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Marin County Poet Laureate Creates Poetry Chair, Literally
by Staff
Albert Flynn DeSilver, the inaugural poet laureate of Marin County, California, has created a public project that invites the community to sit down with poetry.
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U.K. Expected to Appoint Its First Woman Poet Laureate
by Staff
Carol Ann Duffy has been nominated for appointment by Queen Elizabeth as the next poet laureate of Great Britain.
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Hall, Kumin, and Wilbur Take the Stage: Postcard From Boston
by Henry Stimpson
The three former poets laureate who read at the Boston Public Library last month appeared in inverse proportion to their age. Donald Hall, the youngest at seventy-nine, seemed the oldest, moving slowly, almost fragilely to the podium. Maxine Kumin, at eighty-two, a little bent over, but otherwise in good form, nevertheless looked older than Richard Wilbur, a robust eighty-six, unbent, brown hair, strong voice.
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Q&A: Hall Takes Laureateship in Stride
by Robert Birnbaum
September/October 2006
Two weeks after he was chosen to succeed Ted Kooser as poet laureate, Donald Hall spoke about his newfound responsibilities.
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Louise Glück Named Poet Laureate
by Kevin Larimer
November/December 2003
Louise Glück has been appointed the 12th poet laureate of the United States by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. Glück, whose one-year term began last month, succeeds Billy Collins.
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The United State of Poets Laureate
by Denise Hart
March/April 2003
During the past year, poets laureate have been the unlikely recipients of national media attention. New Jersey's Amiri Baraka was excoriated for reading a poem that some labeled anti-Semitic, and California's Quincy Troupe resigned after inaccuracies were discovered on his resumé. With their public profiles growing, the role of poets laureate is being called into question. In April the nation's first conference for state poets laureate will convene in Manchester, New Hampshire, where they will discuss poetry and their responsibilities as public representatives of their art.
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W. S. Merwin at the Village Voice: Postcard From Paris
by Ethan Gilsdorf
W. S. Merwin made his first appearance at the Village Voice bookstore on May 27, the same evening a hailstorm hit Paris. Merwin is the author of 20 books of poems, four books of prose, and nearly 20 books of translations, including one of the Middle English Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which is scheduled for publication in October by Knopf.
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