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I'm fairly excited (okay, a lot excited) by this news. :) I really like Duffy's poetry because it is accessible. :D
May 2, 2009
After 341 Years, a Woman Is British Poet Laureate
By SARAH LYALL
LONDON — Carol Ann Duffy was named poet laureate of Britain on Friday, the first time in its 341-year history that the post — held by such poets as Dryden, Tennyson, Wordsworth and Ted Hughes — has gone to a woman.
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May 2, 2009
After 341 Years, a Woman Is British Poet Laureate
By SARAH LYALL
LONDON — Carol Ann Duffy was named poet laureate of Britain on Friday, the first time in its 341-year history that the post — held by such poets as Dryden, Tennyson, Wordsworth and Ted Hughes — has gone to a woman.
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