Thursday, November 16, 2006

Nate Mackey
has won
the National Book Award
for Splay Anthem

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Norman Mailer
in
Texas

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A letter from Günter Grass

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Poetry & the politics
of the
Middle East

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Dos amigos
(Bill & Sam)

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Eric Bentley at 90
(not about to
write a novel)

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Jack Williamson has died
after a sci-fi career
of 80 years

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Dalkey Archive
& U. of
Rochester
cancel the wedding
(with a great quote
from Richard Kostelanetz)

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 The man who saved
the NEA”

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Hiding public art

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What is the name
of this (
§) mark?

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How can you tell
if a poem
is iconic?

They throw one
freaking
birthday party
after another
for it
on its 50th
birthday!

(Name one other
American poem
that has received
this treatment?)