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document.write('<table width=\"400\"><tr bgcolor=\"d9c8b4\"><td>News Article Tape: <marquee style=\"background:#d9c8b4;color:#666666;\" scrolldelay=\"180\" behavior=\"scroll\" direction=\"left\"><ul>(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.tabletmag.com/arts-and-culture/books/24507/repurposed/\">Tablet: Repurposed</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1148262.html\">Haaretz: Israeli author: Censorship turning Israel into mini-Iran</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carol-muskedukes/soldier-to-a-poet-part-ii_b_452156.html\">The Huffington Post: Soldier to Poet (Part II)</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/home-fires-shaking-all-over\">The New York Times: Opinionator: Home Fires: Shaking All Over</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article100658.ece\">The Hindu: A universe of verse</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://studentpulse.com/articles/161/the-balance-of-power-between-men-and-women-in-robert-brownings-poems\">Student Pulse: The Balance of Power Between Men and Women in Robert Browning\'s Poems</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/poetry/article7014017.ece\">The Sunday Times: Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy on the new language of unlove</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tina_Chang_Named_Poet_Laureate_of_Brooklyn_20100203\">Broadway World: Tina Chang Named Poet Laureate of Brooklyn</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/books/05book.html\">The New York Times: The Free Verse Is in Aisle 3</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=10899\">UVa Today: U.Va. Professor Helps Students Examine Poetry \'For Better for Verse\'</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.temple.edu/newsroom/2009_2010/02/stories/Venuti.htm\">Temple University Online Newsroom: CLA professor at center of translation renaissance</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2010/02/carol_sklenicka_raymond_carver.html\">Jeff Baker: The Oregonian: Carol Sklenicka, Raymond Carver\'s biographer, inspired by visit to Yakima</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june10/poet_02-05.html\">Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: Understanding Haiti\'s Catastrophe through a Poet\'s Eyes</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module.html?mod=0&pkg=marcelin&seg=1\">Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: Poetry Reading: Michele Voltaire Marcelin</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/state-of-the-arts/archive/2010/02/minnesota-poetry-joanna-rawsons-wind-camp.shtml\">Marianne Combs: Minnesota Public Radio: State of the Arts: Minnesota Poetry: Joanna Rawson\'s \"Wind Camp\"</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/06/siri-hustvedt-shaking-woman-interview\">Sarah Crown: The Guardian: \'I don\'t think I\'ve exorcised the Shaking Woman. This is an aspect of my neurology and I can\'t expect it to go away. She\'s me\'</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2010/jan/18/poetry-corner-teacher-finds-inspiration-nostalgia-\">Bill Diskin: Independent Tribune: Poetry Corner: Teacher finds inspiration in nostalgia, weather</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://world-poetry.suite101.com/article.cfm/yoganandas-thy-cruel-silence\">Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Yogananda\'s Thy Cruel Silence</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10038/1033563-74.stm\">Bob Hoover: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Future of books on trial</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2010/02/04\">Garrison Keillor: The Writer\'s Almanac: Ex-Boyfriends by Kim Addonizio</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2010/02/05\">Garrison Keillor: The Writer\'s Almanac: Father to the Man by Tom C. Hunley</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2010/02/03\">Garrison Keillor: The Writer\'s Almanac: Grecian Temples by George Bilgere</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2010/02/08\">Garrison Keillor: The Writer\'s Almanac: In a Time of Economic Downturn, I Gaze Up at The Sky by Michael Blumenthal</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2010/02/07\">Garrison Keillor: The Writer\'s Almanac: This Paper Boat by Ted Kooser</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2010/02/09\">Garrison Keillor: The Writer\'s Almanac: This Year\'s Valentine by Philip Appleman</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2010/02/06\">Garrison Keillor: The Writer\'s Almanac: Trapeze by Deborah Digges</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/books/excerpt-little-richard.html\">David Kirby: The New York Times: Excerpt: \'Little Richard\'</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/books/review/DeCurtis-t.html\">David Kirby: The New York Times: Excerpt: \'Little Richard\'also The New York Times: Some Fun Tonight</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.tabletmag.com/arts-and-culture/books/25362/reluctant-pilgrim/\">Adam Kirsch: Tablet: The Pilgrim</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/columns/254.html\">Ted Kooser: American Life in Poetry: Column 254</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.norwichbulletin.com/living/x644560909/On-Writers-Writing-E-books-devalue-the-difficult-writing-process-of-authors\">Anthony Maulucci: Norwich Bulletin: On Writers & Writing: E-books devalue the difficult writing process of authors</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/books/06arts-POETSHOMEINO_BRF.html\">Charles McGrath: The New York Times: Poet\'s Home in Ohio May Carry Legacy</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://eethelbertmiller1.blogspot.com/2010_02_01_archive.html#6688818347998389114\">E. Ethelbert Miller: E-Notes: Snow Warning</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/google-02082010141920.html\">Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Chinese Authors Mull Lawsuit</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/dissidents-02052010123907.html\">Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Dissidents Named for Peace Prize</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/86360\">John Rety: Morning