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Britain's Poet Laureate Commemorates the Royal Wedding (2005-04-09): At long last, the waiting is over.
The Difficult Life of Britain's Poet Laureate (2005-04-07): The New York Times addresses the difficult life of Britain's Poet Laureate, Andrew Motion.
John Barr: A Man on a Mission For Poetry (2005-03-30): The Christian Science Monitor has an interesting article about John Barr, the new president of the Poetry Foundation.
Pablo Picasso's Surrealist Poetry Published in New Collection (2005-03-18): A collection of Pablo Picasso's Surrealist poetry can now be found in The Burial of the Count of Orgaz & Other Poems, coedited by Jerome Rothenberg and Pierre Joris.
U.S. Poet Laureate to Offer Free Newspaper Column (2005-03-15): The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports the U.
New Book Examines E.E. Cummings (2004-11-16): A new biography, E.
Major New Book Prize Announced and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Too (2004-11-12): Think you have what it takes to win a major book prize? Well, you just got a major new prize to vie for.
Billy Corgan Contemplates Life After Smashing Pumpkins (2004-11-07): Billy Corgan, the former lead singer for the 90s band Smashing Pumpkins, is currently on a book tour to promote his new poetry book Blinking With Fists (Faber & Faber).
Ted Kooser Named Next U.S. Poet Laureate (2004-08-19): The Library of Congress has named Ted Kooser, a poet and farmer from Nebraska, as the next U.
A Weekly Poem - Read by the Author (2004-08-11): Who says that poetry is a dead art form? No one at Slate, at any rate.
Neruda's 100th Birthday Celebrated (2004-07-16): Neruda fans celebrated what would have been Neruda's 100th birthday on July 12th, 2004.
Screenwriters Take Poetic License With Plath (2003-10-24): Screenwriters for Sylvia, a new film about the troubled life of poet and novelist Sylvia Plath (The Bell Jar) starring Gwyneth Paltrow, had to fill in a lot of the blanks in Sylvia's life.
Queen Latifah Reads Poem for Michael Jackson Written by Maya Angelou (0000-00-00): Michael Jackson's memorial service was held to day at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
