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Announcement: "Poet Kim Hye-soon has been named an 'International Writer' by the Royal Society of Literature..."
(The Korea Herald)
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Poet Kim Hye-soon recognized as 'International Writer' by Royal Literary Society of England

Poet Kim Hye-soon has been named an “International Writer” by the Royal Society of Literature, based in ...

www.koreaherald.com

Report: "From the start, Astra Magazine was unusual."
(The New York Times)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/03/books/astra-magazine.html

Interview: "Herrick said the diversity in California makes it an ideal place for poetry."
(LARB)
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What does a poet laureate get paid for? We asked Lee Herrick — California's next one

Fresno's Lee Herrick is set to become California's 10th poet laureate. I asked him about his goals and what make...

www.latimes.com

Profile: "My back issues of APR don’t fit in a box... They rest in a stack; they take up room. Poetry should take up room."
(LitHub)
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Deep in the Literary Journal Archives: Poetry That Takes Risks and Takes Up Space

Tabloid-sized. Big on the table. A blanket of a journal. The American Poetry Review debuted 50 years ago, with a...

lithub.com

Essay: "This music, this way of hymning directly to God... it’s the bedrock upon which my understanding of poetry has been built."—Kaveh Akbar
(Harvard Divinity Bulletin)
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https://bulletin.hds.harvard.edu/what-can-ancient-spiritual-poetry-teach-us-about-living/

Conversation: "...none of us considered ourselves literary translators."
(Asymptote)
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A Conversation on Kurdish Translation with Farangis Ghaderi - Asymptote Blog

Translation is a commitment—a way of illustrating my commitment to making Kurdish literature known.

www.asymptotejournal.com

How small must one be
to be hidden?

—Marianne Boruch
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"The Lyrebird, Hidden. His Dance, Hidden. His Wish" by Marianne Boruch

from New England Review

poems.com

Obituary: "Poet, artist, publisher, and scholar Bernadette Mayer died November 22 at the age of seventy-seven at her home in East Nassau, New York."
(Artforum)
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Bernadette Mayer (1945–2022)

Poet, artist, publisher, and scholar Bernadette Mayer died November 22 at the age of seventy-seven at her home in ...

www.artforum.com

Essay: "I don’t think he thought himself as a man out of step with the world—he saw the world as out of step with its own ideal self."
(The Millions)
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What Kind of Angel: On Percy Shelley

Shelley saw himself as a conduit for the electricity of the universe.

themillions.com

Report: "Penguin Random House’s deal to buy Simon & Schuster, a rival publisher, is close to collapsing..."
(NYT)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/books/penguin-random-house-simon-schuster-deal.html

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