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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.... -
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: Petroleum Industry, Ogden Nash, Poetry, Orange County Register, Whitney Houston
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Go ahead, judge them by their covers
Tribune NewspapersWhen architect and design firm owner Steve Kadlec was asked recently whether bookshelves were becoming obsolete in the iPad age, he wisecracked: "Who reads books? We buy them for pretty!" He was only half-joking. With digital competition, hardcover books...Tags: Arts and Culture, Museums, The Rolling Stones (music group), John Lennon, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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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...... -
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: Carl Sandburg, Gertrude Stein, Arts and Culture, Poetry, Julia Keller
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Philip Levine named new American poet laureate
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White House defends invite to rapper Common
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama's evening of poetry at the White House set off Republican critics before the artists had uttered a word. The first lady invited prominent writers, musicians and a rapper to perform Wednesday night to showcase the...Tags: Billy Collins, Crimes, Music, Barack Obama, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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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....
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