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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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poem stories: 2 news summaries

'To Be or Not to Be' No Longer the Question
for Poetry

Internet gives ancient art form a boost

Feb 28, 09 6:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Poetry is not going gently into that good night, having been energized by the very tool predicted to kill it: the Internet, reports the Telegraph. Email, social networking sites, and online media players are helping poets win over new audiences. “It’s counter-intuitive,” marveled poet Richard Price. Poetry... More »

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Internet • poetry • poem

 Updike Mused 
 on Own  
 'Overdue 
 Demise'

3-stanza poem to be published this year

Jan 30, 09 12:44 PM CST
(Newser) - John Updike considered his own mortality, and did so with his usual wry wit. The evidence is in one of his last poems called "Requiem," writes the New York Post. It begins: "It came to me the other day: Were I to die, no one would... More »

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obituary • literature • John Updike • poem

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