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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Mark <span class=SpellE>Nowack</span> on <a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/07/on_bill_griffiths_skeptical_mi.html"><span style='color:black'>Bill Griffiths</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#8220;A <a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/07/rethinking_workingclass_litera.html"><span style='color:black'>working-class hero</span></a> is something to be&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/07/taking_the_bait_1.html"><span style='color:black'>Alan Gilbert</span></a> takes the bait<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/07/art_or_propaganda_both.html"><span style='color:black'>Gilbert</span></a> on<br>
art and/or propaganda<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/07/switch_it_up.html"><span style='color:black'>Freestyle</span></a> or <span class=SpellE>fakin</span>&#8217; it<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/07/interpretations_of_dreams_1.html"><span style='color:black'>Dreams as the brain&#8217;s <span class=SpellE><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Draino</i></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://the-otolith.blogspot.com/2008/07/individual-pieces-copyright-2008-by.html"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Otoliths</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://modampo.blogspot.com/2008/07/anger-scale-musee-mechanique.html"><span style='color:black'>Sharon <span class=SpellE>Mesmer</span> on the &#8220;I&#8221; in flarf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://heyitsgogi.livejournal.com/61541.html"><span style='color:black'>flarf strikes back</span></a>?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5qx3ae"><span style='color:black'>Alejandro Aura</span></a> has died<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/07/two_chapbooks.html"><span style='color:black'>Sonnets </span><span style='color:black;font-style:normal'>and </span><span style='color:black'>Comedies</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Defending <a href="http://ted-burke.blogspot.com/2008/07/windy-defense-of-collected-poems-of.html"><span style='color:black'>O&#8217;Hara&#8217;s</span></a> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Collected<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.poetsandartists.com/"><span style='color:black'>Oranges &amp; Sardines</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Summer camp with <a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/07/summer_camp_with_bernadette_ma_1.html"><span style='color:black'>Bernadette Mayer</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The growing world reputation of <br>
<a href="http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20080728-151062/Jos-Garcia-Villas-poetry-now-part-of-Penguin-Classics"><span style='color:black'>José Garcia-Villa</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://kenyonreview.org/blog/?p=1049"><span style='color:black'>Marianne Moore &amp; Magic Johnson</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#8220;<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/books/review/Baker-t.html"><span style='color:black'>From A to Zyxt</span></a>&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.sptraffic.org/html/staff_board.htm"><span style='color:black'>Small Press Traffic</span></a><br>
is looking for a leader<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Reading <a href="http://kulturindustrie.blogspot.com/2008/07/lyn-hejinian-slowly.html"><span style='color:black'>Hejinian</span></a> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Slowly<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/07/taking_dictation_from_a_martia.html#10"><span style='color:black'>Reginald Shepherd on Jack Spicer</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#8220;the <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/728883.html"><span style='color:black'>Jerry Seinfeld</span></a> of American poetry&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>On difficulty, real or <a href="http://kenyonreview.org/blog/?p=1045"><span style='color:black'>feigned</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.ndpublishing.com/books/palmeractive.html"><span style='color:black'>Michael Palmer&#8217;s</span></a> selected essays<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6on7bj"><span style='color:black'>Irish-American anthology</span></a> that never was<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#8220;World&#8217;s first poetry anthology&#8230;<br>
by lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans<br>
<a href="http://www.sanctifiedanthology.com/"><span  style='color:black'>Christians</span></a>&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.hindu.com/lr/2008/08/03/stories/2008080350410800.htm"><span style='color:black'>Third Word<span class=GramE>:</span></span></a><br>
Post-Socialist Poetry<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008808030303"><span style='color:black'>Southern Appalachian Poetry</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Lucia <span class=SpellE>Perillo</span> on <a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/07/more_patchen.html"><span style='color:black'>Kenneth Patchen</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/Books/1069801.html"><span style='color:black'>Natasha <span class=SpellE>Trethewey&#8217;s</span></span></a> Canadian roots<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.coconutpoetry.org/contents13.html"><span style='color:black'>Coconut</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>A poetry bookstore in <a href="http://www.hermitagebeacon.com/"><span style='color:black'>Beacon</span></a>, NY<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/world/europe/03beres.html?ref=obituaries"><span style='color:black'>Pierre <span class=SpellE>Berès</span></span></a> has died<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://davidcaddy.blogspot.com/2008/07/letter-15.html"><span style='color:black'>Andrew <span class=SpellE>Crozier</span></span></a> &amp; literary connection<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Poetry&#8217;s