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Vladimir Mayakovsky

Poetry News:

— “The Poem of a Life,” Mark Scroggins’s terrific new biography, never strays far from Zukofsky the poet. —

— Over the past 100 years Milton’s standing has declined more steeply than that of any other great English poet —

— City officials see Cornish as a poet of the people, someone who will reach across [...]

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Poetry News:

— Spent 22 Years Collecting 15,000 Similes; Frank J. Wilstach’s Ardent and Relentless Hunt for This Elusive Figure of Speech Results in a Remarkable Collection - By Joyce Kilmer [book is at Google books] —

— The Totality of Causes: Li-Young Lee and Tina Chang in Conversation —

— “Jennifer L. Knox is pure magic.” —

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Poetry News:

— Mashile Scoops Pan African Book Prize —

— Sharing her personal history with a major literary and countercultural movement has been a mixed blessing —

— written poetry among Tibetans remained largely the work of scholars until the exile to India in 1959 —

— ‘Bard of Belltown’ a ‘great poet’ and a man of mystery [...]

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