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in </span><st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Latin America</span></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://imforthebirds.blogspot.com/2008/09/active-boundaries.html"><span style='color:black'>Michael Palmer&#8217;s</span></a> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Active <a href="http://jjgallaher.blogspot.com/2008/08/michael-palmer-active-boundaries.html"><span style='color:black'>Boundaries</span></a><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.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6593577.html?industryid=47144"><span style='color:black'>Rain Taxi</span></a> </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>reaches its 50<sup>th</sup> issue<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 &amp; of <a href="http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080912/REVIEW/825672335/1008"><span style='color:black'>Adonis</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:City><st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Lowell</span></st1:place></st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> celebrates<br>
the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of<br>
<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><a href="http://lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/schedule.htm"><span style='color:black'>The Dharma Bums</span></a><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://www.thebeatmuseum.org/events.htm"><span style='color:black'>Brother Antoninus</span></a><br>
&amp; the Beat Generation<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.brooklynrail.org/2008/09/books/jack-hirschmans-all-thats-left"><span style='color:black'>Emily Warn</span></a><br>
surround by beat poets<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/2008/09/12/arts/12nea.html"><span style='color:black'>Dana Gioia</span></a> announces <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR2008091103308.html?hpid=moreheadlines"><span style='color:black'>retirement</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 question for <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1221294891284330.xml&amp;coll=2"><span style='color:black'>Donald Hall</span></a>:<br>
&quot;Why a &#8216;life in poetry' <br>
when almost nothing gets said <br>
about composing a poem?&quot;<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'>Close reading <a href="http://jjgallaher.blogspot.com/2008/09/blurbs-blurps-blubs-blips-blops.html"><span style='color:black'>blurbs</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'>Poets on <a href="http://www.bigbridge.org/issue7/warpeace.htm"><span style='color:black'>War &amp; Peace</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.brooklynrail.org/2008/09/poetry/for-the-nation"><span style='color:black'>Lisa <span class=SpellE>Jarnot&#8217;s</span></span></a> &#8220;For the Nation&#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'>&#8220;odds and ends&#8221;<br>
from the <br>
<a href="http://dodie-bellamy.blogspot.com/2008/09/conference-carousel.html"><span style='color:black'>Positions Colloquium</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://dbqp.blogspot.com/2008/09/glyph-book-and-blue.html"><span style='color:black'>Geof Huth</span></a> reading &#8220;Blue&#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'>Reading &#8220;<a href="http://dbqp.blogspot.com/2008/09/dimsumthing-and-crust-of-syntax.html"><span style='color:black'>Carbon</span></a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href="http://dbqp.blogspot.com/2008/09/counterthoughtwise.html"><span style='color:black'>Demo</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'>Plus &#8220;<a href="http://dbqp.blogspot.com/2008/09/engines-of-thought.html"><span style='color:black'>Engines</span></a>&#8221; &amp; &#8220;<a href="http://dbqp.blogspot.com/2008/09/that-through-green-not.html"><span style='color:black'>Force</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.bookslut.com/poetry/2008_09_013418.php"><span style='color:black'>John Godfrey&#8217;s</span></a> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>City of Corners<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'>Talking with <a href="http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page215463?oid=223837&amp;sn=Detail"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Gabeba</span></span><span style='color:black'> <span class=SpellE>Baderoon</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.cinematical.com/2008/09/09/solid-ensemble-coming-together-for-beatnik-flick-howl/"><span style='color:black'>I saw the best minds of my generation</span></a><br>
turned into a cheesy docudrama<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'>Wordplay welcomes <a href="http://naturespoetry.blogspot.com/"><span style='color:black'>Thomas Meyer</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://eleventhstack.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/poetry-audio-in-the-library-and-on-the-web/"><span style='color:black'>Poetry audio<span class=GramE>,</span></span></a><br>
a list of resources<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://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Bernheimer.html"><span style='color:black'>Alan Bernheimer&#8217;s <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Particle Arms</i></span></a><span class=GramE>,</span><br>
a classic of </span><st1:City><st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>San Francisco</span></st1:place></st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#8217;s Poet&#8217;s Theater<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 &#8220;<a href="http://writing.upenn.edu/wh/archival/events/2000/9poets.php"><span style='color:black'>Reading Through Modernism</span></a>&#8221; site<br>
has been <a href="http://afilreis.blogspot.com/2008/09/writing-through-modernism-circa-2000.html"><span style='color:black'>redesigned</span></a><br>
&amp; files converted into MP3s<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://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/bernstein/blog/#09-09-08"><span style='color:black'>Zen Monster</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
comes to </span><st1:State><st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>New York</span></st1:place></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'><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'>One more argument for<br>
