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  • August 2008

    • Palestinian Poet Dead at 67

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 10, 08 7:56 PM CDT

      Palestinian Poet Dead at 67

      (Newser) - Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish died yesterday from heart surgery complications in Houston at age 67, the Los Angeles Times reports. Considered Palestine’s unofficial poet laureate, Darwish penned the territory’s symbolic Declaration of Independence in 1988 and depicted life under Israeli rule in his work. "He was the Palestinian conscience," a Palestinian MP told the Daily Telegraph . More »

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      obituary  • Palestine  • writer  • poet laureate

  • July 2008

    • An Outsider Becomes Poet Laureate

      New York Times  |  Jul 17, 08 7:54 AM CDT

      An Outsider Becomes Poet Laureate

      (Newser) - Kay Ryan, a poet from Fairfax, Calif., with a reputation as an individualist, has been chosen as the nation's new poet laureate. The 62-year-old writer is known for her sly, concise verse that incorporates plays on words and uses intricate rhyme structures. Despite receiving many of the field's highest accolades, Ryan remains something of an outsider, writes the New York Times . More »

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      literature  • poetry  • National Endowment for the Arts  • poet laureate

  • August 2007

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