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Andrew
2008/5/20 Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]>:
> >"Poetry is energy, it is an energy-storing and an energy-releasing
> device."
> >—*Miroslav Holub*
>
> I hadn't encountered MH's formulation previously, & it rhymes a bit with
> EP's elaboration on his
> classic
>
> dichten=condensare
>
>
> >"Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley."
> >—*Charles Simic*
>
> Simic's shoes and taste matched the conservative footprints of previous
> consultants in poetry at
> the Library of Congress. He entered thru bright lights & metal detectors
> like anyone else walking
> into either of the LC's buildings, and won't be back for a second
> year--reportedly because it was
> too difficult for him to travel from his home in New Hampshire to his
> office in WASH DC.
>
> 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
>
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Andrew
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