Star: Well Versed: \"Wickedness defeated,\" says PM as Baghdad Library Burns</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2010/feb/08/poem-of-the-week-john-dofflemyer\">Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: Poem of the week: Twenty-Sixth Winter by John Dofflemyer</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://whenfallsthecoliseum.com/2010/02/09/the-wonder-of-the-world/\">Frank Wilson: When Falls the Coliseum: That\'s What He Said: The wonder of the world</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/201003/poem-harris\">The Atlantic Monthly: Poetry: Pharmacy</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/201003/poem-lea\">The Atlantic Monthly: Poetry: Recession</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.brooklynrail.org/2010/02/poetry/the-perfect-faceless-fish\">The Brooklyn Rail: The Perfect Faceless Fish</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.brooklynrail.org/2010/02/poetry/so-could-they-shroud-crows\">The Brooklyn Rail: So Could They Shroud Crows</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.brooklynrail.org/2010/02/poetry/three-prose-poems\">The Brooklyn Rail: Three Prose Poems</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.brooklynrail.org/2010/02/poetry/view-of-the-domain-saint-joseph-czanne\">The Brooklyn Rail: View of the Domain Saint-Joseph (Cézanne)</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.counterpunch.org/poems02052010.html\">CounterPunch: Poets\' Basement: Marlin and Farrelly</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/06/robin-robertson-poem-wrecking-light\">The Guardian: The Saturday poem: About Time by Robin Robertson</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.guernicamag.com/poetry/1516/post_10/\">Guernica: Poetry: I Have Feelers</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/feb/07/poets-showcase-renewable/\">Lawrence Journal-World: Poet\'s Showcase: \'Renewable\'</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/ArtsandCulture/5520317-147/story.csp\">Next: Poem of the Month: February</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/02/15/100215po_poem_carson\">The New Yorker: Poetry: The Tag</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/02/15/100215po_poem_lasky\">The New Yorker: Poetry: Tornado</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2010/02/poetry_vanish.html\">The Oregonian: Poetry: \'Vanish\' by Kevin Miller</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20100207-ENTERTAIN-1010633\">Portsmouth Herald News: Poem: Reflections</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/books/83736872.html\">San Antonio Express-News: Poetry: \'What Should We be Doing??\'</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://living.scotsman.com/books/-Poem-i-carry-your.6049763.jp\">The Scotsman: Poem: i carry your heart with me</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://voices.washingtonpost.com/shortstack/2010/02/poets_choice_money_talks_by_ra.html\">The Washington Post: Poet\'s Choice: \"Money Talks\" by Rae Armantrout</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=feb0510/at09\">The Assam Tribune: M.P. Barooah passes away</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/83523217.html\">The Philadelphia Inquirer: Joseph T. Battersby, 94, art insurer</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.ndsmcobserver.com/news/retired-nd-american-studies-professor-dies-1.1121030\">The Observer: Retired ND American Studies professor dies</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Family-Of-13-Year-Old-Speak-Of-Their-Complete-Devastation-At-The-Death-Of-Their-Daughter/Article/201002115541835?lpos=UK_News_First_UK_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15541835_Family_Of_13-Year-Old_Speak_Of_Their_Complete_Devastation_At_The_Death_Of_Their_Daughter\">Sky News: Family Of Girl Found Hanged \'Devastated\'</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20100208/NEWS02/2080327/1079/NEWS01/Robert-Dana-80\">Press-Citizen: Robert Dana, 80</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/23210/38/\">Punjab Newsline: Noted Punjabi writer Santokh Singh Dhir passed away</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyprogress/obituary.aspx?n=lydia-gasman&pid=138737471\">Daily Progress: Lydia Gasman</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/06/arts/06gasman.html\">The New York Times: Lydia Csato Gasman, Picasso Scholar, Dies at 84</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.oregonlive.com/obituaries/argus/index.ssf?/base/obituaries/1265395834289040.xml&coll=6\">The Hillsboro Argus: Janet Gathright, 65, service Feb. 8</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-anp+leader+ajmal+khattak+passes+away-am-06\">Dawn: ANP leader Ajmal Khattak passes away</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/120920/Father-kills-wife-and-teen-daughter-before-hanging-himself/\">Daily Star: Father Kills Wife and Teen Daughter Before Hanging Himself</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/7198822/Bruce-Mitchell.html\">Telegraph: Bruce Mitchell</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/days-after-attack-by-kin-lawyer-naseem-dies/577377/\">Express India: Days after attack by kin, lawyer Naseem dies</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.geotimes.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=20340\">The Georgian Times: Georgian writer dies at 71</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://libcom.org/blog/john-rety-1930-2010-04022010\">libcom.org: John Rety 1930-2010</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.barcelonareporter.com/index.php?/news/comments/the_poet_and_writer_marti_rossello_dies_suddenly_in_premia_de_mar_barcelona/0302100232am\">Barcelona Reporter: The poet and writer Martí Rosselló, dies suddenly in Premia de Mar Barcelona</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article7015379.ece\">The Times: My father, J. D. Salinger</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/global/article7015505.ece?slideshowPopup=true&articleId=7015505&sectionName=Books\">The Times: Photo Gallery: Margaret and J.D. Salinger</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2010/02/08/100208ta_talk_gopnik\">The New Yorker: J.D. Salinger</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/article/20100207/OBITUARIES/2070348/-1/newsfront2/MaryJane-C.