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The Flame of Beauty: Reflections On A Poet's Journey

Vanessa D. Fisher | Posted 05.19.2012

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Vanessa D. Fisher

Poetry has been my quiet and humble redeemer, and it has also taught me that there is nothing that art can't hold, no matter how dark.

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Cleto Munari Auctions His Collection

J. Michael Welton | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Furniture, Carlo Scarpa, Jack Kerouac, Poet, Architecture, Robert Venturi, Jewelry, Allen Ginsberg, Silverware, Gregory Corso, Artist, Designers, Richard Meier, Michael Graves, Cleto Munari, Arts News
J. Michael Welton

Designer Cleto Munari is putting his personal collection of art, furnishings and objects -- many created in conjunction with architects like Michael G...

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NBA Winner Nikky Finney: The Bare Arms Of Angry Black Women

Nikky Finney | Posted 04.02.2012

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Nikky Finney

We are called angry Black women because we are not afraid of bare arms. We pay close attention to our arms, holding our children tight inside of them.

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Award-Winning Poet Dies At 96

AP | By HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 11.25.2011

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-- Ruth Stone, an award-winning poet for whom tragedy halted, then inspired a career that started in middle age and thrived late in life as her sharp...

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The Winner Of The Nobel Prize For Literature 2011 Is...

Posted 12.06.2011

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A cheer went up in the Swedish Academy as they announced that, for the first time since 1974, one of their fellow countrymen had been awarded the Nobe...

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Who Is This Nobel Prize Frontrunner?

Madeleine Crum | Posted 12.04.2011

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While a number of American dark horses appear on potential contenders for this year's Nobel Prize For Literature list, from DeLillo to Bob Dylan, the ...

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Poets Occupy Wall Street and Next Philadelphia

Feliz L. Molina | Posted 11.28.2011

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Feliz L. Molina

On Facebook, poet extraordinaire and teacher CAConrad stated he was heading to Occupy Wall Street. CAConrad is the author of The Book Of Frank and for...

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Performance Poet and Poetry Slam Founder, Marc Smith

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 09.18.2011

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Elysabeth Alfano

I sat down with Poetry Slam founder and performance poet Marc Smith to discuss how this rough and tough guy from the Southeast side came to create such an institution.

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WATCH: Scandal-Plagued County Jobs Program Gets Shrunk, Rebranded

Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: Video, Todd Stroger, Poet, Cook County Works, Chicago, Illinois, Poet Corruption, Job Training, Cook County Job Training, Chicago News

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle sailed to office on a mantra of reform. So it's no wonder that she's undertaking a complete overhaul of t...

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John Ross Dead: Author, Poet, Journalist Dies At 72

sfgate.com | Marcia Perskie | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Ross, an author, poet, liberal activist and journalist who toiled against perceived injustice from the jungles of Chiapas, Mexico, to the baked s...

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The Map You Need Right Now

Tom Morris | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Difficulty, Philosophy, Desperation, Life Goals, Maps, Orientation, Hope, Poet, Action, Confidence, Miroslav Holub, Poetry, Poem, Advice, Lost, Healthy Living News
Tom Morris

Where are you now, and where do you need to go? Do you have a map of how to get there? I've long described philosophy as cartography for the soul, a ...

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The Debilitated Muse

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creativity, Illlness, Poet, Poetry, New York News
Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD

"What happens when the poet faces illness? How is the poetry affected by alterations of the body and mind?"Read Danielle's new article in th...

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Poet Hijacks Atlanta Streets

guardian.co.uk | Alison Flood | Posted 05.25.2011

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From an exhortation to "Lose ugly weight fast!!/ Feel Happier! Healthier!/ Dump your bigotry" to "Meet local singles!!/ Easy: stand near others/ Hang ...

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Labor Day Poems

poetryfoundation.org | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Pinsky, The Poetic Life, Rhina P Espaillat, Philip Levine, Poet, Robert Service, Langston Hughes, Poets, Charles Simic, Lorine Niedecker, Poetry, Books News

The Poetry Foundation By Becca Klaver For the United States' 129th Labor Day, we bring you a variety of poems, podcasts, and articles--some meditate ...

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WATCH: James Franco Is Allen Ginsberg

Posted 05.25.2011

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James Franco, author and occasional movie star, plays legendary beat poet Allen Ginsberg in the new film, Howl. Shot in stark black-and-white, the fi...

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The Poetry of Michael Tyrell

Ben Evans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iowa Writers' Workshop, Poems, Fogged Clarity, Michael Tyrell, Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn, Poet, Arts News
Ben Evans

To capture the voice of a city as immense and diverse as New York, to write its essence, is a challenge taken on by many resident literati.

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Man Claims Police Beat Him Up Over A Poem He Wrote

Courthouse News Service | ALEXANDRIA D'ANGELO | Posted 05.25.2011

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A man claims three police officers beat him up because they didn't like a poem he wrote. "What does it mean?" the officers asked him, according to the...

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Millicent Borges Accardi: Woman on a Shaky Bridge

Laura Baudo Sillerman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laura Baudo Sillerman

In my life, time, especially time to write, is what I fight for.

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Maya Angelou Celebrates 82nd Birthday, Talks Political Divisiveness

AP | MARTHA WAGGONER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Poet Maya Angelou celebrated a belated 82nd birthday Thursday with a few celebrity friends and a few choice words about po...

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SOLDIER TO POET: An Exchange

Carol Muske-Dukes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Exchange, Conversation, Soldier, Carol Muske-Dukes, Poet, Lt. Colonel Edward Ledford, West Point, Literature, Marines, Afghanistan, War, Hamlet, Aeneid, Poetry, Politics News
Carol Muske-Dukes

We cannot get away from the romanticism of war -- indeed, we romanticize it every day, even as we curse the notion. And this war is epic, to be sure. Think back to the first act in this play.

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Steamy Letters By Lord Byron Up For Auction

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Lundberg

Sotheby's expert Gabriel Heaton gave us a hint of their contents, telling the British newspaper The Guardian that "Byron clearly enjoyed writing slightly outrageous things to a clergyman..."

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Poets Find Hope In The New Year

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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John Lundberg

Cue the New Year, when even a man as famously dour as Thomas Hardy can find inspiration. In his poem "The Darkling Thrush," he looks solemnly out at the end of the 19th Century.

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Elements of Style: Three Poets, Three New Books

Carol Muske-Dukes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stupid Hope, Poems, Poetry, A Village Life, Jason Shinder, Louise Gluck, Tom Healy, Gluck, Poet, What the Right Hand Knows, Shinder, Healy, Books News
Carol Muske-Dukes

Style comes with maturity for most writers. Here is a poet at the unmistakable peak of her expressive power and experience -- Louise Gluck, with her new book, A Village Life.

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The Poetic Narrative Of Our Times

David Whyte | Posted 11.17.2011

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David Whyte

It is the task of poetry to bring our eyes to bear on the heart breaking nature of our disappearances, which are unavoidable no matter our economic standing or our education.

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Two Books

Carol Muske-Dukes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carol Muske-Dukes

Two poets -- singing the same song in different keys -- create new maps of poetic consciousness.

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