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What happens to poetry in a culture that no longer depends on books? Dana Gioia dismisses the standard clichés about poetry's precarious place in a society transformed by electronic media. Looking at both the literary world and popular entertainment, Gioia's provocative and original title essay offers a compelling account of how new technologies and innovative forms of oral poetry--rap, slam, spoken word, performance art--are revitalizing the art in unexpected ways. As recent surveys of American...

Pages: 210, Paperback, Banff Centre Press

Miriam Stone’s mother is dying of cancer, and for the first time in this young writer’s life, words seem impotent. To tell her mother the lifetime of things she wants to say is akin to losing hope. To say goodbye is to give up. Even writing poetry, which once flowed in long streams, no longer comforts - she writes a different poetry now, spare and without answers. As the author conveys in this deeply moving, authentic memoir, poetry is found in every moment of every day, and at the end of words comes...

Pages: 104, Paperback, CreateSpace

Start your days and end your evenings with an inspirational message from Sandra Steen. Punctuated by mood appropriate music and only nine short tracks (average time is one and a half minutes), this CD is geared to embolden the listener to choose a joy-filled life.

All that the Prophets have Spoken is a fresh look at the Word of God, from the perspective of a Muslim reader. All the Prophets begins at the beginning—with creation—as performed by a truly Great God. Then touching on the lives of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Enoch, Noah, Job, Abraham, Ishmael, and on through the end, All the Prophets outlines where each Prophet fits in history. The book concludes by summarizing the prophecies of the Prophets themselves, focusing on three key events in history...

Considered to be Ant nio Lobo Antunes's masterpiece, The Land at the End of the World-now in a new and fully restored translation by acclaimed translator Margaret Jull Costa-recounts the anguished tale of a Portuguese medic haunted by memories of war, who, like the Ancient Mariner, will tell his tale to anyone who listens. In the tradition of William Faulkner and Gabriel Garc a Márquez, Lobo Antunes weaves words into an exhilarating tapestry, imbuing his prose with the grace and resonance of poetry...

Horror and Wonder at the Ends of the Earth. The frozen wastes of Antarctica hold many secrets mankind is not meant to discover. This cyclopean anthology includes "The Mountains of Madness" by H. P. Lovecraft as well as works by Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, John W. Campbell Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, John Taine, and other bold explorers. About 300,000 words.

2007, Zoe / Rounder Despite its title, the new Cowboy Junkies album, At the End of Paths Taken, is as much about new beginnings as it is about endings. It is also about human connections, the struggle to sustain those connections over time, and the complexities that can arise even when those connections are maintained. It is, in other words, a classic Cowboy Junkies album - a suite of smart, richly textured songs that value subtlety over broad, generic strokes, songs that prize insight and casual...

D. Watts' Spoken Word Preserves: The Jam, an innovative, soul revealing "play on words" jam session, will take place on Monday, October 10th at the Helen Mills Spotlight Theatre, 139 West 26th Street (between 6th and 7th avenue), performance begins at 8pm. Tickets are $18 for advance general admission, $25 for advance reserved seating (limited availability), $20 at the door and available at www.vallinsandmalotke.com or by calling 646-363-6039.

This popular HBO documentary follows four poets as they journey to the National Poetry Slam, where the winner will pocket a sizeable amount of money and claim the prestigious crown of Slam Champion...

As a hospice nurse and the former president of the Hospice Foundation for Caring, Harris has seen more than her share of death. In this collection of 44 real-life stories, she shares her own journeys with patients in their final days with an eye not only to what the dying experience, but what those last days, weeks and months may teach those of us who walk with them. Regardless of our lifelong faith, or lack thereof, Harris believes, most dying people come to experience God's unconditional love and...

Nonfiction. Political Science. A spoken word collection from the cutting edge. Combines politics from the likes of Noam Chomsky and Jello Biafra, the latest from literary figures such as James Kelman, Jerme Spew, Tom Leonard, Peter Plate, and Steve Pottinger, with countercultural icons such as Penny Rimbaud (of CRASS), Norman Nawrocki of Rhythm Activism, M. Gira and Mykel Board. Politics, art, and literature from the dark end of the street. Music never sounded this good. 72 minutes

This is no typical book on how to improve the church. This is a very strong word to the Body of Christ on what9s ahead for God9s people. As a theological-Biblical treatise it is the best exposition I have seen on the subject of the Church and end-times. But it is more than that - it is a major prophetic word to the Church about her future - a warning that days of persecution and suffering are ahead. But that persecution and suffering is set in the context of God9s glory and eternal purpose - and...

ALL THAT THE PROPHETS HAVE SPOKEN is a fresh look at the Word of God, from the perspective of a Muslim reader. All the Prophets begins at the beginning with creation as performed by a truly Great God. Then touching on the lives of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Enoch, Noah, Job, Abraham, Ishmael, and on through the end, All the Prophets outlines where each Prophet fits in history. The book concludes by summarizing the prophecies of the Prophets themselves, focusing on three key events in history. If...

Originally released in 1999 by Sub Rosa, now reissued. Hashishisheen -- The End of Law is one of Bill Laswell's best-known masterpieces of ambient spoken-word. The works of William S. Burroughs and collaborator Brion Gysin are the main inspiration and key to the initiation of The Hashisheen project. Through immense exposure to their innovative experimentation, Bill Laswell developed a strong interest in North Africa, Arab culture, Islam, the Tangier scene, the Master Musicians of Jajouka, Paul Bowles...

David Wong has updated the Lovecraft tradition and infused it with humor that rather than lessening the horror, increases it dramatically. Every time I set the book down down, I was wary that something really was afoot, that there were creatures I couldn't see, and that because I suspected this, I was next. Engaging, comic, and terrifying.-- Joe Garden, Features Editor, The Onion9780312661687 'Chaos is coming, old son.' With those words the peace of Three Pines is shattered. As families prepare...