-Sesslar\">Lancaster Eagle Gazette: MaryJane C. Sesslar</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/1125209.html\">Anchorage Daily News: Halibut Cove artist Diana Tillion dies after battle with cancer</a>___</ul></marquee></td></tr><tr bgcolor=\"d9c8b4\"><td>Blog Entry Tape: <marquee style=\"background:#d9c8b4;color:#666666;\" scrolldelay=\"180\" behavior=\"scroll\" direction=\"left\"><ul>(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-at-same-time.html\">Tablet: Repurposed</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-many-of-edna-reshs.html\">Haaretz: Israeli author: Censorship turning Israel into mini-Iran</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-here-in-afghanistan.html\">The Huffington Post: Soldier to Poet (Part II)</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-as-sun-falls-at-dusk-and.html\">The New York Times: Opinionator: Home Fires: Shaking All Over</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-even-gay-poetrys-aim-is.html\">The Hindu: A universe of verse</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-robert-brownings-two.html\">Student Pulse: The Balance of Power Between Men and Women in Robert Browning\'s Poems</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-we-started-reading-poems.html\">The Sunday Times: Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy on the new language of unlove</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-praise.html\">Broadway World: Tina Chang Named Poet Laureate of Brooklyn</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-tony-hoagland-cultivates.html\">The New York Times: The Free Verse Is in Aisle 3</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-short-example-from-two.html\">UVa Today: U.Va. Professor Helps Students Examine Poetry \'For Better for Verse\'</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-back-page-lawrence.html\">Temple University Online Newsroom: CLA professor at center of translation renaissance</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-carol-sklenicka-found.html\">Jeff Baker: The Oregonian: Carol Sklenicka, Raymond Carver\'s biographer, inspired by visit to Yakima</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-it-is-so-sad-when-i-go.html\">Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: Understanding Haiti\'s Catastrophe through a Poet\'s Eyes</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-it-is-so-sad-when-i-go.html\">Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: Poetry Reading: Michele Voltaire Marcelin</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-joanna-rawsons.html\">Marianne Combs: Minnesota Public Radio: State of the Arts: Minnesota Poetry: Joanna Rawson\'s \"Wind Camp\"</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-i-started-wishing-i-were.html\">Sarah Crown: The Guardian: \'I don\'t think I\'ve exorcised the Shaking Woman. This is an aspect of my neurology and I can\'t expect it to go away. She\'s me\'</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-by-mark-dunn.html\">Bill Diskin: Independent Tribune: Poetry Corner: Teacher finds inspiration in nostalgia, weather</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-after-much-prayer-and.html\">Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Yogananda\'s Thy Cruel Silence</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-while-flow-of-new-books.html\">Bob Hoover: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Future of books on trial</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-ex-boyfriends.html\">Garrison Keillor: The Writer\'s Almanac: Ex-Boyfriends by Kim Addonizio</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-ex-boyfriends.html\">Garrison Keillor: The Writer\'s Almanac: Father to the Man by Tom C. Hunley</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-ex-boyfriends.html\">Garrison Keillor: The Writer\'s Almanac: Grecian Temples by George Bilgere</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-ex-boyfriends.html\">Garrison Keillor: The Writer\'s Almanac: In a Time of Economic Downturn, I Gaze Up at The Sky by Michael Blumenthal</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-ex-boyfriends.html\">Garrison Keillor: The Writer\'s Almanac: This Paper Boat by Ted Kooser</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-ex-boyfriends.html\">Garrison Keillor: The Writer\'s Almanac: This Year\'s Valentine by Philip Appleman</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-ex-boyfriends.html\">Garrison Keillor: The Writer\'s Almanac: Trapeze by Deborah Digges</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-and-boy-like-little.html\">David Kirby: The New York Times: Excerpt: \'Little Richard\'</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-and-boy-like-little.html\">David Kirby: The New York Times: Excerpt: \'Little Richard\'also The New York Times: Some Fun Tonight</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-from-this-fragment-of.html\">Adam Kirsch: Tablet: The Pilgrim</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-what-might-my-late.html\">Ted Kooser: American Life in Poetry: Column 254</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-authors-need-to-wake-up.html\">Anthony Maulucci: Norwich Bulletin: On Writers & Writing: E-books devalue the difficult writing process of authors</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-langston-hughes-legacy.html\">Charles McGrath: The New York Times: Poet\'s Home in Ohio May Carry Legacy</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-by-e-ethelbert-miller.html\">E. Ethelbert Miller: E-Notes: Snow Warning</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-chinese-authors-are.html\">Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Chinese Authors Mull Lawsuit</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-chinese-authors-are.html\">Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Dissidents Named for Peace Prize</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-by-raymond-geuss.html\">John Rety: Morning Star: Well Versed: \"Wickedness defeated,\" says PM as Baghdad Library Burns</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-plain-rectangular-blocks.html\">Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Books