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Word for the Wise : Several and few
The legislation establishing the position of American Poet Laureate/Consultant in Poetry was signed into law on this date in 1985. When Robert Penn Warren was designated the first U.S. poet laureate two months later, he joined a three-century-long procession of British poets laureate. Or is that poet laureates? Both plurals are considered acceptable, but it’s [...]
