Poetry News For December 23, 2008

Poetry News:

1. — A marker with a stanza from “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” on the Wallace Stevens Walk —
2. — The book is in its 21st printing here, having sold more than 20000 copies, an extraordinary feat for a poetry collection —
3. — Graywolf poet Katie Ford: “I’m not writing about New Orleans any more.” —
4. — A 30-month campaign to teach thousands of poor Bolivians to read and write has made the country “illiteracy free” —
5. — For the 25th straight year, Mr Resler has penned a holiday poem/review and outlook for the economy —
6. — Astrology chart of William B. Yeats —

A spokesman for the Charles Ponzi estate revealed that the Ponzi family had lost untold millions in investments made with Madoff Securities….