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I walk into profile for the camera. I am her.
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The new issue of Marginalia has appeared on the Piper Center website: Click here to read it. It has some really interesting stuff in it, including a piece by Peter Pereira on “Practicing Empathy.” Tomorrow: a very special song recording for Eric.
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A(nother) manifesto of sorts? Andrew Carnegie wrote, “The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise…institutions of various kinds, which will improve the general condition of the people…in the forms best calculated to do them lasting good.” (From “Wealth”) The poetry pie is
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An examination of the cultural dialogue of poetry. Take 1Over the weekend I met with Stephanie and she pointed out a section of a Billy Collins essay in which he agreed with a friend of his who had recently determined that “83% of contemporary American poetry” being written today was simply not worth reading. This
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The day I read the poems about his death for the first time, I get an email from someone who is looking for him. The day I do not want to get up early and go to the gym I discover my car has a flat tire. The day I begin writing my Arizona Arts
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Ocotillo Literary Endeavors, Inc. & Casa Libre en la Solana (in cooperation with Kore Press), present:The 2nd Annual OLE Residency The winner of the OLE Residency will receive a $300 stipend, featured reading, and two weeks stay at Casa Libre en la Solana (www.casalibre.org ). Deadline: October 1, 2006Judge: Camille DungyEntry Fee: $20.00 Notification by:
charlesjensenwriter.com 