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By Carolyn Smart

In The World’s Wife, contemporary Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy created feminist subversions of a male-centric tradition by giving voice to the wives of significant male figures, both fictional and actual.    Carolyn Smart attempts something ... Read More »

February 18, 2009 | Filed under: Poetry

By Molly Peacock

Few contemporary poets have achieved the feat that Molly Peacock has: to attract a base of readers who would not ordinarily read poetry. With her first five collections, she has managed to span the gap ... Read More »

February 18, 2009 | Filed under: Poetry

By Diane Obomsawin

If Kaspar Hauser hadn’t actually lived, someone would have made him up. Discovered on the streets of Nuremberg in 1828 by German authorities, the enigmatic teenage foundling quickly became a sensation across Europe, capturing the ... Read More »

February 17, 2009 | Filed under: Graphica