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Unread 12-17-2015, 02:27 PM
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Default Amit Majmudar, Now Poet Laureate of Ohio

This just in -- Amit Majmudar (who's the featured poet in the just released issue of Able Muse - winter 2015, and was a past Distinguished Guest here at the Sphere), has just been appointed the first Poet Laureate of Ohio (more here). Congratulations, Amit!

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Unread 12-17-2015, 03:03 PM
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Certainly well deserved. He is a role model for all poets.

Congratulations, Amit.
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Kudos, Amit!
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Congrats to Amit. We shared an Alicia Stallings class at WCU five or more years ago, and I remember telling buddies that I'd met an exceptionally good poet, talented and down-to-earth.
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I was in that class with Michael. I immediately bought Amit's Heaven and Earth. Stunning work. Congratulations!
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Congratulations, Amit! That's a signal honor and well deserved.

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Very good news and end of the year gift to us in Ohio – to finally have a poet laureate for the state and to have Amit be our first
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Very good news and end of the year gift to us in Ohio – to finally have a poet laureate for the state and to have Amit be our first
As a fellow OPA member, I second Sharon. Very well deserved.

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