![]() ![]() ![]() Poet Laureate is to coordinate a reading program at the Library of Congress, she said recent recipients have made more of the position.ĭietz described the Favorite Poem Project as a way for Americans to read aloud the poems they enjoy. While the single official duty of the U.S. Poetry is not as much a part of society as it could be,” Dietz said, paraphrasing Pinsky. “Poetry is a vocal art meant to be read aloud. Poet Laureate, said Maggie Dietz, a graduate of the Creative Writing Program, to about 20 people gathered at the “Food for Thought” lecture series. The project began four years ago with Pinksy’s unprecedented three-year term as U.S. Poetry needs to recapture its place as a vocal American art, said the program director of the “Favorite Poem Project,” the brainchild of former Poet Laureate and Boston University professor Robert Pinsky, yesterday at Marsh Chapel. ![]()
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