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James Franco and David Lehman to Host Reality TV: America’s Next Top Poet [by Stacey Harwood]
Fox network announced today that it will headline its lineup of fall programming with "America's Next Top Bard." In the pilot, contestants are asked to memorize and recite a soliloquy from Hamlet, to write…
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Contemporary Canadian Poetry by Eduardo C. Corral
This week I’m featuring the work of David O’Meara. So Far, So Stupid All those selfies I posted look really great. So spontaneous. Arm tentacled through bad light past the frame, an umbilical toward…
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Congratulations to University of Arizona Poetry Center
We've just learned that the University of Arizona Poetry Center is getting much deserved recognition. The Poetry Center is the proud winner of a 2014 Governor’s Arts Award! Since 1981, arts organizations have…
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Her Vouchers [by Howard Altmann]
“I’ve never met a real poet before.” That’s what she said when she found out. “I didn’t know people are still writing poetry.” That’s what she said when she lost her place in line.…
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Submission Guidelines for Open Press Poetry Prize [by Nin Andrews]
The Open Poetry Prize is open to all poets who can comply with the following guidelines. 1. The Open Poetry Prize is open to all poets who are in possession of a manuscript, a…
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Howard Altmann, Guest Author March 31 – April 4
This week we welcome Howard Altmann as our guest author. Howard grew up in Montreal, graduated from McGill and Stanford, was a banker for a bit, left that world more than a bit ago,…
