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- From: steven@oregon.uoregon.edu (James Stephen Newton)
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- Subject: Re: Poet Laureate
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 14:54 PST
- Organization: University of Oregon
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- In article <9301211732.AA13532@elwood.esu.edu>, 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 ___(?)
- >
- >Richard Bugyi-Sutter
- >E Stroudsburg Univ, PA, USA.
-
- Could it be Derek Walcott. I thought that at one point it was Philip Larking.
- Check out "This Be the Verse" by Larkin. He was a tough old bird.
-