[New-Poetry] Poet Laureate Gender Split

[David Graham]

On Jun 16, 2006, at 2:48 PM, AlMaginnes at aol.com wrote:

> I'm not sure how much the president has to say about the poet  
> laureate.
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An apparently little-known fact about the Laureate position is that  
it's not taxpaper-funded.  I'm guessing that the President has zero  
to say about the selection (and perhaps less than zero interest).  I  
think that the Librarian of Congress gathers recommendations from  
various sources, no doubt including former Laureates.  Wouldn't be  
surprised if Ted Kooser's nomination had something to do with Dana  
Gioia. . . .
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