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PublishedMay 24, 2023
Amanda Gorman’s poem for Biden’s inauguration banned by Florida school
While book bans are not new, they are happening much more frequently, especially in Florida – where Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has championed policies that allow the censorship of books.
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PublishedMay 9, 2023
‘Bookey Readings’ poetry series features Pondtown Poets
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PublishedMarch 21, 2023
Maine poet Richard Blanco among arts luminaries honored by Biden
The Maine poet and author receives a National Humanities Medal at a White House ceremony.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2023
Gov. Mills pushes the power of poems – and writes them, too
As governor, Janet Mills served on a committee that selected the state’s current poet laureate, Julia Bouwsma, and she restored poetry to inaugurations.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2023
Read a few poems Gov. Mills wrote over the years
Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills says poems 'elevate our soul.'
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PublishedNovember 13, 2022
Book review: The search for meaning in a deconstructed library
The prose poems in 'Antique Densities' are fantastical yet reassuringly matter-of-fact.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2022
Deep Water: ‘About your impasto,’ by Linda Aldrich
Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.
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PublishedAugust 10, 2022
Houshang Ebtehaj, prominent Iranian poet, dies at 94
Ebtehaj contributed to the popularity of the ghazal – a traditional form of Persian poetry set to music that expresses the writer’s feelings, especially about love, with moving intensity.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2022
Farmington poet publishes ‘musical’ translations of Rainer Maria Rilke’s best work
John Rosenwald, a scholar, poet and activist, has dedicated a majority of his life to those sonnets. He's pored over them, learning them inside and out since his college years.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2021
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