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the Union League Poetry Prize in 2000; and an Ingram Merrill Foundation Award in 1995. She has won four Pushcart Prizes and has been selected four different years for the annual volumes of the Best American Poetry. ... About the Poet Laureate, Kay Ryan...
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www.loc.gov/poetry/laureate_current.html
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The goal of the American Poet Laureate is to inspire greater awareness in the area of the literary arts. ... The position of poet laureate is probably the quietest position associated with the government. It is not likely that you could find anyone on the street who has ever heard of the poets on the list of former laureates,
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www.suite101.com/article.cfm/modern_us_poetry/109162
www.suite101.com/article.cfm/modern_us_poetry/109162
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Appointed by the Librarian of Congress, the Poet Laureate serves from October of the year he or she is appointed to the following May. The Librarian consults with past Poet Laureates and distinguished poetry critics to select the next Poet Laureate.
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English Poet Laureates ... In 1616 Ben Jonson was named England's first poet laureate; however, the title did not become an official royal office until 1668, when John Dryden assumed the honored post. Since that time, the office has been awarded for life.
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The U.S. Poet Laureate has a unique opportunity to shape America’s literary terrain—by fostering public appreciation of poetry and by continuing to produce his or her own work. This NewsHour collection profiles six such honorees at the onset ... Jack Kerouac, cult writer of the Beat generation, remains an American icon.
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www.films.com/id/13264/American_Poet_Laureates.htm
www.films.com/id/13264/American_Poet_Laureates.htm
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As the first female poet to serve as Poet Laureate of the United States, Mona Van Duyn was certainly well recognized as an important American poet ..., Jordan Thomas ... As the first female poet to serve as Poet Laureate of the United States, Mona Van Duyn was certainly well recognized as an important American poet in the 1990s.
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www.helium.com/items/405128-mona-van-duyn-the-first-fem...
www.helium.com/items/405128-mona-van-duyn-the-first-female-american-poet-laureate-american-poet-laureates
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Ted Kooser won the 2005 Pulitzer prize for poetry and publishes American Life in Poetry, a free weekly column for newspapers and websites that provides a brief poem and description as a way to bring verse to the masses. ... This American Life PRI ... Poet's Wordplay Leads To MacArthur 'Genius' Award...
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November 28, 1996:; A discussion with Prize winning poet Kenneth Koch. ... October 4, 1996:; A discussion about Nobel Prize winning Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska. ... September 4, 1996:; A discussion with blind, 83 year old poet Virginia Hamilton Adair about her recently published first book of Poems "Ants on the Melon."
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A Net-annotated list of all the poets who have served the Library of Congress as Consultant (the old title) or Poet Laureate Consultant (the new title). Biographies & general reference sites are linked to the poets’ names -- for the recent Laureates these are our own poet profiles with book-buying links at the bottom.
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poetry.about.com/od/poets/l/bllaureates.htm
poetry.about.com/od/poets/l/bllaureates.htm
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