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Poetry News:

1. — WORD is year-long interactive performance art piece that will form the cornerstone of a broader exhibition exploring the meaning of text, poetry, and the possibilities of mutual participation through the internet… —
2. — Surrealist Migrations Wins Poetry Film Prize —
3. — “Al was one of the most important mid-Michigan poets in the state, one of the finest,” said M.L. Liebler, a Detroit poet, professor at Wayne State University and small-press publisher who published three of Hellus’ books. —
4. — Trinity Rep Radio Theater: Report on the Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut, Lafayette Farewell by Ray Bradbury, My War by Diane C. Jaeger, a poem about the lasting effects of her time as a nurse in Vietnam. [MP3] —
5. — Bristol Pomeroy plays Richard Hartels of Montville, at left, in the movie “Marathon,” a look at the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet William Meredith … —
6. — “I think Theodore Roethke is the only poet who thinks like a flower.” —
7. — Cardiff South and Penarth AM Lorraine Barrett, along with South Wales West AM Peter Black, have invited author Patrick Jones to read his work in the Assembly next month. —
8. — Have a little poetry with your gum —

Speaking of Al Hellus & Theodore Roethke, there are almost 400 Michigan poets here. Except me hahaha. Autumn is the time when I really miss Michigan - cider mills, etc.

Poetry News:

1. — Ugly Duckling Presse began as a college 'zine in 1993 and evolved into its present form as a nonprofit art and publishing collective in 2000 —
2. — Established in 2004, the Pegasus Awards are a series of annual prizes with an emphasis on new awards to under-recognized poets and types of poetry —
3. — the literary magazine has decided to shutter so that its book imprint may live —
4. — Bibliophiles see margins shrinking, but aren't ready to close the book on literature —
5. — a special poetry day to be held at the Queen's London home —
6. — Literary review founders honored —
7. — During Memorial Ceremony, Friends, Colleagues Pay Tribute to Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet —
8. — Deft variations of approach and imagination keep these poems moving —
9. — A person in a photograph can be reinvented in our minds to be whatever we want them to be —
10. — Some writers seem destined to serve as poets laureate; others would probably hate the job —
11. — He is lyric brown sauce, an unctuous, fruity slop … LOL —

Now Hawking and his 36-year-old daughter Lucy, one of his three children with Jane, have collaborated on a scientific adventure story for children …

This is still the funniest TV blooper I've seen. Cracks me up every time.

Poetry News:

1. — Didi Menendez is reviewing online lit mags —
2. — Poets Walk Across Bridge; Read Whitman, Hart Crane —
3. — Biggest literary prize goes to little-known Norwegian —
4. — Poet William Meredith will be announced as a finalist for the National Book Awards —
5. — Court says Strauss heirs must pay “Rosenkavalier” royalties to heirs of librettist —
6. — Nidhi Shukla the sister of slain poetess Madhumita Shukla today expressed her apprehension that she might be attacked or even murdered —
7. — Acclaimed Nashville performance poet Minton Sparks’ first book is not quite what it seems —
8. — Stars pay homage to Yeats —

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The Creation Museum looks like another wonderful roadside attraction. Yay weirdo America! [and they have a blog]
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“In a survey of 1,700 women with ovarian cancer, Dr. Goff and other researchers found that 36 percent had initially been given a wrong diagnosis, with conditions like depression or irritable bowel syndrome.”

“‘Twelve percent were told there was nothing wrong with them, and it was all in their heads,’” Dr. Goff said.”

Gawd.