blog: Poem of the week: Twenty-Sixth Winter by John Dofflemyer</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-one-sunday-in-may-when-i.html\">Frank Wilson: When Falls the Coliseum: That\'s What He Said: The wonder of the world</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-by-judith-harris.html\">The Atlantic Monthly: Poetry: Pharmacy</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-by-judith-harris.html\">The Atlantic Monthly: Poetry: Recession</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-perfect-faceless-fish.html\">The Brooklyn Rail: The Perfect Faceless Fish</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-perfect-faceless-fish.html\">The Brooklyn Rail: So Could They Shroud Crows</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-perfect-faceless-fish.html\">The Brooklyn Rail: Three Prose Poems</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-perfect-faceless-fish.html\">The Brooklyn Rail: View of the Domain Saint-Joseph (Cézanne)</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-blockade.html\">CounterPunch: Poets\' Basement: Marlin and Farrelly</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-about-time.html\">The Guardian: The Saturday poem: About Time by Robin Robertson</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-i-have-feelers.html\">Guernica: Poetry: I Have Feelers</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-by-jan-strecker-lawrence.html\">Lawrence Journal-World: Poet\'s Showcase: \'Renewable\'</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/new-to-great-regulars-february.html\">Next: Poem of the Month: February</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-tag.html\">The New Yorker: Poetry: The Tag</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-tag.html\">The New Yorker: Poetry: Tornado</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-vanish.html\">The Oregonian: Poetry: \'Vanish\' by Kevin Miller</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-by-jeanne-baron.html\">Portsmouth Herald News: Poem: Reflections</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-by-la-ressa-quintana.html\">San Antonio Express-News: Poetry: \'What Should We be Doing??\'</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-by-ee-cummings.html\">The Scotsman: Poem: i carry your heart with me</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-then-not-too-much-later.html\">The Washington Post: Poet\'s Choice: \"Money Talks\" by Rae Armantrout</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-dr-mahendra-prasad.html\">The Assam Tribune: M.P. Barooah passes away</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-from-1942-to-1945-mr.html\">The Philadelphia Inquirer: Joseph T. Battersby, 94, art insurer</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-at-university-she.html\">The Observer: Retired ND American Studies professor dies</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-aimee-was-very.html\">Sky News: Family Of Girl Found Hanged \'Devastated\'</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-robert-dana-received.html\">Press-Citizen: Robert Dana, 80</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-world-renowned.html\">Punjab Newsline: Noted Punjabi writer Santokh Singh Dhir passed away</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-lydia-gasmans.html\">Daily Progress: Lydia Gasman</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-lydia-gasmans.html\">The New York Times: Lydia Csato Gasman, Picasso Scholar, Dies at 84</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-janet-gathright-had.html\">The Hillsboro Argus: Janet Gathright, 65, service Feb. 8</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-mr-ajmal-khattak.html\">Dawn: ANP leader Ajmal Khattak passes away</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-teenager-francesca.html\">Daily Star: Father Kills Wife and Teen Daughter Before Hanging Himself</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-bruce-mitchell-also.html\">Telegraph: Bruce Mitchell</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-christened-pandit-ram.html\">Express India: Days after attack by kin, lawyer Naseem dies</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-iza-orjonikidze.html\">The Georgian Times: Georgian writer dies at 71</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-john-rety-is-today.html\">libcom.org: John Rety 1930-2010</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-marti-rossello-who.html\">Barcelona Reporter: The poet and writer Martí Rosselló, dies suddenly in Premia de Mar Barcelona</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-few-weeks-later-my.html\">The Times: My father, J. D. Salinger</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-few-weeks-later-my.html\">The Times: Photo Gallery: Margaret and J.D. Salinger</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-few-weeks-later-my.html\">The New Yorker: J.D. Salinger</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-maryjane-sesslar-had.html\">Lancaster Eagle Gazette: MaryJane C. Sesslar</a>___(<small>ragline</small>)___<a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/poetic-obituaries-diana-tillion-created.html\">Anchorage Daily News: Halibut Cove artist Diana Tillion dies after battle with cancer</a>___</ul></marquee></td></tr></table><div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-3643660987472234084?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('Dear Poetry Aficionados,<br /><br /><a href=\"http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/wire_rags.htm\" target=\"_blank\">IBPC: Poetry & Poets in Rags</a><br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G9VSBIJ7I/AAAAAAAAQoQ/qfJXqDr7lMg/s1600-h/John+Rety.jpg\"><img style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 379px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G9VSBIJ7I/AAAAAAAAQoQ/qfJXqDr7lMg/s400/John+Rety.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436334398524368818\" /></a><br />One of our Great Regulars, London poet John Rety, has died. He has been the poetry editor for Morning Star, bringing weekly poetry to the world. You will find his latest column under his name, instead of under Morning Star, a change I have been meaning to make for months. His obituary is in our Poetic Obituaries section.