A Poet Laureate and a Well-Known Poet
Today, I’ve got two interesting pieces on poets. In “Poet laureate shares her love of poetry,” by Jennifer Bhargava for The Kansas City Star, the new Kansas poet laureate, Denise…
Today, I've got two interesting pieces on poets.
In "Poet laureate shares her love of poetry," by Jennifer Bhargava for The Kansas City Star, the new Kansas poet laureate, Denise Low, is profiled. Low plans to focus on getting Kansas teens reading "contemporary" poetry, which I've mentioned before (and will mention again) is an important way to build an appreciation of poetry in this country.
Denise Low has two Web sites of interest:
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In "Poetry Amidst the Kultursmog: An Interview With David Yezzi," by Bernard Chapin for mensnewsdaily.com, Yezzi, the well-known poet and Executive Editor of The New Criterion, gives some very candid answers to some very pointed questions about poetry and poets.
Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
