[New-Poetry] Carol Ann Duffy gets the laurels

[jforjames at aol.com]

What do people think about this snip from the NYT article:


Ms. Duffy, 53, is known for writing accessible, often witty poems on a wide range of topics, many of them to do with the minutiae of everyday life. She succeeds Andrew Motion, who has just completed his 10-year term. 



The culture secretary, Andy Burnham, called Ms. Duffy “a towering figure in English literature today and a superb poet.” 
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I know it's typical bureaucratic hyperbole, but do you think it's possible to be a 'towering figure' in any nation's literature by writing "witty poems...many to do with the minutiae of everyday life"?
Finnegan


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From: Anny Ballardini <anny.ballardini at gmail.com>
Sent: Fri, 1 May 2009 12:45 pm
Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Carol Ann Duffy gets the laurels



I should have looked at the list before sending in mine...


On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 6:02 PM, <jforjames at aol.com> wrote:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/world/europe/02poet.html?ref=books

Carol Ann Duffy was named poet laureate of Britain on Friday, the first time in its 341-year history that the post — held by such poets as Dryden, Tennyson, Wordsworth and Ted Hughes — has gone to a woman. (from article) 

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