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Louder Than a Bomb

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The documentary film Louder Than a Bomb, produced and directed by Jon Siskel and Greg Jacobs, follows four teams as they prepare for and compete in Chicago's youth poetry slam. The film, which has been picking up awards from film festivals all across the country, will open May 18 at the IFC Center in New York City. Visit www.louderthanabombfilm.com for screening dates in a city near you.

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The Pale King

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On April 15 Little, Brown will publish The Pale King, David Foster Wallace's final, unfinished novel. In this BBC documentary, Geoff Ward discusses the life and works of the author who committed suicide in 2008, at the age of forty-six. Ward also talks to Wallace's editor, Michael Pietsch, about the difficult task of assembling Wallace's final fragments into The Pale King.

Poetry on the Streets of Kosovo

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Last December Ivan Tresoldi, a street poetry artist from Milano, Italy, led a workshop for young Kosovo Serbian poets and artists sponsored by forumZFD, a bipartisan organization with a mission to push for "the realization of the idea of a Civilian Peace Service." The aim of the workshop was to help participants deal with the past and create poetry and art along the topic of memories and identities. For more information about Kosovo, visit the State Department's Web site.

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Behind Those Books: Urban Lit

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The documentary Behind Those Books, written by Kaven Brown, directed by Mills Miller, and featuring interviews with Terry McMillan, Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, and Kevin Powell, is billed as "the first and only comprehensive documentation, on film, of the urban literature genre, giving viewers a raw and uncut look inside the emerging industry." It will premiere May 28 at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City.

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