<br /><br /><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G-MVB8QAI/AAAAAAAAQoY/5XPUR3jTdpM/s1600-h/Philip+Appleman.jpg\"><img style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G-MVB8QAI/AAAAAAAAQoY/5XPUR3jTdpM/s200/Philip+Appleman.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436335344225894402\" /></a>In the week for love, we begin our News at Eleven section with war and strife, because that is what has been published. The first four articles, however, are remarkable in their subject matters. We get a taste of love in our sixth item, a look at some Robert Browning love poetry, but they sure aren\'t Valentine\'s Day poems. We do have some, in Great Regulars, and all sorts of poetry, and examination of all sorts of poetry, in both News at Eleven and Great Regulars. I\'ll let you get to reading.<br /><br />An excellent week. Thanks for clicking in.<br /><br />Yours,<br />Rus<br /><br />Our links:<br /><br /><a href=\"http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/wire_rags.htm\" target=\"_blank\">IBPC: Poetry & Poets in Rags</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Poetry & Poets in Rags blog</a><br /><br /><a href=\"http://ibpc.webdelsol.com/\" target=\"_blank\">IBPC Home</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-8029540048836853078?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-at-same-time.html" title="&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G2FFXxeeI/AAAAAAAAQoI/bcVB-YqjONY/s1600-h/Heimrad+B%C3%A4cker.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 1..." target="_blank">News at Eleven: At the same time</a><br />');
document.write('<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G2FFXxeeI/AAAAAAAAQoI/bcVB-YqjONY/s1600-h/Heimrad+B%C3%A4cker.jpg\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G2FFXxeeI/AAAAAAAAQoI/bcVB-YqjONY/s200/Heimrad+B%C3%A4cker.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436326423670389218\" /></a>that Günter Grass was trying to write a future for Germany by repoliticizing the novel, at the same time Peter Handke was denouncing Grass\'s outward approach to politics and was instead writing inward, [Heimrad] Bäcker invented a terminus for both: the personal and political. His genre, which would be called Dokumentarliteratur (documentary literature), or dokumentarische dichtung (documentary poetry), signaled a formal contribution as original as Thomas Bernhard\'s unbreakable paragraphs, but it is as moral contribution that it remains incomparable.<br /><br />Here the banality of evil becomes the sublimity of a poem; here Bäcker incriminates by verse:<br /><br />if jews required to wear the insignia live in an apartment whose owner is not required to<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://www.tabletmag.com/arts-and-culture/books/24507/repurposed/\" target=\"_blank\">Tablet: Repurposed</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-642380459610278730?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-many-of-edna-reshs.html" title="&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G159x8acI/AAAAAAAAQoA/-rlxRHruq8I/s1600-h/Yona+Wallach.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10p..." target="_blank">News at Eleven: Many of [Edna] Resh\'s students protested</a><br />');
document.write('<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G159x8acI/AAAAAAAAQoA/-rlxRHruq8I/s1600-h/Yona+Wallach.jpg\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 192px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G159x8acI/AAAAAAAAQoA/-rlxRHruq8I/s200/Yona+Wallach.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436326232654113218\" /></a>the decision, and were joined over the weekend by some of Israel\'s most prominent writers and literature educators. \"We are gradually becoming a mini-Iran,\" said [Yoram] Kaniuk. \"Everyone talks about the threat of Iran\'s bombs and missiles, but they forget that the worst thing is this lousy religion, which is flourishing nowadays. They\'re taking over our lives. It\'s terrible what they\'ve done to the Jewish religion. Yona Wallach is a terrific poet.\"<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1148262.html\" target=\"_blank\">Haaretz: Israeli author: Censorship turning Israel into mini-Iran</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-4469365582413598208?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-here-in-afghanistan.html" title="&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G1voiVOeI/AAAAAAAAQn4/3V_vaGOVv00/s1600-h/Ed%2520Ledford%2520at%2520his%2520desk.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:..." target="_blank">News at Eleven: Here in Afghanistan, [Wilfred] Owen\'s</a><br />');
document.write('<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G1voiVOeI/AAAAAAAAQn4/3V_vaGOVv00/s1600-h/Ed%2520Ledford%2520at%2520his%2520desk.jpg\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G1voiVOeI/AAAAAAAAQn4/3V_vaGOVv00/s200/Ed%2520Ledford%2520at%2520his%2520desk.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436326055152794082\" /></a>impersonal gas attacks are the Improvised Explosive Devices that kill and maim indiscriminately military or civilian, Afghan or coalition, man, women or child. They are brutal and impersonal in their employment, detonation, and aftermath. They exclude any concept of battle, especially any sort of face-to-face battle, between or among potential heroes. They do not present the opportunity for courage. At best, the IED as a weapon is a physical manifestation of grossest cowardice, isn\'t it? [--Lt. Col. Edward Ledford to Carol Muske-Dukes]<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carol-muskedukes/soldier-to-a-poet-part-ii_b_452156.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Huffington Post: Soldier to Poet (Part II)</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-7790446121782532282?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G1jCzgPSI/AAAAAAAAQnw/YEkGqdjjxVI/s1600-h/Khmer+Rouge+victims+possible+copyright+Documentation+Center+of+Cambodia.jpg\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G1jCzgPSI/AAAAAAAAQnw/YEkGqdjjxVI/s200/Khmer+Rouge+victims+possible+copyright+Documentation+Center+of+Cambodia.