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Leah Naomi Green wins Walt Whitman Award for debut poet

A debut poet from Greensboro, North Carolina, has received a prize named for one of the United States' greatest writers.

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Poetry sales rise — thanks to millennials in search of meaning, clarity

Who says poetry is dead? It is pretty much alive and thriving, in the United Kingdom at least, whose poetry sales hit a record £12 million.

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Dead Poets Society founder is published, posthumously

The late founder of the Dead Poets Society of America can be inducted to the society of fallen bards now that he's now a published poet.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver dies at 83

NEW YORK (AP) — Mary Oliver, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose rapturous odes to nature and animal life brought her...

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US National Book Award goes to Sigrid Nunez for novel ‘The Friend’

Other winners include Jeffrey C. Stewart's "The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke" (nonfiction) and Justin Philip Reed's "Indecency" (poetry).

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French poet’s suicide letter goes under hammer

A letter written by nineteenth century French poet Charles Baudelaire announcing his intention to kill himself sold at auction on...

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Poet Jorie Graham receives prize from Library of Congress

NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Jorie Graham is receiving an award from the Library of Congress. Graham is this year’s...

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Legendary Arab poet Antara rises as comic book superhero

In a red cape and with dark hair blowing in the wind, Antara, the famed 6th-century Arab poet born a slave, is now a superhero.

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Poets Tretheway, Hayes on National Book Awards longlist

NEW YORK (AP) — Pulitzer Prize winners Natasha Trethewey and Rae Armantrout are among those on the poetry longlist for...

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Chile debt blocks tests on poet’s remains, says Neruda’s nephew

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A nephew of Pablo Neruda said Thursday that money owed by Chile to laboratories abroad is...

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Poetry

Leah Naomi Green wins Walt Whitman Award for debut poet

Poetry sales rise — thanks to millennials in search of meaning, clarity

Dead Poets Society founder is published, posthumously

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver dies at 83

US National Book Award goes to Sigrid Nunez for novel ‘The Friend’

French poet’s suicide letter goes under hammer

Poet Jorie Graham receives prize from Library of Congress

Legendary Arab poet Antara rises as comic book superhero

Poets Tretheway, Hayes on National Book Awards longlist

Chile debt blocks tests on poet’s remains, says Neruda’s nephew

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Hindy Weber now makes clothes you can compost

Luxury Swiss watches are going vintage and slim

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