>> MTVu — part of MTV, broadcast on 750 US campuses nationwide — anoints John Ashbery its inaugural poet laureate.
Lit editor Meghan O’Rourke’s advice on John’s poetry: “If you’re bored, skip the poem, or skim. But make sure to stay receptive to the farcical comedy in the poems, which often arrives out of nowhere—like a deadpan subway announcer in a good mood.”
>> 7th+Fig boasts new poet laureate Charles Simic’s poetry.
>> Philomene Long, known as the poet laureate of Venice, dies.
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