back in <a href="http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/sub.cfm?issueID=63&amp;sectionID=4&amp;articleID=1019"><span style='color:black'>Baltimore</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Why <a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/07/yonder_all_before_us_lie_deser_1.html"><span style='color:black'>D.A. Powell</span></a> isn&#8217;t a critic<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/08/vast_eternity_ii.html"><span style='color:black'>Catholic (big C) tastes in poetry</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Powell on <a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/07/all_the_young_girls_love_alice.html#2"><span style='color:black'>Alice Dunbar-Nelson</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Juvenilia for <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><a href="http://jpcraig.blogspot.com/2008/07/juvenilia-for-spring-all.html"><span style='color:black'>Spring &amp; All</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Ginsberg on <a href="http://jjbelgianwaffle.blogspot.com/2008/07/local-word.html"><span style='color:black'>Creeley &amp; Williams</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Alvin <a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/07/in_memoriam_alvin_feinman_1929.html#8"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Feinman</span></span></a> has passed away<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.kwls.org/lit/kwls_blog/2008/05/the_epithalamium_of_harry_math.cfm"><span style='color:black'>The Epithalamium of Harry Matthews</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Rejecting <a href="http://billknott.typepad.com/notpoetryblog/2008/07/index.html"><span style='color:black'>Bill Knott</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24112199-2702,00.html"><span style='color:black'>The Pigeon Poetry Project</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/31/AR2008073102692.html"><span style='color:black'>Emily Dickinson &amp; radical Tom</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>A new reading of <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/08/04/080804crbo_books_thurman"><span style='color:black'>Emily Dickinson</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/6edvo2"><span style='color:black'>Alberto Mancini&#8217;s</span></a> ED-based <a href="http://www.amherstbulletin.com/story/id/103355/"><span style='color:black'>paintings</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>More poetry of <a href="http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/19816"><span style='color:black'>Radovan Karadzic</span></a><span class=GramE>,</span><br>
this time from </span><st1:City><st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:Arial;color:black'>Iowa City</span></st1:place></st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The <a href="http://www.nationnews.com/editorial/296780833555437.php"><span style='color:black'>Bad Poets&#8217; Society</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2008/08/watching-skylig.html"><span style='color:black'>Helping</span></a> a bookstore <a href="http://laist.com/2008/07/30/skylight_books_gets_bigger_as_la_bo.php"><span style='color:black'>expand</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Terence Winch on <a href="http://thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com/the_best_american_poetry/2008/07/doug-lang-in-am.html"><span style='color:black'>Doug Lang</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.hindu.com/lr/2008/08/03/stories/2008080350220500.htm"><span style='color:black'>&#8220;Untouchable&#8221; poetics</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Mary Karr on <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/31/AR2008073102652.html"><span style='color:black'>Etheridge Knight</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Restarting the rep of <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5fcum6"><span style='color:black'>Felicia <span class=SpellE>Hemans</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/08/04/080804crbo_books_thurman"><span style='color:black'>Roberto Bolaño&#8217;s</span></a> &#8220;Clara&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/07/poem_of_the_week_the_children.html"><span style='color:black'>Kipling&#8217;s</span></a> elegy for his son<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The <a href="http://chronicle.com/free/v54/i47/47b01301.htm"><span style='color:black'>science of satire</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://edwardbyrne.blogspot.com/2008/08/poetic-celebration-of-horses.html"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Horsies</span></span></a>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&amp; more <a href="http://www.broadstreetreview.com/article.php?idc=2&amp;ida=1003"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>horsies</span></span></a>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5urkw8"><span style='color:black'>Poetry &amp; medicine</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<a href="http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=8279"><span style='color:black'>Scott <span class=SpellE>Wannberg</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://origin.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_10017898"><span style='color:black'>Kay Ryan&#8217;s</span></a> wild ride<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#8220;<a href="http://ted-burke.blogspot.com/2008/07/kay-ryan-poet-laureate.html"><span style='color:black'>malnourished, <br>
under muscled, <br>
simply lifeless<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.chicoer.com/entertainment/ci_10047493"><span style='color:black'>Al Young&#8217;s</span></a> latest collection<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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the Will Rogers Medallion<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.horncastlenews.co.uk/leisure-features/Poet-Anne-writes-for-schools.4331795.jp"><span style='color:black'>Anne Stevenson&#8217;s</span></a> latest foreword<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5egxj4"><span style='color:black'>A Better Class of Doggerel</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://chronicle.com/free/v54/i47/47b01001.htm?utm_source=cr&amp;utm_medium=en"><span style='color:black'>Literary geography</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>20<sup>th</sup> century poetry<span class=GramE>,</span><br>
