October 27th forum announcement

Dear Poetry Aficionados,

IBPC: Poetry & Poets in Rags


Kay Ryan, the US Poet Laureate, launched a new community college project that she calls "Poetry for the Mind's Joy." A federal judge in NH is allowing New England College's suit against former faculty member Anne Marie Macari and rival school Drew University to go forward. John Keats didn't have to die, it seems, but for the treatment he received from his doctor for "consumption". These are our first three articles, linked to from News at Eleven.

Some of our political poets in Great Regulars are bringing forth important perspectives through their articles. Among the poetry and other items in this section, check out René Wadlow's take on consensus in the UN, Luisetta Mudie on the suddenly-banned Chinese writers at the Frankfurt Book Festival, and Fatima Bhutto's look at the manufacturing of fear and the Chinese whispers in Pakistan.

And before you go, take a scan through our Poetic Obituaries. As always, some of us are missing.

Thanks for clicking in.

Yours,
Rus

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