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Essay: "Perhaps it’s ungenerous to indict [James] Merrill for his purported collegiate heist of [Emily] Dickinson memorabilia nearly a century ago. Many people do stupid, ill-advised things as undergraduates."
(Lit Hub)
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https://lithub.com/an-alleged-lock-of-emily-dickinsons-hair-is-selling-for-500000-but-was-it-stolen/

Announcement: the National Book Foundation has announced the longlist for the 2021 National Book Award in Poetry.
(The New Yorker)
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https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-2021-national-book-awards-longlist-poetry

Announcement: PEN America announces the recipients of its 2022 literary grants.
(PEN America)
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https://pen.org/literary-awards/grants-fellowships/2022-pen-america-literary-grant-winners/

Interview: "Something I felt like I could speak to was that generational divide—being a part of something and at the same time apart from it." - @jj_rancourt
(The Rumpus)
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https://therumpus.net/2021/09/the-rumpus-interview-with-jacques-rancourt/

Essay: "For many students of Dante, Purgatory is the Divine Comedy’s central canticle poetically, philosophically, and psychologically. It is...W.S. Merwin noted, the only one that 'happens on the earth, as our lives do.'"
(The New Yorker)
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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/20/reading-dantes-purgatory-while-the-world-hangs-in-the-balance

Announcement: The Poetry Foundation has announced the five recipients of the 2021 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships.
(Poetry Foundation)
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https://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/press/156443/poetry-foundation-announces-2021-pegasus-awards-and-ruth-lilly-dorothy-sargent-rosenberg-poetry-fellowships-winners

Report: "On August 12, Minnesota-based independent publisher Milkweed Editions announced a series of books centered on neurodivergence... The literary series, titled Multiverse, will hit shelves in April"
(Publishers Weekly)
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https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/87205-milkweed-editions-announces-disability-focused-literary-series.html

Interview: "I think at the heart of writing desire is the belief that you have the right to feel what you feel and to claim your joy unapologetically."--Kendra DeColo
(The Rumpus)
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https://therumpus.net/2021/09/the-rumpus-interview-with-kendra-decolo/

News: "After a decades-long standoff with the last resident of a communal apartment, a private museum has finally opened in Brodsky's shared home in St. Petersburg..." (The New York Times)

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/12/world/europe/joseph-brodsky-museum-russia.html?referringSource=articleShare

Review: Stephanie Burt on four new poetry books that “mine their authors’ pasts for music and meaning.” (The New York Times)

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/books/review/four-new-poetry-books-mine-their-authors-pasts-for-music-and-meaning.html

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