Poetry News:
- — When she died a spinster of 55 in 1886 only five of her poems had been published, all anonymously —
- — Woman nicknamed ‘lyrical terrorist’ escapes jail sentence —
- — Made in Chicago: Wickedpen [ congrats
] — - — He is often poised discomfortingly and achingly between emotional immediacy and wiseass —
- — Poet Maya Angelou’s “Celebrations” is also in the running —
- — Philip Larkin, rock god? —
- — a mystical zone that for 500 or so years has been the sweet spot of civilized consciousness —
crap. I guess I’ll keep an eye out for my letter. 
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