[New-Poetry] A Griffin to Ashbery & Blaser

[Halvard Johnson]

If I won a Griffin I wouldn't even know what to feed it.

Hal

"Those who can make you believe absurdities
can make you commit atrocities."
		--Voltaire

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On Jun 5, 2008, at 3:54 PM, James Cervantes wrote:

> There's still hope, Hal!
>
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> Date: Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:57 PM
> Subject: [New-Poetry] A Griffin to Ashbery & Blaser
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> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080605.GRIFFIN05/TPStory/National
> WRITING: 'DEEPEST LANGUAGE'
> Griffin Prize honours two octogenarian poets
> JAMES ADAMS
> June 5, 2008
>
> Octogenarian poets triumphed at a ceremony bestowing the eighth  
> annual Griffin Prize for poetry last night in Toronto.
> New York's John Ashbery, 81, was the winner of the international  
> section of the prestigious award for his book Notes from the Air:  
> Selected Later Poems.
>
> Robin Blaser, 83, took the Canadian honour for his 500-page epic The  
> Holy Forest: Collected Poems.
> The prize, founded by Toronto businessman Scott Griffin in 2001,  
> honours original English-language poetry, either as written or in  
> translation, and splits $100,000 evenly between a Canadian writer  
> and an international poet
> Stay informed, get connected and more with AOL on your phone.
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