Can a Book Save Your Life?
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This short film, directed by Alex Markman, starring Tom Shillue, and produced by Electric Literature, takes a look at how well the big books of 2010 would protect you in the event of a shooting.
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January 3
Choose a favorite poem written by somebody else, type a copy of it, delete every other line from the poem, and write your own lines to replace those you’ve deleted. Next, delete the remaining lines from the old poem so that only your lines remain. Read what you have, and revise it, adding new lines to fill in the gaps.
Happy New Year Poem
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Bob Holman reads "Happy New Year Poem" at the 37th annual New Year's Day marathon reading at the St. Mark's Poetry Project in New York City.
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Small Press Points
Small Press Points highlights the happenings of the small press players. This issue features Solid Objects, the New York City–based independent press that publishes "short, self-contained works that might not otherwise find their way into book form because of their length."
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The Written Image: Poet on the Edge
A pen-and-ink drawing and a typewritten letter by Charles Bukowski are two pieces among the documents and ephemera currently on view in Charles Bukowski: Poet on the Edge at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.
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A Musing Trailer
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This short film, written and directed by David Spies and produced by Phil Seneker, is about a writer who is pressured by his literary agent to find his muse.
"The God of Our Farm Had Blades"
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This poem by Todd Boss, read by the author, animated by Tom Jacobsen, with music by Jesse Marks, was produced by Motionpoems.
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Nick Demske by Nick Demske
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This book trailer, produced by one of the authors featured in our sixth annual debut poets roundup, features clips from a Tea Party political rally held this past summer in Racine, Wisconsin, and music by The Scarring Party.
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Things That No Longer Delight Me
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Leslie C. Chang, one of the twelve authors featured in the sixth annual debut poets roundup, reads from her poetry collection on March 23, 2010, at Fordham University as part of the Poets Out Loud series.
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"Lana Turner Has Collapsed"
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Frank O'Hara reads his poem "Lana Turner Has Collapsed" to Nirvana's cover of "Love Buzz" in this audio mix created by Len Sousa.
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