from a <a href="http://www.hindu.com/br/2008/07/29/stories/2008072952091500.htm"><span style='color:black'>Tamil</span></a> point-of-view<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>A visit with <a href="http://somervillenews.typepad.com/the_somerville_news/2008/07/passing-the-tim.html"><span style='color:black'>Sam Cornish</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.sunherald.com/living/story/722564.html"><span style='color:black'>Mary Ann O&#8217;Gorman&#8217;s</span></a> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Life in This House<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Pitching every woman&#8217;s book as &#8220;<a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/07/the_great_chick_lit_coverup.html"><span style='color:black'>chick lit</span></a>&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Talking with <a href="http://www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/7882.htm"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Charmai</span></span><span style='color:black'> Lai <span class=SpellE>Chaman</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Talking with <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/magazine/27wwln-Q4-t.html"><span style='color:black'>Doris Lessing</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=776433"><span style='color:black'>Milwaukee&#8217;s team</span></a> readies<br>
for the National Slam<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.madison.com/tct/entertainment/77staging/298677"><span style='color:black'>Madison</span></a> readies for 76 teams<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Updating <a href="http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/07/31/bookstores"><span style='color:black'>campus bookshops</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In </span><st1:City> <st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Edinburgh</span></st1:place></st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>, <a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/latestnews/Thins-name-to-disappear-as.2319541.jp"><span style='color:black'>James Thin</span></a> bookshops<br>
are set to disappear<br>
tho the bookstores themselves will survive<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Poetry &amp; the origins of <a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/countryside-farming-news/country-farming-columnists/2008/07/29/poet-s-pen-points-to-fly-fishing-starting-in-wales-91466-21420791/"><span style='color:black'>fly fishing</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>More regulations coming<br>
on <a href="http://tinyurl.com/57mso4"><span style='color:black'>file sharing</span></a> at school<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Poetry &amp; the <a href="http://kenyonreview.org/blog/?p=1043"><span style='color:black'>material world</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/6m7scf"><span style='color:black'>Murder</span></a> at the book warehouse<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>A literary renaissance in <a href="http://www.marinij.com/westmarin/ci_10017964"><span style='color:black'>Point Reyes</span></a>?</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Remembering <a href="http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/culture/?id=87865"><span style='color:black'>Zbignew Herbert</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://hgpoetics.blogspot.com/2008/08/ron-silliman-wrote-yesterday-about-rare.html"><span style='color:black'>Henry Gould</span></a> &amp; All<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cq39c/"><span style='color:black'>Pasternak</span></a> &amp; creativity<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cq44r/"><span style='color:black'>Poetry &amp; the Russian Soul</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="ttp://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/2072448/31802416"><span style='color:black'>Poetry vs. poetics</span></a><br>
plus a game<br>
plus a forthcoming conference<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Not George Bush&#8217; <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5cpht2"><span style='color:black'>poet laureate</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21692"><span style='color:black'>E.M. Forster</span></a>, Middle Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Poetry at the <a href="http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/entertainment/story.html?id=4a2d26f6-e44d-4142-a735-1c0df555e21a"><span style='color:black'>Calgary Fringe Fest</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Dear temperamental <a href="http://allwellafloat08.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/dear-temperamental-adjective/"><span style='color:black'>adjective</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>A unique writing program in <a href="http://tinyurl.com/57b4eh"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Arvon</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>A <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/878688.html"><span style='color:black'>television prop</span></a><br>
comes to life<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Microsoft adds tools<br>
for <a href="http://chronicle.com/free/2008/07/4049n.htm?utm_source=at&amp;utm_medium=en"><span style='color:black'>academic publishing</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-book31-2008jul31,0,6922673.story"><span style='color:black'>Ishmael Reed&#8217;s</span></a> &#8220;informed rant&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Talking with <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080728_ray_bradbury_on_literature_and_love/"><span style='color:black'>Ray Bradbury</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The heritage of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/books/review/Nicholson-t.html?8bu&amp;emc=bub1"><span style='color:black'>gout</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://reader-of-depressing-books.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-am-offering-60-of-us-royalties-of-my.html"><span style='color:black'>This</span></a> is a break-even proposition<br>
