2008

PLOTUS: Kay Ryan

Outsider Poet Laureate, Kay Ryan, is not “a typical quietist in her use of short forms &...

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"He's the biblio equivalent of a cutting...

Poetry CDs an alternative to talk radio

No, say it aint so... Poetry Hut closed?

1000+ hits a month

Is art running out of ideas? Artists forced...

A liberal think tank is out to change...

"Poetry was there; we tried to write it."

Wifi Nomad

Some caffeine addicts are Starbucks groupies. Some caffeine addicts are Caribou Coffee lodgers. And...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-13)

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picapixels: moment o’ silence (via moS.)

nevver: Polanoid

introducing the Espresso Book Machine

How texting is wrecking our language

obamaporn: via Andrew Sullivan.

White Stripes' White pens poem about the...

I would rather read a book

Betty Adcock is an excellent North Carolina poet. From the Charlotte Observer: [Betty] Adcock tells...

Eight shortcuts to writing timeless odes and...

joelaz: U.S. Gas Prices A heat map visualization via Gas...

In Praise of Elitism

“Society… did not favor the reading of poetry…....”
— Bruce Wexler Link

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-6)

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-29)

THE WAR OF ART quotes

From Ron Silliman, regarding the cover of the recent Poets...

new literary magazine may find the way to...

Blogging - is it worth it?

what the optimum rate of production is for...

Technology Shrinks the Lecture

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Secrets about the internet

brocatus: marco: The most common word in search queries is “photos”. Number two? “Fotos.” The...

CARLIN: Let me tell you about endangered species, all...

Tribal Knowledge pull quotes

A high-speed read

muxtape: Transparent House

obamaporn: Some excellent graffiti on a Tallahassee, FL wall...

Sunset at the Arboretum: The North Carolina Arboretum...

Caffeinated poem: A few weeks ago I had compiled a set of...

The Poet's View DVD

The New Creative Nonfiction Writers

A Q&A With Editor Janet Silver

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Coffee's Aroma Kick-starts The Brain

How to Read a Book

“Dylan Thomas… is… the proto-rock star, priapic,...”
— Nicholas Lezard Link

And gas prices today are what?

In a survey, Internet language -- abbreviated...

Make It Stop! Crushed by Too Many E-Mails

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Map of coffee bean production: R for robusta A for arabica M...

Nick Laird on the physicality of language

Borders Urged to Consider Sale to Amazon

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SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL

Jane Hirshfield Recommends...

The Daily Item, Sunbury, PA - ‘Paradise Lost’...

"Book World: Poet's Choice: Poetry, Writing...

Not in the prose

adpulp: Long but entertaining and informative interview with Cory Doctorow. One… (kottke.org) One...

Why don’t poems rhyme anymore?

The Internet Wrote a Book!

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-15)

aja: The Flowfield Unity

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What's the strangest things you’ve found in...

Paper Cuts: Who is Killing the Writers of...

“I don’t watch television, I think it destroys the art of...”
— Stephen Fry. This quote sums...

Paper Cuts: YouTube for PictureBooks?

Paper Cuts: Who Is a Public Intellectual?

10 Great Books of Southern Fiction - High...

From Hugh McLeod, 10 things I hate about web 2.0: 2. The...

Social Media Is Counter-Intuitive...

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“Be careful... what you use as a bookmark.”

Why I Joined the POD People | The Quarterly...

The Art of the Blurb: Results of the Poll

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Old English riddles - Times Online

At readings, we hear more than writer's words...

"Poet's Choice" By Mary Karr

'Bird' takes flight - Washington Blade

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-8)

Boston Review: mclane.php

Paper Cuts: The Web's Walled Gardens

mourning the death of makeready

This book cover design really works for me. Found it over at...

misssnowwhite: great Pantone Badges - Effektive

To Blog or Not to Blog

“writing activates a cluster of neurological pathways…....”
— Jessica Wapner for Scientific...

who needs publishers?

Some Came Blogging: New Yorker and Harpers...

Why poetry matters, by Jay Parini - Reviews -...

'What It Is' Plumbs the Depths of Creativity

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Roy’s Brood XIV Photography

the results of Telegraph research into the...

Performance Venn - Narratives

Advice For Wannabe Authors …

The "Brick" Apple : New York City in LEGO

NYT on a Paperless World

Paper Cuts: Rethinking the Paperback...

Paper Cuts: Poetry: Read It When You're...

Hidden+Door+Bookshelf

MyBlogLog 101 - Part 1

7 Secrets of the Super Organized

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The Coffee Junkie’s Guide to Caffeine...

“Is the regional poet extinct?”

This Condensery: Poets On Mentorship

poet has found his frequency

MinnPost - Amy Goetzman: Poet Hasse is back...

A Few Ways to Read a Book of Poems

Readers Have Their Say in the E-Publishing...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-1)

New Starbucks logo.

SMALL PRESS SPOTLIGHT: PRAISE THE CHAPBOOK

Etsy interviews Godin

From the interview: Small means you can tell the truth on your blog. Small means that you can...

Robert Sibley • Poetry is not dead

newsobserver.com | Beats won't stop

primal one-chord boogie like you’re...

This article is too long to read online

“I’ve been able to find mentors… each one of them...”
— Tara Yellen, author of After...

Poet charts online reaction to chapbook...

Jilly Dybka released her self-pub book recently and has this to share about the books early impact...

Have blogs been good for books?

In the News

How to judge a book by its cover

For sale: Downtown book store, good...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-25)

The cruelest month: April sees rise in...

Who killed the literary critic?

Around Asheville: The Green Sage

nikography: no, i am still not over the pens.but here is a...

lightgreen: Simple Seed Rice Packaging by Capsule (via...

Bookstore Sales Post Another Increase in...

The Future of Reading

MyCuppa products for those how are serious coffee junkies.

mhaggz: Thank you George Bush!

simko: Why, back when I was a kid, gas used to cost… Woah....

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brocatus: Based on this, I expect the art for their next...

Tommie Wilhelmsens Kolonihagen Summerhouse

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Online Only: 100 Essential Jazz Albums:...

Children's Book Week

Paper Cuts: Write This Way

“There’s too much sameness in publishing. It may be...”
— James Byrne Link

The future of poetry magazines

Ezra Klein CJR: The Future of Reading

The truth is out there…

"Poet-turned-novelist settles into spotlight:...

“I don’t know many of those fierce Clinton supporters,...”
— Kurt Anderson in New York...

The photo is dead

“The cheap guy… never wins.”