The Jane poems (Without) became something of a minor bestseller.
Barry Alpert wrote:
> Jack Prelutsky is also one of Laura Bush, Dana Gioia, and perhaps Donald
> Hall's official choices to appear in the Poetry "tent" this fall at the
> National Book Festival. It should be noted that Poets.org is an organ of
> the Academy of American Poets, which I used to regard as an "old boys'
> network" dominated by "Triple H" until its relatively recent penetration by
> a number of unexpected (by me) chancellors.
>
> More surprising to me is Donald Hall as the most popular living American
> poet. I wonder where he ranked before his anointment as Poet Laureate and
> why a decision by James H. Billington matters, numerically.
>
> Barry Alpert
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:21:48 +0100, Peter Cudmore
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
>> Children's/comic writer. I just thought, "huh, listed by Americans for
>> Americans", and then thought no more on't.
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>> Behalf Of TheOldMole
>>> Sent: 19 July 2007 14:24
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: popularity on Poets.org
>>>
>>> Ignorance that I probably should not admit to...who is Jack Prelutsky?
>>>
>>> Max Richards wrote:
>>>
>
>
>>>> Most Popular Poets Spring 2007
>>>> 1. Langston Hughes
>>>> 2. Robert Frost
>>>> 3. Emily Dickinson
>>>> 4. E. E. Cummings
>>>> 5. Donald Hall
>>>> 6. Walt Whitman
>>>> 7. Maya Angelou
>>>> 8. Jack Prelutsky
>>>> 9. Shel Silverstein
>>>> 10. Sylvia Plath
>>>>
>>>> (Popularity based on Poets.org traffic data.)
>>>>
>
>
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