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U.S. Poet Laureate Announced

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 10.10.2011

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NEW YORK — Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Levine, known for his detailed and personal verse about the working class, has been appointed the countr...

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Narrative Magazine Friday Feature: U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin Shares A Poem

Posted 07.27.2011

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Narrative Magazine: W. S. Merwin, Poet Laureate of the United States, has been writing his widely read poems for five decades. Throughout his poetry r...

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A Sea of Deceit and Capitulation

Carol Muske-Dukes | Posted 11.17.2011

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Carol Muske-Dukes

I'm taking a moment to bring you a statement of urgent import from an environmental activist, protector of international ocean wildlife - who is maki...

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Poetry Best Sellers Of 2009

Travis Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every week, the Poetry Foundation compiles information from Nielsen Bookscan and puts together lists of the best selling books of poetry. Here are 2009's best selling books of contemporary poetry:

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Off To Cover The Obama Grassroots: I Was Not Going To Be Long

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayhill Fowler

In one way or another, every reporter who like me has been committed to writing about this election--as if our very lives depended upon it--is experiencing dislocation. Where are we now?

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