W.S. MERWIN NAMED 17th U.S. POET LAUREATE
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W.S. Merwin
W. S. Merwin to Be Named Poet Laureate
By PATRICIA COHEN, New York Times
Published: June 30, 2010
W. S. Merwin acknowledges that his relatively reclusive life on a former pineapple plantation built atop a dormant volcano in Maui, Hawaii, will be disturbed by the Library of Congress’s announcement on Thursday naming him the country’s poet laureate.
“I do like a very quiet life,” Mr. Merwin said by telephone after learning of his appointment. “I can’t keep popping back and forth between here and Washington.” He said he does relish “being part of something much more public and talking too much,” however, and the job of the nation’s premier poet will enable him to do both.
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