SHOULD STATE HAVE A POET LAUREATE? IT'S WORTH DEBATING.(Editorial)

From: The Capital Times | Date: August 11, 2000 | Copyright information

In my March 3 column I explored the question of whether or not Wisconsin needed a poet laureate and quoted a local writer who questioned why an already underpaid poet would want to be Wisconsin's laureate. This person said, ``Serious poets know the value of their work.''

Since March, Gov. Tommy Thompson has requested that a committee be formed to name a state poet laureate. The issue continues to stir debate among writers and citizens alike.

A recent e-mail from John Lehman -- Rosebud publisher, poetry editor of the Wisconsin Academy Review and one of the people deeply ...

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