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Best of What's Next: Poetry Revival Comes Alive

HOMETOWNS: Long Beach, Calif.; Portland; Seattle BOOKS: Over the Anvil We Stretch (Anis Mojgani), Live for a Living (Buddy Wakefield), Scandalabra (Derrick Brown) FOR FANS OF: A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Saul Williams...  read more

Doth Thou Talketh About My Mama? Oxford Poets Take Diss War Public

Every five years, The University of Oxford elects a new Professor of Poetry, and this election year, the campaigning has gotten a little out of hand in a seriously awesome way....  read more

Bill Murray Reading Poetry to Construction Workers

Yep, it’s exactly what it sounds like. Bill Murray reads poetry to the construction workers building Poets House, an NYC-based poetry and literature archive. It’s the first-ever poetry reading at Poets House, and Murray chose Emily Dickinson’s I Dwell in Possibility for this auspicious occasion....  read more

Demetri Martin creates a 224-word palindrome poem

Demetri Martin's poster-making abilities suggest he might just be as witty in writing as he is on-camera. But his 224-word palindrome poem (that's right, the entire poem reads the same backwards and forwards) effectively proves it....  read more

Hayden Carruth: 1921-2008

Hayden Carruth, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet known for his portrayals of rural, working-class New England, passed away Monday after a series of strokes. He was 87....  read more

Cold War Kids pen poem for David Foster Wallace

The Cold War Kids are feeling the loss of David Foster Wallace, who passed away Sept. 12. With their new album Loyalty to Loyalty out Tuesday, the band posted a poem to the late writer on their MySpace page. This Is Water is copied below:...  read more