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I've downgraded the speedy deletion to a notability tag, as I take published poet as being an assertion of importance. ϢereSpielChequers17:07, 29 May 2009 (UTC)reply
At least in terms of publications by and about, this person must be considered a minor poet, at best. I agree that publication is a sign of notability. However, if you look at the [
WorldCat Identities] page for this person, you get a picture of her importance, which is that her poems have not been republished since 1920, and only two publications have included a poem of hers in recent years (you have to click on the orange bar to retrieve the records). Compare this to the page on [
Emily Dickinson] and you can see a huge difference. I am not opposed to including Coates, but one must have a sense of proportion.
This article provides clarification, 'fugitive verse' meant ephemeral or occasional verse (see
wikt:fugitive), typically published in newspapers. The linked article is a draft for an article in a peer-reviewed journal
[1], but unfortunately the final article is behind a paywall. In my view you could cite the draft article, but if you can access the final article then it would be preferable to cite that.
Verbcatcher (
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Election to the laureateship
Coates was unanimously elected poet laureate of Pennsylvania by the state's Federation of Women's Clubs.
Why would the women's clubs be electing the poet laureate? It would normally be a literary society or the state senate. It would have been notable enough for a woman to receive the honour at all in those days. But what is the connection?
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03:21, 26 November 2021 (UTC)reply