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Charles Simic named the new U.S. poet laureate
Sep 7 2008, Swati S

The Library of congress has named, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Charles Simic as the new U.S. poet laureate. Simic was given the place of Donald Hall, another poet. The laureate program aims to promote poetry all across the nation.

Simic who...

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