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Whan that Aprille with his shoures sote
Continuing the exploration of the history of the Poet Laureate, the United States has its own version of the post. Originally the position that became Poet Laureate of the United States was called Consultant In Poetry To The Library of Congress. It was created in 1937 with the appointment of poet Joseph Auslander, who remained [...]
A couple of days ago my dogs found a nest of baby rabbits. It seems dumb for the rabbits to keep making nests and having babies inside our fenced-in yard, but, for once, they had picked a fairly good spot. It was next was next to a wood privacy fence that extends out from the [...]
Is the ultimate apotheosis for an author that they become a brand, a trademark that can be slapped on just about anything? Author Gyles Brandreth doesn’t even question it in a recent article in The Times about Oscar Wilde; he just says, “like Shakespeare and Coca-Cola - he is a brand, with brand values we [...]
Some time ago someone asked me, How do you become Poet Laureate? It’s not an easy question, mainly because there are a lot of Poets Laureate. The official Poet Laureate, the first, would be Britain’s Poet Laureate. Ben Jonson was the first to be appointed Britain’s Poet Laureate by James I in 1616, beginning with [...]
Kicking off the 12th annual National Poetry Month…
Few poets are as synonymous with national identity as William Butler Yeats of Ireland. Here’s one of his most famous and most loved poems:
A new biography of Peter Mark Roget, The Man Who Made Lists by Joshua Kendall, is an exploration of Roget’s compiling lists and classification of things as a way of keeping insanity at bay. Having suffered the death of his father when he was six months old and the death of his doting grandfather when [...]
High school is a crucible designed to destroy any remaining vestige of individuality, not to mention ego, of anyone who’s even remotely different from his or her peers. At the same time that our bodies take us on the most horrifying biological roller coaster ride of our lives, many of us find ourselves at the center of [...]
Copyright laws perform a valuable service, but do they also go too far? And do companies with deep pockets crack down too hard on consumers who violate copyright laws? I’m not going to pretend there are simple answers here. In the March 2008 issue of Wired, contributing editor Frank Rose has a point in his [...] |
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