<a href="http://slomosexual.livejournal.com/546276.html"><span style='color:black'>slow poetry</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'>Wishing <a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article4722508.ece"><span style='color:black'>Auden</span></a> were here<br>
to put things right<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://kulturindustrie.blogspot.com/2008/09/lyn-hejinian-beginner.html"><span style='color:black'>Mark Scroggins reads Lyn Hejinian&#8217;s <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The Beginner</i></span></a><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><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://rutherfordlibrary.typepad.com/williamcarloswilliams/"><span style='color:black'>NJ Gov. John <span class=SpellE>Corzine</span><br>
with William Carlos Williams</span></a><br>
&amp; other surprises<br>
of the forthcoming 125<sup>th</sup> birthday 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'>Michiko Kakutani on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/books/15kaku.html?ref=books"><span style='color:black'>David Foster Wallace</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://behindthelinespoetry.blogspot.com/2008/09/attention-span-2008-my-list-of.html"><span style='color:black'>Philip <span class=SpellE>Metres</span>&#8217; nominations</span></a><br>
for Steve Evans&#8217;<br>
&#8221;<a href="http://www.thirdfactory.net/attentionspan.html"><span style='color:black'>Attention Span</span></a>&#8221; poll<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://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/09/dragnet-haikus.html"><span style='color:black'>Dragnet </span><span style='color:black;font-style:normal'>haikus</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://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=54477"><span  style='color:black'>Indian poets</span></a> writing in English<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.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20080922&amp;fname=Booksb&amp;sid=1"><span style='color:black'>The beats</span></a> in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>India</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'>More &#8220;<a href="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080914/jsp/calcutta/story_9829023.jsp"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>nano</span></span><span style='color:black'> thoughts</span></a> for the <span class=SpellE>nano</span> phone&#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/la-ca-linda-gregg14-2008sep14,0,3281527.story"><span style='color:black'>Linda Gregg&#8217;s</span></a> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>All of It Singing<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://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/4687184a6002.html"><span style='color:black'>Elizabeth <span class=SpellE>Smither</span></span></a> wins<br>
the Prime Minister&#8217;s Award for 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'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1019889.html"><span style='color:black'>Mahmoud Darwish&#8217; Hebrew translator</span></a><br>
reflects on the late poet<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 view from <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><a href="http://www.livemint.com/2008/09/11230229/The-voice-of-Palestine.html?h=B"><span style='color:black'>LiveMint.com<span class=GramE>,</span></span></a><br>
The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s<br>
</i>web site for MBA students<o:p></o:p></span></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 class=SpellE><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Slammin</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#8217; in <a href="http://www.westchester.com/Westchester_News/Entertainment/Slam_Poetry_At_White_Plains_Public_Library_2008091010262.html"><span style='color:black'>Westchester County</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://dodie-bellamy.blogspot.com/2008/09/positions-colloquium-clifford-irving.html"><span style='color:black'>The Clifford Irving Show</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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on British 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>

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<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/11/AR2008091102257.html"><span style='color:black'>aren&#8217;t very good</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.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/books/13mach.html?ref=arts"><span style='color:black'>Machado</span></a> rises<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://uncomplicatedly.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/the-cult-of-silence-the-heresy-of-eloquence-and-the-price-of-vision/"><span style='color:black'>The cult of silence</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>

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is not books<o:p></o:p></span></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>

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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'>E-book study at <a href="http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3302/e-booking-study-to-be-conducted-at-penn-state?utm_source=at&amp;utm_medium=en"><span style='color:black'>Penn State</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'>Battles over <a href="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2008/09/09/a_textbook_case_of_piracy/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Living+/+Arts+News"><span style='color:black'>textbook piracy</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://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/the-most-dangerous-book-of-poetry-ever-written/"><span style='color:black'>most dangerous</span></a> book of poetry ever written&#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'>Cultivating demand for the arts (<a href="http://www.wallacefoundation.org/NR/rdonlyres/26F2BAD4-70B3-41FE-82B5-EA08BF970A99/0/CultivatingDemandfortheArts.pdf"><span style='color:black'>PDF</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 great profile of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/arts/design/10sendak.html"><span style='color:black'>Maurice <span class=SpellE>Sendak</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.airgallery.org/"><span style='color:black'>A.I.R. Gallery</span></a> has <a href="http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/bernstein/blog/#09-13-08"><span style='color:black'>moved</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://online.wsj.com/article/SB122125174355229529.html?mod=2_1168_1"><span style='color:black'>Diebenkorn</span></a> isn&#8217;t famous<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'>(minor error &#8211; the show opens<br>
