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The Books of Hopes and Dreams
Gabriel Ricard reviews the book and interviews the editor, Dee Sunshine
"The purpose of The Book Of Hopes And Dreams was not to draw attention to the tragedy of Afghanistan (for the word "tragedy" conveys an undercurrent of helplessness), but to draw attention to the power of the human spirit (even in adversity). I wanted the focus to be on the positive rather than the negative, so that when people read this collection of poetry they are encouraged to believe in themselves, to believe in humanity, and to believe that they do have the power to change the world."
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Two Translations of Pablo Neruda: Love and Sorrow and At Night
by Sigerson
"So now tether me to your pure tempo,
that tenacity which in your breast beats
as if with the wings of a submerged swan,"
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The League of Non-Voters, Part Three
A Sardine on Vacation, Episode Sixty-One
"The last thing Democrats and Republicans want to confront is their intellectual if not political rigor mortis. They outlasted Perot. They outlasted Nader. Jesse Ventura has packed it in, although I give him credit for understanding the future of politics: a form of the W.W.F. Election campaigns have become steel-caged matches."
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Three Songs by the Clockwork Dolls
Other artists are certainly trying for their own niches with similar approaches to The Clockwork Dolls. Still, no other group has come up with anything quite like this. The Clockwork Dolls have any (remotely) similar acts beat on ambition alone. This ambition really shines through on "Blades in Autumn." The track proves to be even more distinctive in its words and sounds than the last.
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Disintegration
by Ginnetta Correli
Some of Ginnetta Correli's work can be found in print and online. She's been published in Ink Sweat and Tears, Diet Soap, The Bannister Review, Sein Und Werden, Poesy Planet, Insolent Rudder, Bicycle Review and Omega 7. Ginnetta Correli is also the author of a depressing novel called The Lost Episodes of Beatie Scareli and just released an album about the novel: Nurse Lucy. Presently, Ginnetta is making films.
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Two Collages in Six Images by Adrian Kenyon
Adrian Kenyon attended Salendine Nook secondary school, where he failed to recognize authority and experienced a major breakthrough regarding rebellious tendencies. He then attended Huddersfield new College and Aston University. Twenty-four hours after graduating, he started work on a demolition site with some bikers. He worked for the forestry department of his local council on Dutch Elm disease for a few months until it was abolished.
Also in Visual Art: Five Altered Photographs by Anna Maly
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How I Lived with Myself without Going into Remission
by George Sparling
'I walked through the aisles, picking my standard meat, fish, veggies, dairy and canned goods. As if on autopilot, I heard both employees and customers say out loud the very words I spoke in my mind. "I didn't know my debit card wasn't valid," a man said, his baggy trousers identical to mine." "Tom Petty's 'I won't back down', how it won't quit, how I can't help it," said a woman, grasping a tomato against her ear.'
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What the World Needs to Know about Mordechai Vanunu
by Eileen Fleming
"I'm not a traitor. I'm a man with a conscience who did what he did out of a deep belief after much thought and many doubts. But I knew that I had to do it, that I had no choice...somebody had to do it...I contributed my share by making public what the public ought to know and they shut my mouth behind the prison walls."
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In Germania, The Portuguese Did Sing
by Geof Huth, January 2007
Geof Huth is an American who has lived on most continents on earth. Over the years, he has created visual and other poems in a wide variety of formats: lineated verse, prose, object, painting, drawing, voice, and film.
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