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The Poetic Narrative Of Our Times

David Whyte | Posted 12.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Poetry, The Inner Life, Ecology, Relationships, Economics, Poet, Nature, David-Whyte, Ireland, Obama, Thomas Friedman, The World Is Flat, Spirituality, Poem, Human Nature, Living News
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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The Last Poet To Win The Nobel Prize

John Lundberg | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Fiction, Prose, Nobel Prize, Poetry, Wislawa Szymborska, Literature, Herta Muller, World War II, Poet, John Lundberg, Living News
John Lundberg

I've been trying to track down English translations of poems by Herta Muller, the newest Nobel Laureate in Literature, but they are awfully hard to come by (if they even exist).

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Elements of Style: Three Poets, Three New Books

Carol Muske-Dukes | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books

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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NOBEL PRIZE WINNER: Herta Muller

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 10.08.2009 | Books

Read More: Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize in Literature, Books, Herta Muller, Nobel Prize Literature, Poetry, Poet, Literary Prizes, Books News

The judges, apparently, could not help themselves. Just two days after a Nobel Prize official worried the literature committee was too "Eurocentric,"...

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Steamy Letters By Lord Byron Up For Auction

John Lundberg | Posted 10.04.2009 | Living

Read More: The Poetic Life, Letters, Lord Byron Auction, Poet, Auction, Lady Caroline Lamb, Poetry, Lord Byron, Reverend Francis Hodgson, John Lundberg, Living News
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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A Poem Highlights Banned Books Week

John Lundberg | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Ala, The Poetic Life, American Library Association, Banned Books Week, Poet, Poetry, John Lundberg, Living News
John Lundberg

This week is Banned Books Week here in the U.S., an event sponsored primarily by the American Library Association (ALA) to draw attention to recent acts (and attempted acts) of book banning.

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A Poet's Love Story Comes To Theaters

John Lundberg | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: The Poetic Life, Fanny Brawne, John Keats, Poet, Poets, Bright Star, Movie, Poetry, John Lundberg, Living News
John Lundberg

A soon-to-be-released movie by director Jane Campion explores the relationship between the great English poet John Keats and his love, Fanny Brawne. ...

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A Poet Braves Afghanistan's Bloody Politics

John Lundberg | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Abdul Latif Pedram, The Poetic Life, Afghanistan, Poet, Afghan, Kabul, Taliban, Latif Pedram, Poetry, Afghanistan National Congress Party, Nomade, Living News
John Lundberg

Two months ago, the Afghan poet Latif Pedram published the poem "Kabul" in the French newsletter Nomade. It is a poem of witness, sorrowful but necess...

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Britain's Poet Laureate Remembers The Great War

John Lundberg | Posted 09.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Carol Ann Duffy, The Poetic Life, Britain's Poet Laureate, Poetry, Poet, Living News
John Lundberg

Carol Ann Duffy, Britain's new poet laureate, published a poem last week to commemorate the death of Henry Allingham and Harry Patch, two of the last ...

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