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phati’tude Literary Magazine Celebrates ReLaunch

phatadmin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:18:53 +0000

The Bowery Poetry Club Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 7:30PM featuring Tara Betts, Timothy Liu, Eileen Myles, Angelo Nikolopoulos, Nancy Mercado, Jeffrey Perkins, Devi Lockwood, Sue Sinclair, Jon Sands & Jesús Papoleto Meléndez with special guest David Henderson

Submission Call for Fall 2010

phatadmin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:24:25 +0000

Ekphrasis: A Conversation Between Poets & Artists: When a writer interprets a work of visual art and then creates a narrative in verse form that represents his or her reaction to that work. DEADLINE: August 15, 2010

David Grossman of Israel receives literature peace prize

phatadmin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:26:45 +0000

The German book publishers' association has awarded Israeli author and peace activist David Grossman one of Europe's most prestigious prizes in the arts, along with a 25,000-euro endowment.

Prof. Tony Medina Wins the 2010 Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers

phatadmin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:00:25 +0000

Dr. Tony Medina, Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Howard University wins 2010 Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers for his latest children's book, I AND I, BOB MARLEY.

Nestor Amarilla: Nominated for Nobel Prize for Literature

phatadmin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:30:17 +0000

Anthony Carranza interview Nobel Prize nominee Nestor Amarilla in a two-part interview about being nominated for Literature.

Germany’s ‘literature houses’ stress reading books over selling them

phatadmin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:27:03 +0000

Rainer Moritz, the program director at the Literaturhaus Hamburg, says literature houses in Germany are less commercially motivated . . . they are a gathering place, where authors, translators, journalists and critics can meet. Moritz is formed an umbrella organization, Literaturhaus.net, of 11 literature houses across Germany and Austria . . . an idea that is spreading throughout Europe.

Booktails — Our Favorite Alcoholic Beverages From Literature

phatadmin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:13:38 +0000

Sometimes we read things other than the Internet. Especially, when those things (aka books) make us look smart and have cool cocktails in them. This summer put down your beer and get creative with your boozy, dark passenger. Drunkenly slurring with a Pabst makes you pathetic, but slurring with a gin gimlet makes you genteel.

Germany’s Wawerzinek wins Bachmann literature prize

phatadmin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:10:57 +0000

German author Peter Wawerzinek received this year's Ingeborg Bachmann prize, one of the most important in German literature.