Australia will get a poet laureate next year. Here’s what needs to change first | Sarah Holland Batt
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Australia will get a poet laureate next year. Here’s what needs to change first | Sarah Holland-Batt
A laureateship will force government, academic and literary institutions to confront their wilful neglect of poetry – and ask poets to begin to look outward, too. Get our weekend culture and ...9 hours ago - Australia -
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