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	WEEKLY FEATURE

	"I've always admired, but never understood, the ability to write a single poem and then be done with it," says Claudia Rankine in a new interview, discussing notions of identity, genre, and influence. Read a full transcript of the interview, and watch a brief video from the conversation.


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	THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS

	Spotlight Poet Liz Waldner Born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in rural Mississippi, Liz Waldner received the Academy's 2000 James Laughlin Award. Spotlight Poem Ho Ho Ho Caribou by Joseph Ceravolo Leaped at the caribou. / My son looked at the caribou. / The kangaroo leaped on the / fruit tree... Spotlight Audio Nikolaus Mardruz to his Master Ferdinand, Count of Tyrol, 1565 by Richard Howard Spotlight Essay Twisting and Turning by Maureen N. McLane Moderator Maureen N. McLane offers a divagation on "Twisting and Turning" at the 2008 Poets Forum, accompanied by panelists Ron Padgett, Robert Pinsky, Kay Ryan, and Susan Stewart.


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	In the Evening Selected by Abigail Browning Here are seven poems about sublunary love, bright stars, and woods to stop by in the evening—featuring work by George Gordon Byron, John Donne, Carl Sandburg, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning, and Robert Frost. Read more > Browse all notebooks >

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