Ed Roberson is reading at the Poetry Stage of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (USC Campus) on April 30th, 2:30-3PM. To read more about the festival check out their website.
the new black receives a starred review in Library Journal
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“Shockley’s work incorporates elements of myth without being patently “mythical” and is personal without being self-indulgent, sentimental without being saccharine. … Highly recommended to readers of cultural studies as well as poetry and for library collections of all types and sizes.” To read the full review visit Library Journal.
John Haines, former Alaska poet laureate, passed away earlier this week in Fairbanks
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John Haines, former Alaska poet laureate, passed away earlier this week in Fairbanks, at the age of 86. He published four books with Wesleyan: Winter News, The Stone Harp, Cicada, and News from the Glacier: Selected Poems, 1960-1980. This is one of our favorite Haines poems: INTO THE GLACIER With the green lamp of the…
Ed Roberson, finalist for Los Angeles Times Book Prize
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Ed Roberson’s book, To See the Earth Before the End of the World, is a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, in the Poetry category. Read about all the finalists here.
Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Reviewed in Los Angeles Times
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The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction has been reviewed in the Los Angeles Times. Read it here:
Money Shot by Rae Armantrout is the Pick of the Week in the new Publishers Weekly
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“Armantrout is only getting better: these new poems are among her best, and among the most relevant poems now being written.” -Publishers Weekly, December 20th Read more here.
Film director Blake Edwards has died at age 88
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Film director Blake Edwards has died at age 88. Read about it in the Los Angeles Times. You can learn more about Edwards and his film in our book Splurch in the Kisser: The Movies of Blake Edwards.
Don’t miss Tan Lin at the Asian American Literary Festival
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Sunday, November 7th, 2PM Powerhouse Arena (Ground Floor), DUMBO 37 Main St. Brooklyn, NY “Internet Auteur” So you may use the Internet just to procrastinate, flirt and google-stalk, but the web remains a frontier where the mores on authorship, ownership and privacy are still being written and can change at any moment. Three innovative writers…
Tan Lin reading at Johns Hopkins, November 8th
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Tan Lin will be reading for the new Johns Hopkins “Poetry at Hopkins” reading series. Monday, November 8th, 6PM Johns Hopkins University Reading Series Marjorie Fisher Hall, Gilman 50 Baltimore, MD More details here: http://english.jhu.edu/events
Martha Hill and the Making of American Dance reviewed in Ballet-Dance Magazine
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Martha Hill and the Making of American Dance reviewed in Ballet-Dance magazine. “Soares’s Martha Hill & the Making of American Dance is researched and written in dedicated service to dance history. Martha Hill mentored Janet Soares and clearly passed on a love of spreading the good word about the dance field. Through this lucid and…
