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Town selects ambassador of poetry [US]:
Brownsburg -- Brownsburg library officials aren't expecting a revival of the Beat Generation, but they hope that naming the town's first poet laureate spurs interest in the arts and literature. [...]

Evans' first act will be to recite a poem at the dedication of the town's new government center today. The poem, written this week, is "Our Brownsburg. [...]

While bedridden this summer after foot surgery, Evans read the works of three poets who had battled mental illness -- Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell and Anne Sexton.

"I was a little down and I thought it might cheer me up to compare my situation to suicidal poets," she said. [...]
Ha! Every town needs an official poet laureate. Every government and business department, too.

This entry was posted by eeksypeeksy on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 9:08 AM. You can skip to the end and leave a response.

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