The week in review: The Week We Tried New Things May 18, 2012: The juju here in Chicago is very on-edge this weekend, what with the Crosstown Classic and the NATO Summit protests. (Note: If you attend a protest event and get gaffled, you might ask Josh Clover for legal advice.) But we’re not letting the fear make us boring. We may specialize in poetry news, views, and brickbats, but we harbor a wide range [...] by Harriet Staff

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CAConrad Interviews the Troll Thread Collective May 18, 2012: The Troll Thread Collective is made up of poets Holly Melgard, Chris Sylvester, Joey Yearous-Algozin, and Divya Victor. They have fine affinities (Melgard and Yearous-Algozin also co-edit P-Queue) and use them to create chapbooks available for PDF download or purchase! Now that's fair. Authors they've published include Josef Kaplan, Lawrence [...] by Harriet Staff

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Giovanni Singleton Wins 2012 California Book Award May 18, 2012: Congratulations to Giovanni Singleton for winning the 81st Annual California Book Award for Ascension! From Counterpath Books: In this diary of intentionality, the behearer and the beholder approach the world with an attitude of longing—for less: less sorrow, less suffering. Daily practice delivers the speaker to profound meditations [...] by Harriet Staff

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John Cooper Clarke Documentary May 18, 2012: JCC's coming to a TV screen near you, according to the BBC: Essex based punk poet John Cooper Clarke is to have a documentary film about his life and work aired on the BBC at the end of the month. Evidently... John Cooper Clarke will be shown on BBC4 on Wednesday, May 30 at 10pm then repeated on BBC HD at 11.30pm later that evening [...] by Harriet Staff