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Archive: May 2013 (3 Posts)

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The Voice I Want to Be Heard

Posted by: Caitlin Rizzo

The following is a guest post written by Courtney Deal, a summer intern at the Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center. Two years ago when Philip Levine was named Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, I began volunteering at the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress. I helped pass out flyers at …

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Mona Van Duyn and the Women of the Catbird Seat

Posted by: Caitlin Rizzo

Yesterday would have been the 92nd birthday of Mona Van Duyn, and what better way to commemorate her legacy as the first female Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry than to spend it celebrating the women to have held the position? Since an act of Congress changed the title of Consultant in Poetry to Poet Laureate …