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436325838865841442\" /></a>deepens into night, and I continue to sweat the fever out, I can\'t help but think I am in the throes of a physical reaction to S-21. After walking through the prison, standing in the rooms of torture and death, the long hallways where bodies must have been dragged in and dragged out, where the photographs of prisoners stare within those walls both day and night, their eyes never closing, waiting for the world to recognize them and remember, how could I not be sick?<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/09/home-fires-shaking-all-over\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times: Opinionator: Home Fires: Shaking All Over</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-1647390791336813531?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-even-gay-poetrys-aim-is.html" title="&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G1Za6RlmI/AAAAAAAAQno/ntVo3lG-G5I/s1600-h/Hoshang+Merchant+by+P.V.+Sivakumar.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:righ..." target="_blank">News at Eleven: Even gay poetry\'s aim is NOT</a><br />');
document.write('<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G1Za6RlmI/AAAAAAAAQno/ntVo3lG-G5I/s1600-h/Hoshang+Merchant+by+P.V.+Sivakumar.jpg\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 131px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G1Za6RlmI/AAAAAAAAQno/ntVo3lG-G5I/s200/Hoshang+Merchant+by+P.V.+Sivakumar.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436325673538000482\" /></a>to change legislation. \"To come out into an objectless view/Which is the true aim of all poetry,\" is a definition I use in my poems. \"Objectless\" does not mean \"not objective,\" because anyway the lyric is a subjective art.<br /><br />It means that poets have no axes to grind. Their objective is the poem itself. However we poets have to \'abstract\' our experience to fit it to the reader\'s experience. [--Hoshang Merchant]<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article100658.ece\" target=\"_blank\">The Hindu: A universe of verse</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-7432696277679667494?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-robert-brownings-two.html" title="&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G1LqDhntI/AAAAAAAAQng/uGbJ3l5LcSE/s1600-h/Robert+Browning+1865.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 ..." target="_blank">News at Eleven: Robert Browning\'s two poems, \"Porphyria\'s Lover\" and</a><br />');
document.write('<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G1LqDhntI/AAAAAAAAQng/uGbJ3l5LcSE/s1600-h/Robert+Browning+1865.jpg\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 156px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G1LqDhntI/AAAAAAAAQng/uGbJ3l5LcSE/s200/Robert+Browning+1865.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436325437085163218\" /></a>\"My Last Duchess,\" have some striking similarities. Both feature men who seem mentally disturbed; Further, both of these men had relationships with \"strong\" women who, despite apparently loving them, they each ended up killing. And interestingly enough, both men seem to be much happier after they have committed these murders.<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://studentpulse.com/articles/161/the-balance-of-power-between-men-and-women-in-robert-brownings-poems\" target=\"_blank\">Student Pulse: The Balance of Power Between Men and Women in Robert Browning\'s Poems</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-8828430927142694662?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G1AdSTddI/AAAAAAAAQnY/ddC_WLu4kQU/s1600-h/Carol+Ann+Duffy,+new+poet+laureate,+is+received+by+the+Queen,+July+2009.jpg\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 96px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G1AdSTddI/AAAAAAAAQnY/ddC_WLu4kQU/s200/Carol+Ann+Duffy,+new+poet+laureate,+is+received+by+the+Queen,+July+2009.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436325244678927826\" /></a>after a couple of hours of this, someone said, \'Shouldn\'t we phone someone to say he\'s dead?\' So it was he died as he lived, this amazing hour or so with his friends around. That was such a Liverpool thing, to deal with a death in that way. He was there. He was just there.\" <br /><br />This story is revealing of her loyalty as a friend and to what nuns in her convent school would have named her \"calling\".<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/poetry/article7014017.ece\" target=\"_blank\">The Sunday Times: Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy on the new language of unlove</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-703495382851037198?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G03ePEm0I/AAAAAAAAQnQ/SdBgE-zi6Go/s1600-h/Tina+Chang.jpg\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 163px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G03ePEm0I/AAAAAAAAQnQ/SdBgE-zi6Go/s200/Tina+Chang.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436325090314984258\" /></a>Tina Chang<br />Brooklyn Poet Laureate<br /><br />All night long there was digging, and the bodies like accordions<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tina_Chang_Named_Poet_Laureate_of_Brooklyn_20100203\" target=\"_blank\">Broadway World: Tina Chang Named Poet Laureate of Brooklyn</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-5174077436457739033?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-tony-hoagland-cultivates.html" title="&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G0uOZ9CWI/AAAAAAAAQnI/gN5d43pziTQ/s1600-h/Tony+Hoagland,+by+Kathleen+Lee.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; m..." target="_blank">News at Eleven: [Tony Hoagland] cultivates his work</a><br />');
