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The Poetry Of 9/11 And Its Aftermath

Posted 11.09.2011

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The Poetry Foundation: Beyond Grief and Grievance The poetry of 9/11 and its aftermath BY PHILIP METRES It was my second week as a newly-minte...

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The Still Resonant World Of Samuel Menashe

John Lundberg | Posted 10.28.2011

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John Lundberg

Samuel Menashe died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 85 last Monday. For most of his life, he was a solitary figure in the poetry world, living in the same Greenwich Village apartment for more than half a century.

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Plums and Wheelbarrows: When Poets Disagree

John Lundberg | Posted 09.09.2011

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John Lundberg

Williams' red wheelbarrow poem, in fact, can be read as a direct challenge to Eliot, who had a far different view of the direction that poetry should take in the early 20th Century.

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The Rough-And-Tumble World Of Poetry Magazine. No, Really

Chicago Tribune | Posted 08.23.2011

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Right now, Poetry magazine is having a moment. A decade after the gift was announced, circulation is up, to 26,000. Under Editor-in-Chief Christian Wi...

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A Poetry Hotline? The Dial-A-Poem Project

Posted 07.26.2011

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The Poetry Foundation: "Become Your Own Yawn" Information and the Dial a Poem Poets By Katie Geha In a 1970 Arts Magazine article, art c...

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WATCH: The Shock Poetry Of OFWGKTA LA's Newest Hip-Hop Spectacle

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Poetry Foundation: Odd Futurism The shock poetry of LA's newest hip-hop spectacle. BY BETHLEHEM SHOALS Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFW...

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My Ex Published A Poetry Collection--About Me!

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Poetry Foundation: Poems From My Ex After the love affair, there were poems. By Lisa Catherine Harper Fifteen years after we broke up, my ex-boy...

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Is Rap Poetry?

The Poetry Foundation | Adam Kirsch | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Poetry Foundation: How Ya Like Me Now Does rap's suspended adolescence keep it from serious consideration? By Adam Kirsch The Anthology ...

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'Poetry Is a Dumb-Ass Spider'

Posted 05.25.2011

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Poetry Is a Dumb-Ass Spider: A cartoonist in the house of dust Lynda Barry Poetry Magazine Chicago hotel room, September 2009, fourteenth floor. H...

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Pulitzer Prize Winner Rae Armantrout, 2010's Miss Thing-In-Itself, Answers the Big Questions

Travis Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

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Travis Nichols

On Monday, the Pulitzer Prize jury awarded Versed by Rae Armantrout their 2010 award for poetry.

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Tampa Bay's Fernando Perez: Baseball's Unlikely Poet

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Lundberg

I tuned in to Tuesday night's Tampa Bay Rays/Boston Red Sox game hoping to watch Sox pitcher Josh Beckett carry my fantasy baseball team into the leag...

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