Bush, bin Laden, and Simic? It must be Friday...
"UW Professor Uses Bush's, bin Laden's Words to Make Poetry," in a press release from University of Wyoming, reports that University of Wyoming English professor H.L. Hix has created a conversation between George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden in his latest book, God Bless (Etruscan Press).
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"The Immigrant 'Outsider' Is Now Poetry's Insider," by Emily Parker for The Wall Street Journal, is a nice piece on new poet laureate Charles Simic.
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