Poetry News For December 31, 2008
Poetry News:
- — Bargain Hunting for Books, and Feeling Sheepish About It —
- — The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs is accepting nominations through Jan. 30 for Iowa Poet Laureate —
- — His reading of it to a small group of people, one of whom informed on him, led to his arrest and death on his way to the gulag 70 years ago, on Dec. 27, 1938. —
- — Is it too late to convince the President-elect not to have a poem written for and read at his Inauguration? —
- — Jean Valentine: Essential American Poets — Recordings of poet Jean Valentine, with an introduction to her life and work. Recorded July 10, 2007, in studio, New York, NY. —
- — Researcher: Rap’s roots in Scotland —
If Tennessee and South Carolina join the European Union by the end of 2010, I will sing “baa baa black sheep” live on my webcam.
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Poor East Tennessee. 
East TN is so pretty that is makes me cry every time when I arrive there. Is that coal ash sludge spill getting lots of National Press or since it is in TN, not so much? The Exxon Valdez oil spill was like 11 million gallons & the spill in Roane County is a BILLION gallons.
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Hope you all have a good 2009. Don’t forget to eat your beans and greens tomorrow. 
Very sad about the coal sludge spill. It’s been on all the news every day just about. CNN, local, etc.
I’d love to be part of the European Union.