if &amp; only if<br>
Tao Lin&#8217;s novel makes $31,250 <br>
worth of <span class=GramE>royalties</span><br>
(do the math <a href="http://www.webmath.com/lottery.html"><span style='color:black'>here</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#8220;<a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2195923/"><span style='color:black'>vomitous stupidity</span></a>&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-shame27-2008jul27,0,5993805.story?track=rss"><span style='color:black'>Art + kitsch <span class=GramE>= ?</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Buildings have a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/jul/30/world.architecture.festival.awards"><span style='color:black'>short list</span></a> too<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5dtn8c"><span style='color:black'>Apollinaire &amp; Picasso</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The films of <a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/07/ish_klein_pastor_of_muppets.html"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Ish</span></span><span style='color:black'> Klein</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/artworld/2008/08/04/080804craw_artworld_schjeldahl"><span style='color:black'>Peter Schjeldahl on &#8220;After Nature&#8221;</span></a><br>
at the New Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com/the_best_american_poetry/2008/08/ad-reinhardt-at.html"><span style='color:black'>Ad Reinhardt</span></a> at the <span class=SpellE>Guggie</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The <a href="http://www.sothebys.com/liveauctions/amr/la_prevmarket_con_0608.html"><span style='color:black'>London art market</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&amp; the dysfunctional one in <a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24085669-16947,00.html"><span style='color:black'>China</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/jul/29/art"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Hirst&#8217;s</span></span><span style='color:black'> first</span></a> &#8211; a blow<br>
to the gallery system?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/29/DDBA120QVC.DTL"><span style='color:black'>Henry Darger&#8217;s</span></a> room<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Mural</i><br>
in the </span><st1:City><st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Iowa City</span></st1:place></st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> flood<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Great <a href="http://tinyurl.com/67rey3"><span style='color:black'>art disasters</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The &#8220;<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/meet-the-mr-big-of-indigenous-art/2008/07/29/1217097235666.html"><span style='color:black'>Mr. Big</span></a>&#8221; of indigenous art<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/science/31computer.html?ex=1218081600&amp;en=913ac1b491a17253&amp;ei=5070&amp;emc=eta1"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Antikythera</span></span><span style='color:black'> Mechanism</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Unfortunately, so does <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/23/new_churchcomm/index.html"><span style='color:black'>Main Core</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>William Logan on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/books/review/Logan-t.html"><span style='color:black'>Frank O&#8217;Hara</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Sharing a coke with <a href="http://edwardbyrne.blogspot.com/2008/06/frank-ohara-having-coke-with-you.html"><span style='color:black'>Frank O&#8217;Hara</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Is Kent Johnson the new Frank O&#8217;Hara?<br>
<a href="http://isola-di-rifiuti.blogspot.com/2008/06/tony-towles-letter.html"><span style='color:black'>Tony <span class=SpellE>Towle</span></span></a> &amp; <a href="http://isola-di-rifiuti.blogspot.com/2008/06/andrew-epstein-on-finding-finding-leroi.html"><span style='color:black'>Andrew Epstein</span></a> <br>
debate issues <br>
of authorship &amp; attribution<br>
on John <span class=SpellE>Latta&#8217;s</span> blog<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Becoming <a href="http://vectors.usc.edu/thoughtmesh/publish/132.php"><span style='color:black'>Bernadette</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Interviews with <a href="http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Interviews%20with%20Songwriters.htm"><span style='color:black'>42 poet-songwriters</span></a><br>
including<br>
<a href="http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Jake%20Berry%202.htm"><span style='color:black'>Jake Berry</span></a>, <a href="http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Adam%20Fieled%202.htm"><span style='color:black'>Adam <span class=SpellE>Fieled</span></span></a>, <a href="http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Jack%20Foley.htm"><span style='color:black'>Jack Foley</span></a>,<br>
<a href="http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Jennifer%20John.htm"><span style='color:black'>Jennifer John</span></a>, <a href="http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Grace%20Read.htm"><span style='color:black'>Grace Read</span></a>,<br>
<a href="http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Michael%20Rothenberg%202.htm"><span style='color:black'>Michael Rothenberg</span></a>, <a href="http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Kate%20Rusby.htm"><span style='color:black'>Kate <span class=SpellE>Rusby</span></span></a>, <br>
<a href="http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Chris%20Stroffolino.htm"><span style='color:black'>Chris <span class=SpellE>Stroffolino</span></span></a>, <a href="http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Linda%20Thompson.htm"><span style='color:black'>Linda Thompson</span></a>,<br>
