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Poets Laureate of the United States

Didier English II -- TOPIC List

"According to the Library of Congress, the poet laureate 'serves as the nation's official lightning rod for the poetic impulse of Americans.' From 1937 to 1986 the position was titled 'Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress."

Marshall, Tod. "Poet Laureate."  Encyclopedia of American Literature: The  Contemporary World, 1946–Present. Facts On File, 2008. American History Online. Facts On File. Pasadena Memorial HS.  19 Apr. 2009 <http://www.fofweb.com>

Auslander, Joseph

Tate, Allen

PennWarren, Robert

Bogan, Louise

Shapiro, Karl

Lowell, Robert

Adams, Leonie

Bishop, Elizabeth

Aiken, Conrad

Williams, William Carlos

Jarrell, Randall

Frost, Robert

Eberhart, Richard

Untermeyer, Louis

Nemerov, Howard

Whittemore, Reed

Spender, Stephen

Dickey, James

Smith, William Jay

Stafford, William

Jacobsen, Josephine

Hoffman, Daniel

 

Kunitz, Stanley

Hayden, Robert

Meredith, William

Kumin, Maxine

Hecht, Anthony

Fitzgerald, Robert

Whittemore, Reed

Brooks, Gwendolyn

Wilbur, Richard

Strand, Mark

Brodsky, Joseph

Van Duyn, Mona

Dove, Rita

Haas, Robert

Pinsky, Robert

Collins, Billy

Gluck, Louise

Kooser, Ted

Hall, Donald

Simic, Charles

Ryan, Kay

 
 
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