In the Mode of Disappearance

In the Mode of Disappearance is an amazing new book of poetry by Jonathan Weinert. Visit his website for more information - http://www.jonathanweinert.net/

Erin Keane Reading in Louisville, KY

This Friday at St. John’s Renaissance Theater (637 East Market Street) Erin Keane will be reading along with Adam Day. Plus there will be music by Brett Eugene Ralph’s Kentucky Chrome Revue and The Big Time Band. The event, which costs $5 is a National Poetry Month event sponsored by Thousand Poets.

Luci Shaw on Grace Matters this Monday, March 9

WordFarm author Luci Shaw will be the featured guest on the March 9 broadcast of Grace Matters, a radio program of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, where she will be interviewed on "The Crime of Living Cautiously."

Shaw is a poet who understands life to be full of adventure and risk. She joins the program to help distinguish faith from fear, and both from fanaticism.

Grace Matters is currently heard on 175 radio stations in the United States, on the American Forces Network and in several other countries. Podcast and streaming audio versions of the program can be downloaded at www.gracematters.org one day after the airdate.

Li-Young Lee at the Harold Washington Library Center

Li-Young Lee, author of the critically acclaimed Book of My Nights, will be reading in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library Center on Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 6pm (Chicago, IL). Admission is free. More information is available at the Poetry Foundation website.

Four Notable Latino Poets

The Poetry Foundation and the Art Institute of Chicago are hosting a reading by four notable Latino poets in Fullerton Hall at the Art Institute of Chicago on Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 6pm (Chicago, IL). Poets include: Francisco Aragon, author of Puerta del Sol; Brenda Cardenas, author of From the Tongues of Brick and Stone; Blas Falconer, author of A Question of Gravity; and Gina Franco, author of The Keepsake Storm. Admission is free. More information is available at the Poetry Foundation website.

Marci: Top Ten Books I Read in 2007

In no particular order:

Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Marisha Pessl
Averno, Louise Gluck
A Girl Named Zippy, Haven Kimmel
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Mark Haddon
A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card
Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born, Tina Cassidy
Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picoult
My Name Is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, J.K. Rowling

Ruminate Magazine

Take a moment to check out Ruminate magazine, a (relatively) new literary magazine focusing on "faith in literature and art." They are currently holding two writing contests, one for poetry and one for short stories. You can subscribe to Ruminate, enter a contest or learn more about the magazine at their website.

 

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