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Oh my god, Hampshire College!
From today's Democracy Now! I hear Hampshire's board of trustees has divested from Israeli Occupation-supporting companies.
They were also the first American college/university to do the same to S Africa in the late 70s.
Wow.
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So some of you might better understand
Benda Moosey - Anaconda
upendedurn posted the text at her lj earlier.
Tony Brown once introduced her to me as someone whose poems were so crafted that she could have read them without performing, without inflection or dynamics (which of course was far from her stagecraft). Then he let me read one of her poems (this one, in fact). This recording of it, she ( Read more... ) -
Dear Brenda
I wrote you a letter. I even got Delivery Confirmation on it so I could be sure it reached you, but I never checked. I figured if you were going to read it it would reach you, and there was only a few days' window between its mailing and your death, and to hammer on it seemed too great an act of ego ( Read more... ) -
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Our Reading Period Starts in 2 Weeks!
All you submitters, we'll be reading new manuscripts from February 1 to May 31. We will be taking only 2-4 books. All decisions will be sent by email the first week of June.
Not sure if you're a good fit? Dig our Spring 2009 Catalog. It includes enough sample poems to give you, or anyone else, a clear picture ( Read more... ) -
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Today I needed to reread this poem. I hope that if you read it, you did, too ( Read more... ) -
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Grab Our Catalog While it's Hot!
Fresh from an InDesign document of the same name and a one-night engagement in Zürich those in the know will never forget, and weighing in at a hearty 6.5 MB, we present to you…
The Official, Accept-No-Imitation, Heart-Grown/Heart-Produced… Spring 2009 D. Heart Catalog! Grab this handy reference for sample poems, ( Read more... ) -
A tiny speckling of Justice
God, I wish some high school dance DJ had snuck a Portishead song in as a slow number. It would've been fucking awesome.
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Guadalupe
as a first name. Think about it. I just ran across 4 people whose first name is Guadalupe. I find their full name kinda clunky, but their nickname, Lupe, gives my heart little explosions-inside-a-pillow.
Edit: It's not about the name Lupe. It's about how familiar, how intimate saying it feels. This is true of a lot of shortenings/nicknames. I love ( Read more... ) -
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Heart Seeks Experienced Web Designer/CoderHappy Saturday, all. After some internal debate, we figured we'd put this out to the world. Please pass it on ( Read more... ) -
Christian Peet, editor of Tarpaulin Sky Press, reviews fossefox's Alabama Steve
…while chopping wood in Vermont! It's charming, homey, funny, and sincere. And awesome.
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