<a href="http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Richard%20Thompson.htm"><span style='color:black'>Richard Thompson</span></a>, <a href="http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Andy%20Gricevich.htm"><span style='color:black'>Andy <span class=SpellE>Gricevich</span></span></a><o:p></o:p> </span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The <a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/06 /from_peter_oleary_poetry_of_th_3.html"><span style='color:black'>1970s Conference</span></a><br>
marathon report<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Rereading the <a href="http://reginaldshepherd.blogspot.com/2008/06/on-new-american-poetry.html"><span style='color:black'>Allen anthology</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2201071/Elizabeth-Bartlett.html"><span style='color:black'>Elizabeth Bartlett</span></a> has died<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>As has <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/west/chi-hed-murray-25jun25,0,4818856.story"><span style='color:black'>G.E. Murray</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&amp;, in Chicago, <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-hed_perlberg_29jun29,0,7314962.story"><span style='color:black'>Mark <span class=SpellE>Perlberg</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.kimroberts.org/writerhouse/house.html"><span style='color:black'>DC authors&#8217; houses</span></a><br>
from Sterling A. Brown to Tim <span class=SpellE>Dlugos</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://slimwindows.blogspot.com/2008/06/divided-in-too-many-different.html"><span style='color:black'>Tom Beckett</span></a> reading <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The Grand Piano<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>A profile of <a href="http://www.crosscut.com/arts-beat/15379/Profits+from+poems/"><span style='color:black'>Open Books</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.nacs.org/news/062708-flooding.asp?id=cm"><span style='color:black'>Flood damag</span></a>e at </span><st1:City><st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Iowa City</span></st1:place></st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> bookstore<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The latest death-of-a-bookstore tale<br>
comes from <a href="http://www.underthesycamoretreebookstore.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp"><span style='color:black'>Grayslake</span></a>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>IL</span></st1:State><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_269/strandedbyconstruction.html"><span style='color:black'>The Strand</span></a> is closing its </span><st1:Street> <st1:address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Fulton Street</span></st1:address></st1:Street><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> store<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In DC, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4q5xpx"><span style='color:black'>Olsson&#8217;s</span></a> files Chapter 11<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.lbreport.com/news/jun08/bradacre.htm"><span style='color:black'>Ray Bradbury</span></a> fights to save </span><st1:City><st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Long Beach</span></st1:place> </st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> bookstore<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In </span><st1:place> <st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>St. Clair</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>IL</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5fcxyr"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>indies</span></span></a> struggle to survive<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Saving <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2008/06/30/DD6611FOJ3.DTL"><span style='color:black'>De <span class=GramE>Lauer&#8217;s</span></span></a><br> 
(because I too worked for a real estate title firm<br>
in downtown </span><st1:City><st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Oakland</span></st1:place></st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> when I went to college) <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21615"><span style='color:black'>Greenblatt&#8217;s</span></a> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Macbeth<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In praise of <a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2008/06/29/dream_time/"><span style='color:black'>soft surrealism</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Remembering <a href="http://washingtonart.com/beltway/darr.html"><span style='color:black'>Ann <span class=SpellE>Darr</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Lytle Shaw on <a href="http://vectors.usc.edu/thoughtmesh/publish/177.php"><span style='color:black'>Baraka&#8217;s Newark</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21610"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Zadie</span></span><span style='color:black'> Smith&#8217;s Kafka</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Krushcheva&#8217;s</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/books/review/Coates-t.html?8bu&amp;emc=bua2"><span style='color:black'>Nabokov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://omnidawnblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/video-feature-2-donald-revell-plus-new.html"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Revell&#8217;s</span></span><span style='color:black'> <span class=SpellE><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Rimaud</i></span></span></a><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> </i>(the video)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://washingtonart.com/beltway/jmiller.html"><span style='color:black'>Joaquin Miller</span></a><br>
&amp; the DC poetry scene of the 1880s<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Flarf vs. conceptual<span class=GramE>:</span><br>
