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Comment on Literary LA November ‘09 by Mia Taylor

Mia Taylor — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:08:10 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiri_Baraka#Controversy

Amiri Baraka was Poet Laureate of New Jersey at the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks. He wrote a poem titled “Somebody Blew Up America”[13] about the event. The poem… contains lines claiming Israel’s involvement in the World Trade Center attacks:

Who knew the World Trade Center was gonna get bombed
Who told 4000 Israeli workers at the Twin Towers
To stay home that day
Why did Sharon stay away?
[...]
Who know why Five Israelis was filming the explosion
And cracking they sides at the notion

Baraka has said that he believed Israelis (and President George W. Bush) were involved in the Sept. 11 attacks, citing what he described as information that had been reported in the American and Israeli press and on Jordanian television. He denies that the poem is anti-Semitic, and points to its accusation, which is directed against Israelis, rather than Jews as a people.[14][15] The Anti-Defamation League was among the critics who denounced the poem as anti-Semitic,[16] though Baraka and his defenders defined his position as Anti-Zionism.

Comment on Literary LA November ‘09 by Daniel Olivas

Daniel Olivas — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:43:51 +0000

Scott,

Thanks for the mention of my upcoming book launch with the New Short Fiction Series. It should be fun!

Comment on - About - by James Lontoc

James Lontoc — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:51:05 +0000

I went through your site a bit and enjoyed what I’ve read so far. I like your style. hope we could bookmark each other.

Comment on - Literary Journals – by jpon

jpon — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:50:03 +0000

Great post. I’d add Gettysburg Review to your list. But there’s some bad news lately. New England Review is on the brink of closing, because Middlebury College (where they’re based) can’t afford to keep them going. And another prominent journal, Tri-Quarterly (produced at Northwestern) just announced they’ll close after their next issue in the spring. Thanks to meager subscription figures and the growth of online outlets, it’s becoming more and more difficult for many lit journals to compete.

Comment on - Literary Journals – by Kurt

Kurt — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:36:31 +0000

If I were going to subscribe to onlyh one of these publications, which one would you recommend?

Comment on Submission Opportunities (1) by Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:34:23 +0000

Hmmm. I’m familiar with the term five-by-five from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. One of the characters (the pseudo-evil slayer, Faith) was always saying that to describe how she was feeling. I wondered what she was getting at.

Comment on Joe Henry: ‘Blood From Stars’ by Mia

Mia — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:17:18 +0000

Okay, I’m sold. There was also that wonderful onstage interview Steve Almond did with Joe Henry and Aimee Mann at the Festival of Books a couple of years ago. It was like sitting in a living room with 2 wonderful songwriters as they tried out some of their material on you.

Comment on More Literary LA Aug ‘09 by lisa holdren

lisa holdren — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:38:12 +0000

Ah shucks! I can’t make that one. It’s my daughter’s b’day–a can’t miss event.

Looking forward to your suggestions for September! Sept. 12 10-6 at the Mission Viejo Library there is an event featuring different venues of writers. I’m going because Lisa See will be there and I’m a great fan of hers.

Comment on Jen Trynin & ‘Rocks Against My Window’ by Nannette

Nannette — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:14:32 +0000

Hi Scott,

I just awarded you the Kreativ Blogger award. Love your posts and your writing.

Comment on Submission Opportunities (1) by Secret forest

Secret forest — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:02:58 +0000

Just want to thank you for sharing these amazing opportunities, I’m visiting all the sites (I’m in the second round!).