You read it here first:
The Boston Red Sox
will win
the World Series
(The last thing
you want to give a team
that has been playing
way over its head
for a month
is a week off
to think….)
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Writing vs. editing vs. tenure
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An account of the conference
on
Christopher Okigbo
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Sargon Boulus,
Iraqi poet
& translator
of Pound, Williams, Shakespeare,
Duncan & Ginsberg,
has died
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Doris Lessing:
9/11 was
”not that bad”
& offers
a reading list
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The House of Anansi
celebrates
40 years
of independent publishing
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The
”Why Indie Bookstores Matter”
Tour
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This week’s
death-of-a-bookstore
tale
is of the last major indie
in the
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The School of Quietude:
a literal perspective
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The latest in library services:
Dance Dance Revolution
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Libraries, content & copyright
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A new Pound bio
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A profile of
Sam Hunt
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The Governor General’s
shortlist
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Why you should read poetry
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Stephen King:
why short stories suck
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Reviewer stops writing
about himself
long enough
to notice
two new books
of Canadian poetry
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Portrait
of a drop-in
writers’ workshop
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This poetry contest
sounds mawkish
until you realize
how it’s promoting
Scottish nationalism
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The Christian right’s
”worst nightmare”:
Dumbledore & sex
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Inside manga
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A reading group
in
devoted to
the poetry of
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Remembering
Kwesi Brew
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The slam scene
at
Palo Alto High
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A mixed review
of
Jean Sprackland
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War over
War and Peace
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Reading
Howard’s Baudelaire
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Maya Angelou
on
The Early Show
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Teacher faces charges
over reading list
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The son also rises
§
is a hit
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MassMOCA demonstrates
how not
to show contemporary art
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Baryshnikov
facing foreclosure
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NMFG?
(no money from the government)
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TMI
(too much information)
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Anita Allen
on
philosophy, law & race
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A profile
of the great song writer
Lee Hays
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Yesterday’s
number of visits
to this blog,
1,733,
surpassed
the previous record
by 74.
