Poetry News:
- — 2008 National Book Award Nominees —
- — The League’s press release states that “only a handful of large publishers are receiving significant benefits,” and that “writers and the small presses that publish most Canadian culture receive virtually nothing from the system.” —
- — From carnival rides to Beatles tunes, Pacific University Professor Doyle Walls distills life into poetry —
- — Tate’s way of following his deeply held agrarian beliefs was, ironically, to have a family of tenant farmers tend the land around his Clarksville home, Benfolly —
- — IU’s new Creative Writing, African American and African Diaspora dual degree first in the nation —
- — Mary Ann Hoberman Named Children’s Poet Laureate —
- — Blount’s speech is entitled, “Through Is Thoroughly Throughsome, Go Is Wide Open, and Wince Makes You Wince: On the Non-Arbitrariness of Words.” It is related to his forthcoming book, Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists and Spirits of Letters, Words and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips and Secret Parts; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory, published this fall by Farrar, Straus and Giroux —
James W. Pennebaker looks at every single word people use — even the tiny ones — and is leading a resurgent interest in text analysis. Wow his analysis of the US Presidential candidates is fascinating.
East TN Man Names His Kid Sarah McCain Palin, Doesn’t Tell Wife
New currency for Jan 2009 [you tube]
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That image goes with the blink tag from Monday. hahaha