Topic: Elizabeth Bishop
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Opinion: What poetry could teach a divided America
A good poem reminds us not only of who we are, but what it’s like to be someone else. Such exercises in empathy can strengthen our capacity for compromise. America would be better off if more of us read poetry this National Poetry Month – and throughout the rest of the year.
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National Poetry Month: How and why I celebrate
Based on my own experience, I still think of television as an especially powerful tool in raising poetry’s profile.
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Elizabeth Bishop centennial
To celebrate the centennial of the birth of Elizabeth Bishop, some of her previously unpublished writing is being released.
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4 perfect books for a road trip
With the right book for a companion, any car trip can become a vacation.
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The Anthologist
The writer’s block of a poet becomes the excuse for Nicholson Baker’s daft, brilliant, hilarious novel.
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The Art of Finding*
A poem.
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At Wit's End,' a murder mystery awaits
Karen Joy Fowler follows up her bestselling 'The Jane Austen Book Club' with a tale of an old crime.'
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