[New-Poetry] Carol Ann Duffy gets the laurels

[Anny Ballardini]

It seems a cranky tower from here... Umberto Saba in Italy, graced by the
dust of time that has settled on his writings.

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 7:11 PM, <jforjames at aol.com> wrote:

> 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.”
> -
> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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<http://t++opics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/unitedkingdom/index.html?inline=nyt-geo>on Friday, the first time in its 341-year history that the post — held by
>> such poets as Dryden, Tennyson, Wordsworth and Ted Hughes<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/ted_hughes/index.html?inline=nyt-per>— has gone to a woman. (from article)
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