</span><st1:date Month="10" Day="11" Year="2009"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Oct. 11 <i>2009</i></span></st1:date><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>, not 2008)<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.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/arts/design/09museum.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin"><span style='color:black'>New Museum</span></a><br>
buys a building<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/sep/13/damienhirst.art"><span style='color:black'>Robert Hughes</span></a>: Hirst is a hack<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.smh.com.au/news/arts/hirst-hits-back-at-aussie-critic/2008/09/09/1220857547950.html"><span style='color:black'>Hirst against Hughes</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.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&amp;sid=axaSzpHjE8_4&amp;refer=muse"><span style='color:black'>Sotheby&#8217;s stock</span></a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/arts/design/15auct.html"><span style='color:black'>takes a hit</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.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/arts/design/10kimmelman.html"><span style='color:black'>The Met</span></a> promotes<br>
one of its own<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 war over <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/sep/14/art1"><span style='color:black'>Rothko</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 major <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/crime/ci_10420936?nclick_check=1"><span style='color:black'>art theft</span></a> in broad daylight<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://radiom.org/"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>radiOM</span></span></a>,<br>
the best on-line archive<br>
of avant-garde music<br>
I&#8217;ve ever found,<br>
e.g.<br>
<a href="http://radiom.org/detail.php?et=interviewMusic&amp;omid=IMP.2005.06.05"><span style='color:black'>Rova</span></a><br>
<a href="http://radiom.org/detail.php?et=interviewMusic&amp;omid=IMP.2005.03.26"><span style='color:black'>Nels Cline</span></a><br>
<a href="http://radiom.org/detail.php?et=interviewMusic&amp;omid=IMP.2005.09.14"><span style='color:black'>Carla <span class=SpellE>Kihlstedt</span></span></a><br>
<a href="http://radiom.org/detail.php?omid=IMP.2005.10.14"><span style='color:black'>Oliver Lake</span></a><br>
<a href="http://radiom.org/detail.php?et=music&amp;omid=OMF.2005.02.25.02"><span style='color:black'>Fred <span class=SpellE>Frith</span></span></a><br>
<a href="http://radiom.org/detail.php?omid=SOM.1985.12.05.c1.A"><span style='color:black'>Anthony Braxton</span></a><br>
<a href="http://radiom.org/detail.php?omid=IMP.2006.03.08"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Miya</span></span><span style='color:black'> <span class=SpellE>Masaoka</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 advantages of <a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2008/09/the_right_to_steal_shall_not_b.html"><span style='color:black'>facilitating theft</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://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&amp;grid=&amp;xml=/arts/2008/09/07/bowau107.xml"><span style='color:black'>The House of Wittgenstein</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
isn&#8217;t about Ludwig (<span class=SpellE>mosty</span>)<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.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/08/30/sm_wittgenstein130.xml"><span style='color:black'>Excerpt</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.bostonherald.com/entertainment/arts_culture/view.bg?articleid=1117951&amp;srvc=rss"><span style='color:black'>Dancing</span></a> for Israeli security<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'>American <a href="http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21794"><span style='color:black'>sadism</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://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/haidt08/haidt08_index.html"><span style='color:black'>pathology</span></a> of the Republican party<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 latest mode of <a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/09/11/adjunct"><span style='color:black'>adjunct abuse</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'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/6lyfqs"><span style='color:black'>Robin Blaser</span></a> at 83<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'>Rae Armantrout reading<br>
at <span class=GramE>Artifact</span><br>
(<a href="http://andrewkenower.typepad.com/a_voice_box/files/artifact/armantrout-giscombe-warren/rae-armantrout.mp3"><span style='color:black'>MP3</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/books/2008/09/banned_books.html"><span style='color:black'>Censoring</span></a> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/sep/04/gcses.english"><span style='color:black'>Carol Ann Duffy</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.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/sep/06/gcses.poetry.carol.ann.duffy"><span style='color:black'>Duffy</span></a> strikes <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/06/poetry.gcses"><span style='color:black'>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://www.saltpublishing.com/books/ewk/ewk.php"><span style='color:black'>Salt&#8217;s</span></a> Earthworks <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/05/RV4011RI57.DTL"><span style='color:black'>book series</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 </span><st1:Street> <st1:address><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Dwelling Place</span></st1:address></st1:Street><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>,&#8221;<br>
my first feature on what became langpo<br>
is now <a href="http://simultaneouslyagitatedspace.blogspot.com/2007/04/dwelling-place-9-poets-ed-ron-silliman.html"><span style='color:black'>online</span></a><br>
&amp; <a href="http://www.box.net/shared/egz0bret38"><span style='color:black'>downloadable</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'>Danny <span class=SpellE>Snelson&#8217;s</span> close reading <br>
