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From: "Barry Alpert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: what is it?
Fifteen candidates will be selected by Gioia, Simic, and previous
consultants. The Librarian of
Congress, James Billington, will make his final selection from that list.
Place your bets now. I'm
guessing Jorie Graham, but I was wrong about Frank Bidart last year.
Barry Alpert
My wife and I have been planning to emigrate if McCain wins. If he becomes
president AND Jorie Graham is Poet Laureate, we're outta here!!! --- Could
I fit into Vancouver or Auckland? Could I learn at my advanced age to be
polite, wait for the Walk sign, etc.? Oy.
As for poetry: I'm impressed with Dominic's definition. I was going to say
that poetry is the continuation of *politics by other means. And
philosophy's jester.
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