Carol Ann Duffy named Poet Laureate of England
Carol Ann Duffy was named Poet Laureate of England on May 1st 2009. She is the first female poet to hold the post which has a term of 10 years. Duffy received a Poetry Award from the Foundation in 1995.
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Mary Kinzie
Mary Kinzie is a poet, editor, critic, and teacher. She is the author of seven poetry collections, including Summers of Vietnam (Sheep Meadow), Autumn Eros (Knopf), Ghost Ship (Knopf), Drift (Knopf), and her latest collection of poems and lyrical essays, California Sorrow (Knopf). Two volumes of critical essays, The Cure…
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