<a href="http://lutescorner.blogspot.com/2008/06/anyway-my-point-is-this-i-feel-within.html"><span style='color:black'>are you accessible</span></a>?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#8220;<a href="http://headylit.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/thoughts-from-an-irascible-poet/"><span style='color:black'>an easy retreat into the academic bosom</span></a>&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#8220;<a href="http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Bernstein-Tucson.html"><span style='color:black'>What, me conceptual</span></a>?&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>An annotated reading list<span class=GramE>:</span><br>
<a href="http://peachbats.blogspot.com/2008/06/recent-reading_26.html"><span style='color:black'>Berkson, Durand, Friedlander, Oppen, <span class=SpellE>Powys</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://washingtonart.com/beltway/opsasnik.html"><span style='color:black'>Jim Morrison</span></a> &amp; beatnik poets<br>
in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Washington</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:  10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>DC</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://wpvm.org/2008/06/25/463/"><span style='color:black'>Robert Creeley</span></a> on <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Wordplay<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://jjbelgianwaffle.blogspot.com/2008/06/riddles-of-form-three-call-me-on-my.html"><span style='color:black'>Sound shapes</span></a> in a Creeley poem<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>But surely is heard <a href="http://poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/06/the_turn_of_the_thumbscrew.html#more"><span style='color:black'>the discouraging word</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Giving up <a href="http://zyzzyvaspeaks.blogspot.com/2008/06/giving-up-poetry.html"><span class=GramE><span style='color:black'>poetry</span></span></a><br>
(maybe it&#8217;s because Harvard &amp; Yale<br>
have such dreadful literature programs)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://wordsalad.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/book-review-reading-error/"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Nerys</span></span><span style='color:black'> Williams&#8217;</span></a> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Reading Error<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Remembering <a href="http://washingtonart.com/beltway/dodson.html"><span style='color:black'>Owen Dodson</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/Books/1064819.html"><span  style='color:black'>Joshua Auerbach &amp; Matt Rader</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Billy Collins lists <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article /SB121460099221711769.html?mod=googlenews_wsj"><span style='color:black'>his influences</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>What is a <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4qp3yy"><span style='color:black'>failed poet</span> </a>?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Talking with <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/metrolife/article.html?in_article_id=195616&amp;in_page_id=251"><span style='color:black'>Neil <span class=SpellE>Rollinson</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Jack Foley on <a href="http://www.alsopreview.com/columns/foley/jfsamperi.htm"><span style='color:black'>Frank <span class=SpellE>Samperi</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5ynfe2"><span style='color:black'>Donne scholar down under</span></a><br>
combines children&#8217;s fiction &amp; poetry<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/06/poster_poems_actually_creating.html"><span style='color:black'>The Guardian</span></a> </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>goes Oulipo<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://delirioushem.blogspot.com/2008/04/on-gurlesque-part-1-introduction.html"><span style='color:black'>Arielle Greenberg</span></a> on the &#8220;<span class=SpellE>Gurlesque</span>&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Is <a href="http://vectors.usc.edu/thoughtmesh/publish/176.php"><span style='color:black'>Lev Rubenstein</span></a><br>
the Russian Bob Grenier?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>A profile of <a href="http://washingtonart.com/beltway/bennett.html"><span style='color:black'>Gwendolyn Bennett</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://wallacethinksagain.blogspot.com/2008/06/poetry-about-poetry.html"><span style='color:black'>Mark Wallace</span></a> on <span class=SpellE>metapoetics</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://exoskeleton-johannes.blogspot.com/2008/06/hal-foster.html"><span style='color:black'>Rupture</span></a> &amp; the avant-garde<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://wingedink.blogspot.com/2008/06/book-awards-fiction-scandal-shocker.html"><span style='color:black'>The scandal in Montana</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Excerpts from <a href="http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/lsf/30-1-2/liddyautobiography.html"><span style='color:black'>Jim <span class=SpellE>Liddy&#8217;s</span></span></a> autobiography<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Talking with <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5x5rnw"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Suy</span></span><span style='color:black'> <span class=SpellE>Vansak</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Remembering <a href="http://washingtonart.com/beltway/pauker.html"><span style='color:black'>John &#8220;Gunboat&#8221; <span class=SpellE>Pauker</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>If only <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/29/AR2008062901476.html"><span style='color:black'>Supreme Court justices</span></a> could read<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5a55ob"><span style='color:black'>Bob Dylan</span></a> &amp; rock &#8216;n&#8217; roll<br>
as legal precedent <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Germaine Greer<br>
