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Good afternoon all! I have been informed that Sir Salman Rushdie will be signing his books from 12-1 at the bookstore after his speech on Friday. For those that want to get their copies early, the bookstore is fully stocked in 5 of his titles. Enchantress of Florence Shame The Satanic Verses Shalimar the Clown Midnight's Children For those members that have not read Rushdie's books and wonder what all the fuss is about, here is a perfect opportunity to pick up a copy and find out for yourself… Continue

The Dodge Poetry Program was begun in 1986 as an initiative funded by the Arts and Education Programs of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. A series of poetry in-service days for New Jersey teachers evolved into the idea for a Poetry Festival. Advisory committees of teachers and poets (including Galway Kinnell, Stanley Kunitz, and Kenneth Koch) met with then Foundation Executive Director Scott McVay and the Poetry Program’s Founding Direc… Continue

"The wind, one brilliant day, called." --Antonio Machado Some years ago, along a country road outside of Fresno, California, on a windy spring day, a part of the invisible world was made, for a brief moment, visible to me. I saw, in the light lancing through a row of trees, great streams of yellow pollen sweeping by on the wind, every speck filled with information -- blueprints for making perfect blue flowers, the dark musculature of trees, meadow grasses. I saw in that moment that the whole… Continue

I don't know if this will mean as much to everyone else as it does to me, but I grew up with Where the Wild Things Are -- it must be m

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My wife, Naomi, got me a copy of Kurt Vonnegut's first posthumous book for my birthday a couple weeks ago. Armageddon in Retrospect is a collection of essays, drawings, an

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The Academy of American Poets Presents: Two free evening rooftop readings this summer, featuring poets Jenny Boully, Oni Buchanan, Darcie Dennigan, Gregory Pardlo, Abraham Smith, and G.C. Waldrep. The rooftop readings continue a tradition of summer poetry readings from the Academy of American Poets. The readings will be held on the newly renovated roof of the Arsenal Building at the entrance to Central Park, 64th Street at Fifth Avenue. Step out of the flow of traffic and hear these six… Continue

Join the new "Articles and Videos about Authors" group to get access to an expanding library of video interviews with writers. On line so far: Jhumpa Lahiri, Toni Morrison, Sherman Alexie, Margaret Agemian, Salman Rushdie, and Philip Roth. Enjoy! Continue

Hey everybody... I added a bunch of RSS newsfeeds to the site's main page. These are quick links to content at other people's sites, including the 92nd St. Y's Unterberg Poetry Center, the New York Times Book Review, Poets.org, the New Yorker, the Library of Congress, and a bunch of other sites. Let me know how you like these resources, and if there are additional RSS feeds you would like to see on the home page. Thanks! JDH Continue

Hey y'all poetry lovers--

Don't forget to join the Poets Group.

It's here.

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Hi Everyone,

I was informed this morning that PEN posted their first event for the 2008 World Voices Festival. I just bought my ticket tonight, and suggest you do the same.

The Three Musketeers Reunited:

Umberto Eco, Salman Rushdie, and Mario Vargas Llosa.

Friday May 2nd, at 7:30 P.M -92nd St Y.

http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/1794/prmID/1419

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