Saturday, April 19, 2008

Pinsky Answers Poetry FAQs

Robert Pinsky, ex-Poet Laureate, answers FAQs about poetry over at Salon.com. More often than not, Pinsky uses poetry to answer the questions for him, but there's some interesting commentary too.

The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress is appointed by the United States Librarian of Congress and earns a stipend of $35,000 a year. The current Poet Laureate is Charles Simic.

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