document.write('<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G0uOZ9CWI/AAAAAAAAQnI/gN5d43pziTQ/s1600-h/Tony+Hoagland,+by+Kathleen+Lee.jpg\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 139px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G0uOZ9CWI/AAAAAAAAQnI/gN5d43pziTQ/s200/Tony+Hoagland,+by+Kathleen+Lee.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436324931446835554\" /></a>like a man harshly pruning a fruit tree, forcing out only a few especially flavorful apples each season. <br /><br />On a superficial level Mr. Hoagland\'s poems--he writes in an alert, caffeinated, lightly accented free verse--resemble those of many writers in what one is tempted to call the Amiable School of American Poets, a group for which Billy Collins serves as both prom king and starting point guard.<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/books/05book.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times: The Free Verse Is in Aisle 3</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-857518620902014215?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G0k2uVmWI/AAAAAAAAQnA/OgLylaZlwDs/s1600-h/Herbert+Tucker,+by+Jack+Looney.JPG\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 182px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3G0k2uVmWI/AAAAAAAAQnA/OgLylaZlwDs/s200/Herbert+Tucker,+by+Jack+Looney.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436324770471057762\" /></a> written in 1738 by Alexander Pope, illustrates how the meaning of lines can change, depending only on which words are stressed. \"His Royal Highness\" in the title is a particular prince whose palace is in the London suburb of Kew.<br /><br />Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog Which I Gave to His Royal Highness<br /><br />I am his Highness\' dog at Kew;<br />Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?<br /><br />It appears the lines should be read in an alternation of unstressed with stressed syllables, called iambic meter, but saying the second line aloud as if in conversation, stressing \"whose\" instead of \"dog\" brings up a whole new meaning.<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=10899\" target=\"_blank\">UVa Today: U.Va. Professor Helps Students Examine Poetry \'For Better for Verse\'</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-1446821754945366076?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/news-at-eleven-back-page-lawrence.html" title="&lt;object width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;167&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/5W0n4gIHHcU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot..." target="_blank">News at Eleven (Back Page): [Lawrence] Venuti\'s translations purposely</a><br />');
document.write('<object width=\"200\" height=\"167\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/5W0n4gIHHcU&hl=en_US&fs=1&\"></param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"></param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"></param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/5W0n4gIHHcU&hl=en_US&fs=1&\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"200\" height=\"167\" align=\"right\"></embed></object>use non-standard English colloquialisms, slang and dialect, requiring the reader to read the translation as a translation. In the above poem, swell--not Standard English, not even contemporary slang--was commonly spoken by American painter Edward Hopper, so Venuti selected it when bringing this poem, which describes Hopper\'s 1938 painting, from Catalan into English.<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://www.temple.edu/newsroom/2009_2010/02/stories/Venuti.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Temple University Online Newsroom: CLA professor at center of translation renaissance</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-7888200787877170802?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<a href=\"http://blog.oregonlive.com/books/\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http://bp1.blogger.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/SAUfr4dbpII/AAAAAAAAGlE/3ISE0rAlZj0/s200/Oregonian.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189588984365032578\" /></a>and hunting buddy of [Raymond] Carver\'s who was delighted to talk to her, and she had a similar reception at the mill where he worked. People in Yakima, where Carver grew up, were seeing him lionized as a great American writer and wanted to describe the man they knew. <br /><br />Carver was a Pacific Northwesterner from birth (in Clatskanie in 1938) to death (in Port Angeles, Wash., in 1988). He lived much of his adult life in California and taught in Iowa, Texas and New York, but a Northwest setting and sensibility is buried deep in his stories and poems.<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2010/02/carol_sklenicka_raymond_carver.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Baker: The Oregonian: Carol Sklenicka, Raymond Carver\'s biographer, inspired by visit to Yakima</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-5658742627737989868?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-it-is-so-sad-when-i-go.html" title="&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pbs.org/newshour/aboutus/bio_brown.html&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp0.blogger.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/R83SLfXEtnI/AAAAAAAAGHI/FoEp6ITLxsk/s200/Je..." target="_blank">Great Regulars: It is so sad when I go back and read the poems</a><br />');
document.write('<a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/aboutus/bio_brown.html\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http://bp0.blogger.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/R83SLfXEtnI/AAAAAAAAGHI/FoEp6ITLxsk/s200/Jeffrey+Brown.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174022641757238898\" /></a>that I wrote. There was a major hurricane called Hurricane Jeanne which hit the city of Gonaives, which left 5,000 dead, houses engulfed in mud, children dead.<br /><br />And I wrote this poem. And, after the earthquake, I went back and looked at it, and I said, my God, if I changed just the words water to the words cement or earth, it will have been the same. [--Michele Voltaire Marcelin]<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june10/poet_02-05.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: Understanding Haiti\'s Catastrophe through a Poet\'s Eyes</a><br />also <a href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module.html?mod=0&pkg=marcelin&seg=1\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey Brown: PBS: Newshour: Poetry Reading: Michele Voltaire Marcelin</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-5180920721503271970?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-joanna-rawsons.html" title="&lt;a href=&quot;http://minnesota.publicradio.org/about/people/mpr_people_display.php?aut_id=12&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.co..." target="_blank">Great Regulars: Joanna Rawson\'s collection of poems unrest</a><br />');
