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Sylvia Plath: A stamp-ede

The Poetry Foundation has announced that in 2012, the US Postal Service will be honoring ten poets with postage stamps.

UPDATE:
The Observer ran an article, "Sylvia Plath given stamp of approval", by Vanessa Thorpe on Sunday 18 September.
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  1. Kristina Zimbakova10 September, 2011 07:56

    This is absolutely fabulous!

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  2. Julia Gordon-Bramer10 September, 2011 09:05

    Nice! I can't wait to get mine! Love the other poets they've selected, too (although I wish Merwin had been included).

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  3. Peter K Steinberg11 September, 2011 06:28

    Kristina & Julia, I couldn't agree more! Though, my guess is that Merwin's being alive at this time excludes him...

    pks

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  4. Melanie Smith11 September, 2011 17:38

    Ooh must grovel to American friends. Thanks for this info Peter.

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  5. Julia Gordon-Bramer12 September, 2011 00:32

    Ah, yes. There is that little detail about having passed on...

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  6. Anonymous12 September, 2011 06:47

    That's pretty cool! Tiny bit surprised that Sexton or Lowell didn't make it on there... ~VC

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  7. Kristina Zimbakova13 September, 2011 04:00

    I wish Anne Sexton were one of them, too. I think her influence is by far greater than that of Levertov, there's practically no comparison. Let alone Lowell's compared to Hayden's.
    I believe they could have been more creative and opt for another photo of Plath instead of using the same one again and again as if there weren't any other whatsoever, and we know there ARE and BETTER.

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  8. Mark 0meric21 January, 2012 19:41

    When looking at the small images... Hayden, Cummings and Levertov were the only 3 I recognized. (I purposely didn't look at the names) Actually I thought, Denise Levertov... no they would be including her! Thought she was more obscure than that.

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