In a 1930 letter, Robert Frost stated his priorities as memorably — which, for Frost, meant as mischievously — as possible: ...

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There is a well-known story about Faiz being pulled out of a madrasah (Islamic school) because the children, who came from very poor backgrounds, ridiculed him. He arrived in neat clothes, in a ...

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Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two ... What her work shares with O’Hara’s, here, is a love of life and living, even in moments of poverty, crisis and pain. That, and an ability ...

I believe that reading poetry is an important way to commemorate ... Some Holocaust poets became famous, and their work has been translated many times. One of the best known, Paul Celan, was ...

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