 available creative-writing jobs advertised across the nation in October, up from . . . . —

Just six per cent of people UK-wide can confidently sing the Robert Burns favourite —

Forget the gym, flex your poetic muscle instead —

Appalachian [...]

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[He] renamed other months and days in the calendar, calling…May after his favorite poet —

Poetry finds unique home in library bathrooms —

World Of Science: Poet’s daughter —

Start, if you would, by reading the poem ” ideally aloud ” taking time to enunciate and listen to the words —

Botox ‘could [...]

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The job description: Study Shakespeare sonnets and soliloquies —

Wesleyan University Press Receives NEA Grant for Poetry —

I freely admit that I’m not fluent in the English professors’ wretched jargon —

New Orleans writers struggle to pen rebirth story —

Winter issue of New England Review features fiction, poetry and prose —

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The day before yesterday, while helping on a homework assignment, I noticed I could speak perfectly in rhyme —

Yeats’ exhibit explores his private life —

Meet Utah’s new poet laureate —

Poet Jack Prelutsky: Writing About the Little Things in Life —

Demise of Bookish Baghdadis”™ Favourite Haunt —

A computer scientist is [...]

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Sharon Olds: Blood, sweat and fears —

Utne Independent Press Awards Nominees — 2006 —

Brother Salvage: Repacking Pandora‘ Box; First book by Vanderbilt poet Rick Hilles released —

nothing less than the greatest lyrical monument of all time —

Asahi Haikuist Network —

To read some painful statistics on poetry’s market share, or [...]

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Gathering Poems from Sandburg’s ‘Great Period’ —

Five fiction writers, three poets and two playwrights have been awarded $40,000 each —

Satirical civil servant walks free —

Hippies embraced the product because it was simple, natural and inexpensive, and because the label quoted poets… —

Art Under the Influence of Poetry, and Vice Versa [...]

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Fatalistic about the behavior of groups, the poem is equally resigned to the “fallen” nature of the individual —

Chaucer’s death is commemorated on October 25th, by the way —

Coleridge sale to fetch £1m —

In memory of poet Joseph Brodsky —

Mark Strand’s latest collection drives another nail in the coffin of [...]

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This week, the magazine publishes poems by Philip Levine and Galway Kinnell —

A noticeable aspect of reading James Fenton’s new “Selected Poems” is what it does not contain —

Chinese man arrested for satirical poem about officials —

EFQ‘ standing as a proponent of baseball literature is unmatched by any other publication — [...]

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Most literary mags have the life span of fruit flies (requires bug me not) —

The Alzheimer’s Poetry Project began in 1997, when poet Gary Glazner received a grant from Poets and Writers Magazine to start something poetry-related for an adult day-care center —

U acquires Robert Bly archives —

Sunnis from Madaan [...]

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Poet Laureate Donald Hall Reflects on Age and Nature —

Fountain Square management Monday expressed regret over the personal attacks and foul language in the verse that poet Nikki Giovanni recited —

In an open letter addressed to Rai president Claudio Petruccioli, some twenty Italian poets requested more poetry on public TV —

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