starts <a href="http://simultaneouslyagitatedspace.blogspot.com/2007/04/introduction-periodical-pastiche.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 class=SpellE><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Snelson&#8217;s</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><a href="http://my-dear-countess.blogspot.com/"><span style='color:black'>my Dear <span class=SpellE>coUntess</span></span></a><br>
</i>puts the trans<br>
in translation<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/2008/09/what-follows-is-from-my-ongoing.html"><span style='color:black'>Tom Beckett</span></a> on <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The Difficulties</i><br>
and its archive<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'>Scott Woods&#8217; <a href="http://scottwoods.livejournal.com/117268.html"><span style='color:black'>24-hour reading</span></a><br>
included a 47-minute performance of<br>
<i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><a href="http://www.ubu.com/ubu/silliman_chinese.html"><span style='color:black'>The Chinese Notebook</span></a><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'>Close reading aloud<br>
<a href="http://poemtalkatkwh.blogspot.com/2008/09/portrait-but-of-whom-poemtalk-10.html"><span style='color:black'>Gertrude <span class=GramE>Stein</span></span></a><br>
(Al Filreis with Lee Ann Brown,<br>
Jerry Rothenberg &amp; Bob Perelman)<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'>Canadian additions<br>
to the </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Electronic</span></st1:PlaceName><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'>Poetry</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'>Center</span></st1:PlaceType></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://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/ferguson/"><span style='color:black'>Deanna Ferguson</span></a><br>
<a href="http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/farrell/"><span style='color:black'>Dan Farrell</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/6djzqf"><span style='color:black'>Ron Grant</span></a> has passed away<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 did <a href="http://www.hindu.com/lr/2008/09/07/stories/2008090750170400.htm"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Naranjan</span></span><span style='color:black'> <span class=SpellE>Mohanty</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'>And also <a href="http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080907/OPINION/809070327"><span style='color:black'>Robert Dunn</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://www.ibiblio.org/bmc/bmctrailer.html"><span style='color:black'>Fully Awake<span class=GramE>:</span></span></a><br>
The </span></i><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span   style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Black</span></i></st1:PlaceName><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></i><st1:PlaceType><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Mountain</span></i></st1:PlaceType><i  style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></i><st1:PlaceType><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>College</span></i></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> Experience<br>
</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>trailer online<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'>WPVM Asheville&#8217;s audio files from <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><a href="http://wpvm.org/2008/09/08/the-wordplay-archive-expands/"><span style='color:black'>Word Play</span></a><br>
</i>include everything from Bly, Kinnell &amp; Coleman Barks<br>
to Jonathan Williams, Ken Rumble &amp; Jessica Smith<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'>Coming in October<span class=GramE>,</span><br>
<a href="http://masspoetry.org/"><span style='color:black'>The Massachusetts Poetry Festival</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://thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com/the_best_american_poetry/2008/09/bruce-covey-pre.html"><span style='color:black'>Bruce Covey introduces Lyn Hejinian</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://landofspices.blogspot.com/2008/09/poetry-as-learning.html"><span style='color:black'>The purpose of poetry</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'>Poetry on the <a href="http://tinyurl.com/65c68s"><span style='color:black'>john door</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/books/2008/sep/06/bookerprize.40years"><span style='color:black'>How they chose the <span class=GramE>Booker</span></span></a><br>
(all 40 years)<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/2008/09/05/AR2008090503728.html?hpid=topnews"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black'>Strunk</span></span><span style='color:black'> &amp; Write</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'>Norman Fischer on Michael <span class=SpellE>Krasny&#8217;s</span> <span class=GramE><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Forum</i></span><br>
(<a href="http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R809021000"><span  style='color:black'>MP3</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://angelicpoker.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-steal-you-steal-we-all-steal-for-ice.html"><span style='color:black'>Stealing</span></a> books of 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'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#8220;The Big Read&#8221; &#8211;<br>
<a href="http://thecalifornian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080906/LIFESTYLE/809060330/1024/LIFESTYLE"><span style='color:black'>Robinson Jeffers</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.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/07/LV3R12BBQD.DTL"><span style='color:black'>Literary <span class=SpellE>tatts</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'>Claiming <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/us/06poe.html"><span style='color:black'>Poe&#8217;s</span></a> bones<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'>One.</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <span class=GramE>Two.</span> <span class=GramE>Three.</span> <span class=GramE>Four.</span><br>
<a href="http://nataliacecire.blogspot.com/2008/09/counting-to-four.html"><span style='color:black'>Plump birds along the shore</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/books/2008/09/ebooks.html"><span style='color:black'>Sony e-book</span></a> falls short<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 104<sup>th</sup> (and last<span class=GramE>)</span><br>
of Kate <span class=SpellE>Greenstreet&#8217;s</span><br>
