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Poetic justice
A good anthology is like a dartboard in a crowded bar on a Saturday night. Everybody lines up to take their best shot. Everybody wants the chance to squint, aim and let fly. The more august and monumental and definitive-seeming the anthology —...Tags: Symptoms, Carl Sandburg, Robert Frost, Poetry, Arts and Culture
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Natasha Trethewey, 46, named U.S. poet laureate
Jacket CopyThe Library of Congress announced that 46-year-old Natasha Trethewey will be U.S poet laureate for 2012-2013.... -
Poetry Magazine gets a little rock 'n' roll with Lou Reed
Jacket CopyRocker Lou Reed exposes his literary side in a piece in Poetry Magazine addressed to his onetime teacher, the ill-fated writer Delmore Schwartz.... -
Al Pacino, Andre Watts among National Medal of Arts winners
Culture MonsterAl Pacino and Andre Watts are among the National Medal of Arts winners announced Friday. President Obama will confer the awards on Monday at the White House.... -
National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medals announced
Jacket CopyThe White House announced the recipients of the National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medals today. Poet Rita Dove (above) is the leading literary figure among the seven who will receive the National Medal of Arts, joining actor...... -
Philip Levine named new American poet laureate
Jacket CopyPhilip Levine will be the next U.S. poet laureate.... -
The Virginia Quarterly Review, part 2: Forging a future, now in jeopardy
Jacket CopyA different path In the universe of literary journals, the Virginia Quarterly Review became something of an outlier: It invested resources in long-form narrative journalism. "I believe in the work," editor Ted Genoways told The Times. "I want to spend....... -
Geraldine R. Dodge poetry festival begins Thursday
Jacket CopyWhen the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival kicks off Thursday night, some in the crowd will remember that it almost didn't happen. The nation's largest all-poetry festival -- lasting four days, with almost 20,000 attendees -- was nearly a victim...... -
Obama hails White House poetry night with prose
Top of the TicketDemocrat admits he wrote two poems in college, declines to read them.... -
Common, Elizabeth Alexander headline White House 'Evening of Poetry,' to be streamed live Wednesday
Jacket CopyTonight's White House poetry event, which includes rapper Common, poets Billy Collins, Elizabeth Alexander, Rita Dove and the singer Aimee Mann, can be streamed online.... -
Stephen King's favorite book of 2009 and other author picks
Jacket CopyNew Yorker contributors, including Stephen King, share their favorite books of the year on the New Yorker website. Perhaps it's not surprising that King goes with a ghost story -- but as this is the New Yorker, he picks one...... -
City Lights: The Poet Laureate of reader comments
Last week, Times Community News got a surprise visit from a poet. No, Rita Dove or Mark Strand didn't stop by the newsroom. But our story on DrunkRescue, a new Huntington Beach business that offers rides home for out-on-the-town drunks, got an online...Tags: Whitney Houston, Orange County Register, Poetry, Mark Strand, Ogden Nash
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