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Wednesday, January 21: Celebrate “Language Matters with Bob Holman” a film by David Grubin
For more information on events and airdates visit languagemattersfilm.com
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Teaching Tales: My Workshop with Ali G [by Alan Ziegler]
Prologue (December 2002) Feet-fatigued in Paris Christmas week, Erin and I decide to take our rest in a movie theater. Our choices are the new James Bond and something called Ali G Indahouse.…
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Mindfulness and the Practice of Poetry [by Abby E. Murray]
“Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness It’s important for you to know that I began this post with an entirely different…
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Success vs. Poetry [by Abby E. Murray]
“Compassion and the abandonment of ego are both essential to art: it is easy to spot a poem…that is self-indulgent or brittle with cruel cleverness.” – Karen Armstrong, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life My…
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David Lehman talks poetry with the Doctors on the drDoctor podcast
Listen to the entire pod cast. David Lehman joins at 40:40
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A Poet’s Compassion and Nonviolence [by Abby E. Murray]
“Don’t tell me what the poets are doing. / Don’t tell me that they’re talking tough.” – from “Poets” by the Tragically Hip It is impossible (not to mention essentially pointless) to define poetry…