&#8221;first book&#8221; interviews<br>
is with<br>
<a href="http://www.kickingwind.com/083108.html"><span style='color:black'>Kate Greenstreet</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'> <em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://puertae.blogspot.com/2008/09/poemas-visuales-hechos-sobre-papel.html"><span class=GramE><span style='color:black;font-style:normal'>&#191;<span class=SpellE>Qué</span> <span class=SpellE>es</span> la <span class=SpellE>Poesía</span> Visual?</span></span></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'> <em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>A terrific issue of</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.foxchasereview.org/08AW/AW-Contents.html"><span style='color:black;font-style:normal'>Fox Chase Review</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'> <em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://kendrasteinereditions.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/10000-visitors-to-kse-blog/"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Kendra Steiner</span></a></span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>on why a non-blogger <span class=GramE>blogs</span></span></em><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'> &amp; reaches 10K visits!)</span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'> <em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://landofspices.blogspot.com/2008/09/agrapha.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Guy Davenport&#8217;s</span></a> <span class=SpellE>agrapha</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'> <em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>A &#8220;biography&#8221;</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>of <a href="http://thechronicleherald.ca/Books/1077375.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Homer&#8217;s</span></a> </span></em><em><span style='font-family:Arial'>Iliad </span></em><em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>&amp; </span></em><em><span style='font-family:Arial'>Odyssey </span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.writersforum.org/books/book.aspx?ID=142"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Hank <span class=SpellE>Lazer&#8217;s</span></span></a> selected essays</span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/09/06/MN2R12OVGT.DTL"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Robert Giroux</span></a>, the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/weekinreview/07giroux.html?ref=books"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>G</span></a> in FSG, has <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/books/06giroux.html?ei=5070&amp;emc=eta1"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>died</span></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Rescuing <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94235765"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Higginson</span></span></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2620&amp;u_sid=10425476"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Ted <span class=SpellE>Kooser&#8217;s</span></span></a> opera</span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://blogs.courant.com/richard_kamins/2008/09/the-poet-laureate-the-composer.html"><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='color:black'>Simic Songs</span></i></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Perseus&#8217; digital offering: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/books/04perseus.html?_r=1&amp;ref=arts&amp;oref=slogin"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Constellation</span></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>The operas of <a href="http://www.writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Yarmolinsky.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Charles Bernstein &amp; Ben <span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>Yarmolinsky</span></span></span></a></span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'> (sound &amp; video files)</span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'> <em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Coming to </span></em><st1:place><st1:City><em><span   style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Eugene</span></em></st1:City><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>, </span></em><st1:State><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Oregon</span></em></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>September 10</span></em><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://pdxwriting.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-poetry-experimental-writing-series.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Robert Grenier</span></a></span></em><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>at</span></em><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://divanow.org/"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>DIVA</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>A tale of <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6593356.html?industryid=47144"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Verse &amp; Wave</span></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'> <em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Talking with <a href="http://www.omnivoracious.com/2008/09/politics-meet-p.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Beckman &amp; Zapruder</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts-reviews/what-were-ode/2008/09/04/1220121409969.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The Sixth Annual Australian Poetry <span class=GramE>Fest</span></span></a></span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>(&amp; a great photo of Alan Wearne)</span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/09/07/simmons_festival_taps_poetry_as_bridge_to_chinese_culture/"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Chinese Poetry Festival</span></a></span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>close by </span></em></span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span class=SpellE><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Fenway</span></em></span></st1:PlaceName><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'> </span></em><st1:PlaceType><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Park</span></em></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Another idea for <a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/433128.