Brian Brodeur continues to provide insight to how a poet arrives at his/her finished product. His most recent guest is Donald Hall and you can find his explanation here at How A Poem Happens.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Hundreds of thousands in Iran protest vote result - Los Angeles Times
Ben Curtis Associated Press
The supreme leader orders the hard-line Guardian Council to examine challenger Mir-Hossein Mousavi's claims of fraud in the vote reelecting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
By Borzou Daragahi and Ramin Mostaghim
8:12 PM PDT, June 15, 2009Reporting from Tehran -- Hundreds of thousands of Iranian protesters defied authorities Monday and marched to Tehran's Freedom Square, as the Islamic Republic's supreme leader ordered an investigation into allegations of voter fraud that the opposition described as little more than an attempt to dampen anger over the reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Hundreds of thousands in Iran protest vote result - Los Angeles Times
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
Election battle moves to streets
One has to wonder about the integrity of the Iranian election this week. In the days leading up to the vote the size of rallies in support of opposition candidate Mir Houssein Mousavi were amazing given the risks many were taking to be out front in opposition to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Many of the nations young people and the intellectuals have come to see Ahmadinejad as a liability to the nation and feel further isolation from the west.
The last 48 hours since the election results were announced has seen unprecedented protests in the streets. Mobile phones, text messaging, the Internet and social networking sights like Facebook and Twitter were suffering outages or running slow cross the region and it is likely safe to assume that the government has had a hand in trying to block to swift exchange of such information.
I have to wonder how long such protests will continue? How much dissent and how long the government will allow it to grow? Already there are indications that there have been a number of arrests and swift action in the streets to try to curb the crowds.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
This is an interactive post - please feel free to participate!
There is an old Chinese adage, “He who reads 100 poems writes like 100 poets. He who reads 1000 pomes writes like himself.” It's with this in mind that I am seeking to broaden my poet horizon. I'm looking for some recommendations as I build a new list of poets to check out. I'm not looking so much for the likes of Wallace Stevens, W.S. Merwin, or Ashbery, Plath, Sexton, Olds, etc. I'm looking more for contemporaries or perhaps some lesser known deceased poets. So if you have some poets you are particularly fond of that you;d like to recommend, the comments section is open for business.
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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Dodge Foundation CEO to step down in 2010 - NJ.com
Dodge Foundation CEO to step down in 2010 - NJ.com
Dodge Foundation CEO to step down in 2010
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
BY PEGGY McGLONE
Star-Ledger Staff
After 12 years of leading one of the state's major philanthropic organizations, David Grant, the chief executive of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, is resigning from his position. He will stay on the job through next June to ensure a smooth transition of leadership.
Dodge Foundation CEO to step down in 2010
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
BY PEGGY McGLONE
Star-Ledger Staff
After 12 years of leading one of the state's major philanthropic organizations, David Grant, the chief executive of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, is resigning from his position. He will stay on the job through next June to ensure a smooth transition of leadership.
Monday, June 08, 2009
The last words of John Updike, poet | Philadelphia Inquirer | 06/07/2009
The last words of John Updike, poet
Endpoint
and Other Poems
By John UpdikeAlfred A. Knopf. 112 pp. $25
Reviewed by Frank Fitzpatrick
On Dec. 13, 2008, just 45 days before his death, fearful that his recently diagnosed lung cancer had metastasized, John Updike bid a poetic farewell to the tiny Pennsylvania town that had nurtured him and provided a lifetime of literary substance.
The last words of John Updike, poet | Philadelphia Inquirer | 06/07/2009
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