2.8.07

Charles Simic named poet laureate


Photo by Alexandra Daley-Clark for The New York Times

Library of congress has appointed Charles Simic the new poet laureate of the United States. I'm a big fan of Simic's work; his unique blending of wry humor with dark, surrealistic imagery is often imitated but rarely matched. Check out some of my favorite Simic pieces: "The Fork" and excerpts of prose poems from "The World Doesn't End".

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