Okay, so All Things Considered announced the recipients of the 2011 MacArthur Genius Grant. I was so happy to hear that my all-time favourite poet, Kay Ryan, is one of the fellows. She deserves it!

Example:

A Hundred Bolts of Satin
BY KAY RYAN

All you
have to lose
is one
connection
and the mind   
uncouples
all the way back.   
It seems
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