document.write('<a href=\"http://minnesota.publicradio.org/about/people/mpr_people_display.php?aut_id=12\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S0N0eUVxk7I/AAAAAAAAQNo/dmocm59ILYk/s200/Marianne+Combs.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423306440489145266\" /></a>is one of four books of poetry nominated for this year\'s Minnesota Book Awards. unrest is billed as a series of \"restless meditations on American life, political borders, lawlessness, parenthood, and the spaces where the natural world and human turmoil come into conflict.\" You may have read Rawson\'s work, either as a poet or a journalist, in City Pages or Utne Reader. Rawson also works as a Master Gardener in Northfield, Minnesota. <br /><br />Wind Camp<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/state-of-the-arts/archive/2010/02/minnesota-poetry-joanna-rawsons-wind-camp.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Marianne Combs: Minnesota Public Radio: State of the Arts: Minnesota Poetry: Joanna Rawson\'s \"Wind Camp\"</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-5680635073254932596?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-regulars-i-started-wishing-i-were.html" title="&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/arts/author/sarah_crown/profile.html&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp1.blogger.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/R3rD_vVHS2I/AAAAAAAAFbQ/n7_v4..." target="_blank">Great Regulars: \"I started wishing I were a man.</a><br />');
document.write('<a href=\"http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/arts/author/sarah_crown/profile.html\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http://bp1.blogger.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/R3rD_vVHS2I/AAAAAAAAFbQ/n7_v4Qkst98/s200/Sarah+Crown+on+Guardian+bus+at+Hay.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150644623655783266\" /></a>I wished I were ugly.\"<br /><br />The parallels between Inga\'s life and her creator\'s are unmissable, and, as an author, [Siri] Hust­vedt happily acknowledges her role as the architect of endless alternative selves. \"Novelists embody plural selves all the time,\" she says. \"What are characters, after all, if not other selves?\" It\'s an impulse which, she thinks, stems from the childhood drive to create; she sees something Peter Pan-ish in the disposition of the novelist that allows this playing to continue.<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/06/siri-hustvedt-shaking-woman-interview\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Crown: The Guardian: \'I don\'t think I\'ve exorcised the Shaking Woman. This is an aspect of my neurology and I can\'t expect it to go away. She\'s me\'</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-7436968965644839706?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<a href=\"http://www2.independenttribune.com/p/content/cit-poetry-corner/\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 143px;\" src=\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S3GvM3VfLvI/AAAAAAAAQm4/Gb3-eM7YoI4/s200/Bill+Diskin.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436318860760264434\" /></a>Burning Leaves<br /><br />It is 6:47 on a morning in October;<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://www2.independenttribune.com/content/2010/jan/18/poetry-corner-teacher-finds-inspiration-nostalgia-\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Diskin: Independent Tribune: Poetry Corner: Teacher finds inspiration in nostalgia, weather</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-7751358058973746297?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<a href=\"http://poetry.suite101.com/\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/Sx7XVDMmEWI/AAAAAAAAP6g/hLY_lb8XNXM/s200/Linda+Sue+Grimes.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413000558781272418\" /></a>at the door of his Divine Friend, the speaker allows himself to weep openly with flowing tears that he thinks will \"soft\'n Thy heart.\" He hopes some pity from the Belovčd might assure a response. But again Divinity \"in cruel silence\" simply watches while his sad child mourns.<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://world-poetry.suite101.com/article.cfm/yoganandas-thy-cruel-silence\" target=\"_blank\">Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Yogananda\'s Thy Cruel Silence</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-1433371832131052709?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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document.write('<a href=\"http://www.post-gazette.com/search/archive.asp?cCat=74\"><img style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 176px;\" src=\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FmSe8MvNf7Q/S199pjAdZaI/AAAAAAAAQcI/wbDzJ7YCWBI/s200/Bob+Hoover+interviewing.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431197828357383586\" /></a>I think it\'s clear that the way we read has been altered by the computer screen,\" Mr. [Sven] Birkerts said last week. \"It\'s possible that our brains are getting rewired,\" he said, citing a recent \"Frontline\" program on PBS, \"Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier,\" a report on how a whole generation of people are dependent on social networks and Internet usage.<br /><br />\"For this group, the book is a thing of the past,\" Mr. Birkerts said. \"There\'s information coming to them through two, three channels at the same time. You just can\'t have too much stimulus.\"<br /><br />from <a href=\"http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10038/1033563-74.stm\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Hoover: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Future of books on trial</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width=\'1\' height=\'1\' src=\'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26762939-9154331320147135668?l=poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com\' alt=\'\' /></div>');
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