Poetry News:
- — Poet and short story writer Grace Paley, a literary eminence and old-fashioned rebel who described herself as a “combative pacifist,” has died (and NYT) —
- — Fatwa offers unlimited money to kill Taslima —
- — Remembering Liam Rector —
- — Out of this has come a small industry in creative writing courses —
- — We Need Models of Revision —
- — four impressive new collections —
- — Langston Hughes was one of the most respected poets in 20th century American literature, though you”™d never know it from Isaac Julien‘ pretentious and monotonous 40-minute hodgepodge —
- — the similarities and differences between the “New Gen” poets [of the U.K.] and their U.S. contemporaries —
- — Until yesterday, Deboer was one of just two independent distributors operating on the East Coast —
“The next Powerball drawing will be on Saturday, August 25th, 2007 with an estimated Grand Prize of $300,000,000 ($140,300,000 cash).”
Michael G. generously posted some gazpacho recipes in the comments of yesterday’s post. Sounds great — I will be eating that all weekend I think. 
Over 100F yesterday again.
Sweet baby carrots recalled in six states
FDA officials said the carrots might be contaminated with bacteria (Shigella) that poses a serious health risk from some people, especially the very young or elderly.
The product was sold under two labels — “Los Angeles Salad Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots” and “Trader Joe’s Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots.”
The “Los Angeles Salad Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots” label was distributed by Kroger Co. and King Sooper stores in Tennessee, Kroger Co. and Ralph’s supermarkets in California, Publix supermarkets in Georgia and Florida, and Get Fresh stores in Nevada.
All of the packages were sold in flexible plastic bags in 7- and 8-ounce sizes with a “sell by date” up to and including Aug. 16.
The second label — “Trader Joe’s Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots” — was distributed by Trader Joe’s stores in Arizona and California in 7-ounce flexible plastic bags with a “sell by date” up to and including Aug. 8.
The recall was initiated after it was discovered the same product sold in Canada was contaminated with Shigella.
Consumers with questions can contact Los Angeles Salads at 626-322-9017.
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Poetry News:
- — In her poems she dealt with the themes that moved her contemporaries - nationalism, social and feminist issues, honour killings and alienation —
- — Our poet and her drinking companion(s) lift drunken glasses to salute the adventurous relative —
- — The government Monday said it banned the pro-reform daily Shargh (”East”) because on Saturday it published an interview with an expatriate poet who has written about homosexuality —
- — In 1924 Rudyard Kipling, better known for The Jungle Book, wrote a poem titled “Jane’s Marriage” that imagines Austen’s ascension to heaven —
- — Thomas Lynch and Dennis O’Driscoll from Lannan Podcasts by Lannan Foundation [link goes to webpage not MP3] —
Ron Slate, one of those poets-with-a-non-academic-day-job, now has a blog. More here, too.
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I got a nice email from someone who hung out with Dock Ellis for a couple days and this person asked Dock if he had read the poem I wrote about him. He hadn’t (go figure hahaha) and … “I just wanted to let you know that I personally read your poem to Dock Ellis, and he LOVED it!” He read it 3 or 4 times.
That is so f-ing awesome. 
Yay for poems on the internet.
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