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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:

— Her early writing is set in a structured style with familiar rhyming schemes, yet its tone foreshadows her charged works to come —

— Consistencies Found In Synaesthesia: Letter ‘A’ Is Red For Many; ‘V’ Is Purple —

— Poet Giovanni honored with historic marker —

— Poems not only rhymed but the syllables of each [...]

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Two prizes were awarded for poetry: Hass for “Time and Materials” and Philip Schultz for “Failure.”
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Poetry News:

— April is National Poetry Month. We will be celebrating it with a cover story on March 30, so we are inviting kids 13 and younger to submit their poems to be considered for inclusion —

— Arab ‘Poet Idol’ lures 70 million viewers —

— A good volume of selected poems should be more than [...]

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Poetry News:

— NZ’s ‘best-loved’ poet dies [and more at your tributes] —

— It’s a great time to be a poetry reader —

— Police make arrests in Robert Frost house damage —

— Poets Forum Reading: Free Audio Download —

— Rough and tumble aren’t the only words that drive Metro Detroit’s literati. —

— Under the influence of [...]

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Poetry News:

— Vandals ransacked the interior of Homer Noble Farm, the summer home of the late poet Robert Frost —

— Every New Year’s Eve, the normally dry Coast Guard log takes on a lyrical charm —

— John Ashbery’s verse can be hard to understand, but the simple act of reading his latest collection, Notes From [...]

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Poetry News:

— 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:

— SERIAL SYSTEM HURTS OUR NOVELS; And Too Many American Writers Want to Own Automobiles, Says George Barr McCutcheon By Joyce Kilmer —

— Song of Herself —

— Robert Hass — Winner 2007 National Book Awards — Poetry —

— How to Win a National Book Award in Five Easy Steps —

— Leading Neuroscientist Seeks Neural [...]

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Poetry News:

— ‘Poet cannibal’ arrested —

— Editor meets Henry Rollins —

— Writers Debate the Net’s Effect on Their Craft —

— A Lawyer, a Poet, and a Love Rekindled —

— Poet Hass’ ‘Time’ does not live up to ‘Praise’ —

— Robert Lowell’s 1960 statement regarding the state of poetry not only pitted the Beats against “cat-nip” [...]

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Poetry News:

— “The name ‘Ceptuetics’ comes from combining the words conceptual and poetics” —

— The Gulf between Love and Hate is No Greater than 6: Experiments in Language, Literature, and Mathematics —

— Make Us Wave Back: Essays on Poetry and Influence —

— A native of Puerto Rico, Judith Ortiz Cofer is a poet, essayist, memoirist [...]

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Poetry News:

— Ugly Duckling Presse began as a college 'zine in 1993 and evolved into its present form as a nonprofit art and publishing collective in 2000 —

— Established in 2004, the Pegasus Awards are a series of annual prizes with an emphasis on new awards to under-recognized poets and types of poetry —

— the [...]

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Poetry News:

— Legendary songstress Joni Mitchell returns with new music, art, ballet —

— For Yankees, Squirrel‘ Visit May Be Omen (a Bad One) —

— An innovative programme at a pioneering prison helps long-stayers to write - and perform - their own poems —

— Members of the artists’ collective “Voina” set the table for a funeral [...]

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