Charles Wright, new poet laureate
 

I've always admired his work: an excellent craftsman, producing good things year after year. There's a lot to be said for that.

If you don't know him well, you could do worse than to start here:

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps...line_poems.htm

There you'll find "After Reading Tu Fu, I Go Outside to the Dwarf Orchard" and "Apologia Pro Vita Sua" (Catholics among us will get the reference).

This is excellent news: an honor well-deserved.

Best,

Bill

There's a man who's got a hard act to follow. Good luck to him.

Ed

Quite true, won't be easy. But then, I guess it's not supposed to be! ;)

Dana says nice things about him here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/bo...-laureate.html

A favorite poet and wonderful man. I am so pleased.

Katherine