<a href="http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/comment/story/0,,2288131,00.html"><span style='color:black'>despising Dylan</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://whof.blogspot.com/2008/06/discourse-as-muse.html"><span style='color:black'>Discourse as muse</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In <a href="http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/art/archives/142150.asp"><span style='color:black'>Seattle</span></a><span class=GramE>,</span><br>
arts grants for 38<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Recalling <a href="http://washingtonart.com/beltway/edgcomb.html"><span style='color:black'>Gabrielle <span class=SpellE>Edgcomb</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2287455,00.html"><span style='color:black'>Atwood</span></a> wins </span><st1:country-region> <st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Asturias</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> prize<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6ebbyh"><span style='color:black'>Cardiff</span></a><span class=GramE>,</span><br>
announcing contest winners<br>
with a certain nautical flair<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>An introduction to language <span class=GramE>poetry</span><br>
(in <a href="http://www.literairtijdschriftparmentier.nl/"><span style='color:black'>Dutch</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'> <st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>International</span></st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Park</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> Award<br>
goes to <a href="http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=2989&amp;Itemid=1"><span style='color:black'>Mahmoud Darwish</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>You can save $25<br>
by registering for <br>
the NYC <a href="http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/380"><span style='color:black'>Poets Forum</span></a> <span class=GramE>now</span><br>
(it&#8217;ll be the first big event<br>
after we actually know<br>
who will be the next president)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The obsessive <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2008/07/07/080707crbo_books_kirsch/"><span style='color:black'>John Keats</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/6r6ate"><span style='color:black'>Jay <span class=SpellE>Parini</span> &amp; Tom <span class=SpellE>Paulin</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In <a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0806/S00255.htm"><span style='color:black'>New Zealand</span></a><span class=GramE>,</span><br>
celebrate &#8220;Montana Poetry Day&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Mary Karr on <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062603534.html"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Miroslav</span></span><span style='color:black'> <span class=SpellE>Holub</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>An &#8220;<a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/06/chinas_superpowered_poetry.html"><span style='color:black'>explosion of poe</span></a>try&#8221; in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>China</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>On </span><st1:place> <st1:PlaceType><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Cape</span></st1:PlaceType><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Fear</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>,</span> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
<a href="http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=297978"><span style='color:black'>Neil Ray</span></a> runs the open <span class=SpellE>mic</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#8220;between <a href="http://tinyurl.com/454bco"><span style='color:black'>the beauty of math</span></a><br>
&amp; the beauty of poetry&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Talking with Children&#8217;s Laureate<br>
<a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/feature-news/2008/06/28/ps-qs-ifor-ap-glyn-91466-21157937/"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Ifor</span></span><span style='color:black'> <span class=SpellE>ap</span> Glyn</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.krapfpoetry.com/"><span style='color:black'>Norbert <span class=SpellE>Krapf</span></span></a><br>
is the new<br>
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/5gver5"><span style='color:black'>Indiana State Laureate</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Assessing <a href="http://washingtonart.com/beltway/bierce.html"><span style='color:black'>Ambrose Bierce</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Cowboy poetry &#8220;in the classic tradition<br>
of <a href="http://www.journal-advocate.com/news/2008/jun/26/heritage-festival-cowboy-poet-zeb-dennis-perform-j/"><span style='color:black'>Louis <span class=SpellE>L&#8217;Amour</span></span></a>&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Poetry &amp; nationalism in <a href="http://www.yobserver.com/reports/10014488.html"><span style='color:black'>Yemen</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Fingering <a href="http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2008/06/2008062701c.htm?utm_source=at&amp;utm_medium=en"><span style='color:black'>digital humanities</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.malibuartsjournal.com/news/062508-pablo-neruda-the-hands-of-day.html"><span style='color:black'>Pablo <span class=SpellE>Neruda&#8217;s</span></span></a> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The Hands of Day<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/4cbrdp"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Rushdie&#8217;s</span></span></a> &#8220;stew&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Reclaiming<br>
<a href="http://washingtonart.com/beltway/damas.html"><span style='color:black'>Leon-<span class=SpellE>Gontran</span> <span class=SpellE>Damas</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>J.K. <a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/go/jkrowling.html"><span style='color:black'>Rowling</span></a> at Harvard<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Visualizing <a href="http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-07/pb_visualizing"><span style='color:black'>Big Data</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Why have we forgotten <a href="http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2287914,00.html"><span style='color:black'>Edward Thomas</span></a>?<br>
