Poetry News for September 14, 2007
Poetry News:
- — The [Washington] state Arts Commission is taking applications for the job of poet laureate —
- — An ex-soldier’s take on recent war poetry —
- — in giving MacNolia a voice, the poet, A. Van Jordan, deals with the subject of balancing our love —
- — The poems aren’t irreverent ““ they don’t mock the grave or its tenant ““ but some of them do seem, well, a touch indiscreet —
- — we are less willing to be repulsive and repugnant in our poems, so caught up in our quest for linguistic and emotional beauty and earnestness —
- — Student safety, creative rights clash [and Bob Hicok's poem about VA Tech] —
- — Wilkes receives approval for MFA in creative writing —
- — Almost single-handedly, as poet, editor and propagandist, he had engineered a “Scots Renaissance” in literature —
hahahahahahahaha — this is great. (and WTF?)
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