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Buffalo&#8217;s</span></a> &#8220;Walk o&#8217; Fame&#8221;</span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>In </span></em><st1:City><st1:place><em><span   style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Edmonton</span></em></st1:place></st1:City><span class=GramE><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>,</span></em></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/story.html?id=4bc24437-5f52-44f1-ac7d-fd6901b8d55b"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Poems for a Small Park</span></a></span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Sad end for <a href="http://www.thestate.com/business/story/514060.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Happy Bookseller</span></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Ditto for </span></em><st1:City><st1:place><em><span   style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Madison</span></em></st1:place></st1:City><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>&#8217;s <a href="http://www.onlinemadison.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&amp;SubSectionID=1&amp;ArticleID=20576&amp;TM=18355.42"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Yellow Dog</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Writing in <a href="http://www.sanluisobispo.com/151/story/463074.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>San Luis Obispo</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'> <em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>20 years later<span class=GramE>,</span></span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/poetry-book-of-the-week-the-lost-leader-by-mick-imlah-917887.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Mick <span class=SpellE>Imlah&#8217;s</span></span></a> second book</span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2199466/pagenum/all"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Praising poetry</span></a></span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>as an art form in itself</span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Remembering <a href="http://www.hindu.com/lr/2008/09/07/stories/2008090750300700.htm"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Nissam</span></span><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> <span class=SpellE>Ezekial</span></span></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.standpointmag.co.uk./node/390/full"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Cynthia <span class=SpellE>Ozick</span></span></a></span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>pretending to be invisible</span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/gateway-literature/"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Gateway literature</span></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/09/04/bird-song-duet.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Songbird</span></a> slams</span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>A biography of <a href="http://www.forward.com/articles/14134/"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Yehuda</span></span><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> <span class=SpellE>Amichai</span></span></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>&#8220;<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/04/arts/04arts-POETRYAWARDF_BRF.html?ref=arts"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>so plain</span></a>&#8230;intensely distinguished&#8221;</span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:
italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5n5jxd"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Kapil</span></span><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> <span class=SpellE>Sibal</span></span></a> &#8211;</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>the poet is a <span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>pol</span></span></span></em><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>(&amp; vice versa)<o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>What&#8217;s needed is a <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/michael_gove/article4698324.ece"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>philosopher</span></a></span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>not a poet laureate</span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>The guerrilla poetics</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>of <a href="http://www.bookslut.com/marsupial_inquirer/2008_09_013389.php"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Kaia Sand &amp; Jules Boykoff</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></em></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'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2008/sep/06/stoppard.theatre"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Tom Stoppard</span></a> at 71<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'> <em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>It&#8217;s only </span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=15504&amp;R=13C06CFF2"><span style='color:black;font-style:normal'>Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll</span></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>A <a href="http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/post-literate-poetics-and-the-coming-epic/09/06/2008/"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>mish-mash</span></a> history of <a href="http://www.worldclasspoetryblog.com/20th-century-epics-and-carrying-the-torch-of-tradition/09/03/2008/"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>epics</span></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/4936/32/"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Poetry, <span class=SpellE>hiphop</span>, Palestine</span></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>A profile of <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/books/poet-palely-loitering/2008/09/05/1220121498998.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Robert Gray</span></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/04/AR2008090402506.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Sharon Olds</span></a> anew</span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n17/turn03_.html"><span class=GramE><span style='color:black;font-style:normal'>Your</span></span><span style='color:black;font-style:normal'> Name Here</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><st1:place><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>W. Virginia</span></em></st1:place><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>&#8217;s most widely published</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/573qox"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>African-American poet</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.dailyitem.com/0100_news/local_story_252000116.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Gary <span class=SpellE>Fincke&#8217;s</span></span></a>
