Yale University professor named Poet Laureate of Connecticut.

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New Haven, Conn. - The Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism (CCT) announced today that John Hollander, the Sterling Professor Emeritus of English at Yale, has been named Connecticut's new poet laureate.

The poet laureate, an honorary position established by the Connecticut legislature in 1985, functions as an advocate for poetry, fostering appreciation of poetry and writing throughout ...

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