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Interview: "Art enables us to imagine the future. It sounds simple, but it’s crucial."
(Poetry Society)
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https://poetrysociety.org/poems-essays/stopping-by/stopping-by-with-ryo-yamaguchi

Profile: "While Nutter’s acclaim as a poet and educator was already well-established, his daughter Elaine introduced his work to a new audience through TikTok."
(K. Mag)
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https://www.kmagazine.org/post/poet-dad-of-tiktok-how-geoffrey-nutter-redefines-modern-creativity

Profile: "Grefenstette stresses that all of these initiatives are meant to showcase, on both a local and national level, that 'Pittsburgh is a great literary city.'"
(Pittsburgh Magazine)
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The International Poetry Forum Is Back

The International Poetry Forum returns after a 14-year hiatus to revive the Steel City’s role in showcasing renowned writers.

www.pittsburghmagazine.com

Essay: "Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is big business – and you can thank the likes of Edgar Allan Poe and other Romantics for contributing to the hype."
(University of Missouri)
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Poetry, parties and prestige: Mizzou professor researches the literary soirées that fueled Valent...

University of Missouri Professor John Evelev explores Valentine’s Day’s evolution within New York’s 1830s-40s literary culture.

showme.missouri.edu

Announcement: "With its two prestigious literary awards, Yale Library celebrates the poets Arthur Sze and Major Jackson and their exceptional contributions to the field of American poetry."
(Yale Library)
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Profile: "Everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise."
(Smithsonian)
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When This Brilliant Author Died, She Left Behind a Legacy of Grief, Haunting Poetry and Surprising...

Modern accounts of Sylvia Plath’s renowned work and legacy seek to highlight the author’s resilience through a decade-long journey of depression

www.smithsonianmag.com

Report: "A recently discovered poem by Robert Frost, written in 1918 and published for the first time in The New Yorker's Anniversary Issue."
(New Yorker)
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Lost and Found: A Newly Discovered Poem by Robert Frost

“Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

www.newyorker.com

Announcement: 2025 Kingsley Tufts Poetry
Award, 2025 Kate Tufts Discovery
Award Winner, and finalists announced.
(CGU)
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https://arts.cgu.edu/tufts-poetry-awards/winners-finalists/

Report: "On Monday, February 3, Governor Maura Healey signed an Executive Order creating the position of Poet Laureate for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."
(Somerville Times)
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https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/138329

Profile: "I would find some very beautiful poems brought to me by people who didn’t understand themselves to be poets. That was one of the delightful parts of the role."
(Emerson Today)
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Emersonian Laureates Shape Boston’s Poetry Scene - Emerson Today

Boston has had three poet laureates, and all three have been Emerson alums or professors.

today.emerson.edu

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