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My virtue is that I say what I think, my vice that what I think doesn't amount to much.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Poetic License


The Oxford poetry scandal is making headlines. But back in the day we expected writers to be wild.

Poets do not often make the first page of The New York Times. Poetry professors even less. But thanks to a scandal across the pond, we get to read about poets sending anonymous emails to reporters, organized smear campaigns, sexual harassment charges, and humiliating resignations. More

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