This is the drab, barely expressed misery that one finds in a lot of contemporary poetry Ms Olds is quite as influential in her way as Mr Muldoon or Mr Ashbery.

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The first announcement of acts also includes cabaret courtesy of The Horne Section, a celebration of David Bowie from the Institute of Contemporary Arts, an appearance from artist David Shrigley, poetry from Tim Key and talks from Germaine Greer and Alan Moore.

BBC: Suffolk

This month, the main event is an attempt to showcase every poetry book published in the U.S. in the past year, from tiny letterpress chapbooks and poetry baseball cards (laminated cards with pics of contemporary poets and a poem on the back) to poetic CDs and hefty volumes by poet laureates.

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