[New-Poetry] National Poetry Map Launched

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Poetry  Nation 
 (http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/382)  
(http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/382) The National Poetry  Map on Poets.org just got bigger and better. 
Take a journey through the  country's vast array of poetry resources and discover 
local landmarks, evocative  poems, neighborhood celebrations, and hometown 
heroes. With countless new  information added, each state page now features 
local conferences, festivals,  event listings, poetry-friendly bookstores, 
journals, presses, as well as  state-specific poets, poems, and poetic history. 
On the web at: _www.poets.org/map_ (http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/382)  
Sampled  States 
 (http://www.poets.org/state.php/varState/MA)  
(http://www.poets.org/state.php/varState/MA) Head west to  California to see Robinson Jeffer's Tor House, 
City Lights Bookstore, and  Berkeley's Poetry Walk, and explore the roots of the 
Beat Movement and Language  poetry. Or travel south, to Florida, and join 
Donald Justice, Nathaniel Mackey,  Geri Doran, and others in the place Elizabeth 
Bishop called "the state with the  prettiest name." 
Rediscover the home  of Gwendolyn Brooks, Carl Sandburg, and Li-Young Lee in 
Illinois, and stop by  Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, the birthplace of the 
poetry slam movement. Pull  over in Massachusetts to tour the homes of Emily 
Dickinson and Henry Wadsworth  Longfellow, and visit the nation’s oldest all-poetry  
bookstore. 
Homestate,  Homepage 
Plot your course now  and return regularly to find out what's new in your 
neighborhood. Linking to a  state from your browser, blog, or website is as easy 
as remembering its postal  abbreviation. Simply add the state's two-letter 
code after the Poets.org URL to  travel instantly to the state's homepage. For 
example, to visit Massachusetts,  go to _www.poets.org/MA_ 
(http://www.poets.org/MA) . 
Local  Dispatch 
The country is  always active and alive with poetry, and so the National 
Poetry Map will keep  expanding. Tell us about poetry in your area. Send local 
dispatches and  suggestions to _map at poets.org_ (mailto:map at poets.org) . 
Mark Your Calendar (and  Ours!) 
The local events that appear on  each state page can also be found on the 
lively Poets.org events calendar, which  lists hundreds of upcoming readings and 
festivals across the country, and can be  browsed by location, date, or 
keyword. Submit events for inclusion in the  calendar through an easy electronic 
form: _poets.org/calendar_ (http://www.poets.org/calendar.php/varClear/1) . 
  
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