(hint: <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>it&#8217;s the writing</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.biconews.com/?p=6860"><span style='color:black'>Ellen <span class=SpellE>Doré</span> Watson</span></a> comes to Haverford<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The first woman<br>
to have her play performed<br>
on the main stage<br>
of the <a href="http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/story/0,,2288021,00.html"><span style='color:black'>National Theatre</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The future of publishing<span class=GramE>:</span><br>
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062702868.html"><span style='color:black'>mulch</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21616"><span style='color:black'>Mary Beard</span></a>, laughing<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080714/doctorow"><span style='color:black'>E.L. <span class=SpellE>Doctorow&#8217;s</span></span></a> &#8220;The White Whale&#8221;<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/4u6lal"><span style='color:black'>Switching languages</span></a> can change<br>
your personality<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span class=SpellE><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>CrossCheck</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
seeks to catch <a href="http://tinyurl.com/484s2e"><span style='color:black'>academic plagiarizers</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>A defense of <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5kppzv"><span style='color:black'>elitism</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Which way <a href="http://chronicle.com/review/brainstorm/article/?id=585&amp;utm_source=at&amp;utm_medium=en"><span style='color:black'>feminism</span></a>?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Tiny (&amp; predictable) ideas on <a href="http://www.bigthink.com/"><span style='color:black'>Big Think</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Why <a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/2008/06/why_journalists_must_learn_the.html"><span style='color:black'>journalists</span></a> need<br>
to understand blogging<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/06/why_writers_cant_go_it_alone.html"><span style='color:black'>Indie music vs. indie books</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Who owns <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6n7bkp"><span style='color:black'>downloaded music</span> </a>?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_en_mu/touring_on_empty"><span style='color:black'>Fuel costs</span></a> killing indie band tours<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://theater2.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/theater/reviews/27brus.html"><span style='color:black'>Georgia O&#8217;Keefe</span></a> onstage<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Another <a href="http://www.artnewsonline.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=2504"><span style='color:black'>Jackson Pollock</span></a> mess<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5fnkn6"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Olafur</span></span><span style='color:black'> <span class=SpellE>Eliasson&#8217;s</span></span></a> NYC <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5qkr59"><span style='color:black'>waterfalls</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Temporary <a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/article /SB121434957161801467.html?mod=2_1578_leftbox"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Niagra</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>A <a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/art/2008/06/dont_knock_brutalism.html"><span style='color:black'>brutalism</span></a> renaissance?</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&amp;sid=akeWPSwL9PUk&amp;refer=muse"><span style='color:black'>The 200 top art collectors</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Cinema&#8217;s art houses are <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3gpc4x"><span style='color:black'>empty</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/theatre/2008/06/wanted_theatre_critics.html"><span style='color:black'>Theater vs. movie critics</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/ontherecord/2008/06/newspapers_and_the_disappearin.html"><span style='color:black'>Music critics</span></a> start to disappear<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>And the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/06/28/boend128.xml"><span style='color:black'>most exciting rock lyricist</span></a> is&#8230;.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/arts/music/29kapl.html"><span style='color:black'>Jazz propaganda</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&#160;</span>&#8220;<a href="http://tinyurl.com/5mc7zs"><span style='color:black'>We&#8217;re the party of the arts</span></a>,&#8221;<br>
</span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>UK</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> conservatives claim<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In </span><st1:place> <st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Corrales</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>New Mexico</span></st1:State></st1:place><span class=GramE><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>,</span> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
<a href="http://www.benrodefer.com/"><span style='color:black'>a progressive candidate</span></a><br>
who actually understands<br>
the arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#167;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&amp; a tip of the hat<br>
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