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Column: Poem of the Week — "Marriage" by Alison Winch. (The Guardian)
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Profile: “'Art arose when our species began,' Olds says. 'If anything can help us, it might be the empathy and pleasure which empower art.' ...the stakes are clear: if we are on Earth, we ought to be singing." (Publishers Weekly)
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Guide: "Wordsworth’s poems evoke the beauty of readily recognisable locations. ‘Lines Left Upon a Seat in a Yew Tree,’ for instance...is set ‘near the Lake of Esthwaite,’ where ‘gloomy boughs had charms.’" (Spectator Life)
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Appreciation: "August marks the centenary of the poem that first bought Dorothy Parker to the attention of the reading public....The first of these 'hate songs' in Vanity Fair introduced her trademark cynicism and caustic wit." (JSTOR Daily)
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Review: "Seeking out the role that poetry might play in reimagining identity, heredity, and family, these works attempt to tell new stories of kinship, especially the relationships between mothers and their children." (LA Review of Books)
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Recommendations: Nick Ripatrazone reviews six poetry collections released this month. (The Millions)
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Interview: Eighteen-year-old Muslim Somali refugee Saida Dahir is an activist and hopes to inspire as a spoken word artist. Her debut poetry album is The Walking Stereotype. (NPR)
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Publishing: "A survey found 63% of published poets in Ireland are male." (The Irish Times)
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Column: Poem of the week. Lines from Hesiod’s Theogony, translated by Thomas Cooke (The Guardian)
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Interview: NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Annie Polland, executive director of the American Jewish Historical Society, about Emma Lazarus, and the history behind her famous poem, The New Colossus. (NPR)
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