[New-Poetry] NEW ARTS ORGANIZATION TO AWARD

[Halvard Johnson]

Seems so, Finnegan. Why didn't I think of that?

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/entertainment/poetry/ 
about.html

Hal

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interesting doing nothing than doing
anything."
                   --Gertrude Stein

Halvard Johnson
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On Jan 1, 2007, at 1:06 PM, JforJames at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/1/2007 12:52:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
> halvard at earthlink.net writes:
> Speaking of arts organizations, has anyone noticed that the
> Poetry Foundation is currently listed as one of the sponsors
> of The News Hour with Jim Lehrer on PBS? I've been getting
> my news elsewhere for some time now, but happened to peek
> in at The News Hour just a couple evenings ago.
>
> That gives us some idea of where some of that enormous grant
> money is going.
> Does THE NEWS HOUR still feature an occasional poetry segment
> featuring Robert Pinsky? Perhaps this org is underwriting only that  
> feature?
> Perhaps taking heed of Pound's "Literature is the news that stays  
> news."
> Finnegan
>
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