</span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The Fire Landscape</span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/books/review/Michel-t.html?ref=books"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Suze</span></span><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'> <span class=SpellE>Rotolo</span></span></a> on life with Bobby</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>&amp; in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/books/chapters/chapter-freewheelin-time.html?ref=review"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Village</span></a></span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://edwardbyrne.blogspot.com/2008/09/sonny-rollins-and-philip-levine.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Phil Levine listening to Sonny Rollins</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></em></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'> <em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/08/harrypotter.usa"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>J.K. Rowling</span></a> wins in court<br>
over unauthorized<br>
Potter dictionary<o:p></o:p></span></em></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'> <em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>The future of <a href="http://tinyurl.com/68ue22"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>travel writing</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'> <em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/04/AR2008090402577.html"><span style='color:black;font-style:normal'>The Black Hole Wars</span></a></span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/015_03/2755"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Jean-Michel <span class=SpellE>Rabaté</span></span></a><span class=SpellE>&#8217;s</span> </span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The Ethics of the Lie</span></em><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2073/2025"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>What works</span></a></span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>to protect intellectual <span class=GramE>property</span></span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>When is <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090303133.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>ghost-writing</span></a> a fraud &amp; illegal</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>&amp; when does it get you elected president?</span></em></span><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://files.tikkun.org/current/article.php?story=20080904070242463"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>George Lakoff</span></a></span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><br>
<em><span style='font-family:Arial;font-style:normal;mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>on the metaphor of Sarah <span class=SpellE>Palin</span><o:p></o:p></span></em></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'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'><a href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/michelle-obama.html"><span class=SpellE><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Wordle</span></span></a> goes <br>
to the conventions<o:p></o:p></span></em></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;</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:normal;
mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Saving the <a href="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/art/2008/09/cultural_olympiad.html"><span style='color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Olympics</span></a> from <span class=SpellE>kulchur</span></span></em><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.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/04/DDOE12G4C6.DTL"><span style='color:black'>Guerrilla galleries</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'>When the <a href="http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/9711"><span style='color:black'>housing</span></a> market<br>
is <span class=SpellE>topsy</span> <span class=SpellE>turvy</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'>Inside <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/sep/05/francis.bacon"><span style='color:black'>Francis Bacon&#8217;s</span></a> studio<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://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article4669184.ece"><span style='color:black'>Damien <span class=SpellE>Hirst</span></span></a> the art world&#8217;s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curt_Flood"><span style='color:black'>Curt Flood</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.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/09/07/bahirst107.xml"><span style='color:black'>Robert Hughes</span></a>: <span class=SpellE>Hirst</span> is &#8220;tacky&#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'>Indian Supreme Court <br>
exonerates<br>
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7605568.stm"><span style='color:black'>M.F. <span class=SpellE>Husain</span></span></a><br>
over nude imagery<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:country-region><st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>America</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&#8217;s<br>
<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/06/DDV512O8VI.DTL"><span style='color:black'>first family of theater</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://listen.antiochians.org/2008/08/28/antioch-university-decides-womyns-center-library-is-garbage/"><span style='color:black'>Antioch dumps</span></a><br>
<span class=SpellE>Womyn&#8217;s</span> Center Library<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.lrb.co.uk/v30/n17/ande01_.html"><span style='color:black'>Perry Anderson</span></a><span class=GramE>:</span><br>
What is </span><st1:place><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Europe</span></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'>There are now<br>
over 950 names on<br>
the blogroll<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'>Thanks again to <br>
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