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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:03:12 EST
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- From: Royal <royald@MACE.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Poet Laureate
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- "rlbs@ELWOOD.ESU.EDU" at Jan 21, 93 12:32 pm
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- rlbs@ELWOOD.ESU.EDU writes:
- >
- > > I seem to recall reading recently that we no longer have a Poet Laureate
- > > as the last one resigned. If that is true, I think that Maya Angelou would
- > > be an excellent choice.
- > >
- > > Mindy Fiala
- > > MFiala@vax1.umkc.edu
- >
- > Maya Angelou was named (U.S.) Poet Laureate last year by George Bush.
- > Like the British Poets Laureate, the US position has been graced by
- > persons of uneven talent. To be fair, it _is_ a lousy position; the
- > PL must produce works on demand for occasions not usually poetically (?)
- > inspiring.
- >
- > Does anyone recall the name of the British Poet Laureate? Last I heard,
- > it was a poet from the West Indies, a Derek ___(?)
-
- Do you mean Derek Walcott? BTW, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for
- Lit. last year.
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