Travis Nichols

Opt In or Opt Out?

The NYT reported yesterday that the Justice Department is looking into the anti-trust implications of the Google Books Settlement.

This is the latest twist in an ongoing saga–one which leaves many savvy publishers and copyright experts (let alone writers) more than a little confused.

Some background: In 2005, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers filed a class action suit against Google, accusing the online company violated copyright when it scanned millions of books (many under copyright)  for use in the Book Search program.

04.29.09 PERMALINK | NO COMMENTS

Travis Nichols

Jim Behrle, Zadie Smith, Sexy Robots, and the Chicago Poetry Tour

Jim Behrle (pictured above) has launched Baby Trotsky a Twitter literary magazine featuring, of course, 140 character poems and short (short!) stories.  Who knows if it will be as successful as Twitter’s LOLcat haiku, or Anon Poetry (or even the PoFo’s own Poetry News), but Mr. Behrle is nothing if not devoted to his projects, so we can all hope.  Send your submissions now, before it gets overrun by disgruntled canwehaveourballback rejects.

In other Zadie Smith news, Coudal Partners, a Chicago design firm, features a very cool “poetry meme” on their very cool website.

04.22.09 PERMALINK | COMMENTS (3)

Travis Nichols

Deborah Digges & Franklin Rosemont, R.I.P.

04.17.09 PERMALINK | COMMENTS (4)

Travis Nichols

Headlines: April 9, 2009

Different sex, different book.

The 2009 Guggenheim list.

Dante’s love and Dante’s ethics.

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Travis Nichols

Headlines: April 7, 2009

Latino/a Poetry Fest at Miami of Ohio

Get a personalized edition of a Penguin Classic!

Jacques Roubaud’s pink oranges

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Travis Nichols

Headlines: April 6, 2009

It’s National Poetry Month at the Huffington Post

And perhaps it’s time for poetry’s “dramatic image overhaul”

The poetry Final Four (T.B. take note)

04.06.09 PERMALINK | COMMENTS (7)

Travis Nichols

Headlines: April 3, 2009

The greatest poet of the great war?

“This bright-skinned papa’s boy”: Rita Dove’s Sonata Mulattica

Is the economy good for small bookstores?

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Travis Nichols

Headlines: April 2, 2009

A poem a day from Knopf

A poem a day from GottaBook

04.02.09 PERMALINK | COMMENTS (5)

Travis Nichols

National Poetry Month 2009

What, you ask, is that sound rattling your windows today? That wet, slobbery grinding and grunting all around you?   I believe, dear hearts, that it is the sound of Charles Bernstein gnashing his teeth.

Why?

Well,   today marks the start of America’s 13th annual National Poetry Month, and thus there is much to report:

04.01.09 PERMALINK | COMMENTS (5)