The Cool Justice Report

• Philip Roth Keeps On Punching; Is Nobel Overdue?

  
  
  -- Photo Via The Guardian, UK
  
  Creative force
  
  By David Mattin
  The National
  
  Philip Roth must be accustomed by now to being called America’s greatest living writer. His extraordinary productivity in the past decade has brought forth novels at [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:18am EST
  

• CT Boxing Hall Of Fame Photos

  
  
  Mr. & Mrs. [Rita]Iceman
  -- Photo Courtesy of Iceman John Scully
  
  
  Sammy Vega, the 7-time national amateur champ, with Hall of Famer Iceman John Scully and Lance Henry, who trains at Richardson Boxing
  --Photo Courtesy of Sammy Vega
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:00am EST
  

• CT Boxing Hall Of Fame Annual Awards Event

  
  
  Dawson, Cichon, Scully, Roy
  Among Connecticut Boxing Hall Of Fame Honorees
  
  Via
  FightNews.com
  
  The Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame has selected unbeaten world light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson of New Haven as its 2009 Pro Fighter of the Year.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:32pm EST
  

• Drunken Boat Salute To Ravi & Family

  
  
  Congratulations
  
  New Poetry: Ravi's Ode To The Champ, Chad DawsonCool Justice Blog [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:51pm EST
  

• REGISTER NOW FOR SPORTS WRITING, POETRY WORKSHOPS @ THE HARTFORD CLUB

  Registration Form pdf
  
  
  
  Registration Form pdf
  
  Connecticut Young Writers Trust
  231 Beach St.
  Litchfield, CT 06759
  
  * 800-814-6931 * Fax- 860-567-9119
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Registration Form pdf
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:16am EST
  

• Binnie The Demon Barber Klein Featured In CT Jewish Ledger

  
  
  SHE'S APPEARING
  JAN. 15, 2010 @ THE HARTFORD CLUB
  AS PART OF UNDERCARD
  IN
  GABY VERSUS ICEMAN:
  A CT YOUNG WRITERS TRIPLE KNOCKOUT EVENT
  
  Yale prof puts on her gloves...
  and goes a few rounds in a new book about boxing
  
  Via
  Connecticut' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:33am EST
  

• Mickey Sherman - Jim Belushi Morph With Diane [Murphy Brown] English - Barry [Homicide] Levinson For TV Drama

  
  Via
  Variety
  
  Belushi, TV vets plot courtroom drama
  ICM packaging series for actor post-'Jim'
  
  By MICHAEL FLEMING
  
  Here's an unusual group of creative collaborators: Jim Belushi has teamed with Diane English and Barry Levinson for a prospective TV drama [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

• Cyber Stalkers Beware

  
  
  "Facebook usage depicts a snapshot of the user's relationships and state of mind at the time of the content's posting."
  -- U.S. District Judge Janet Arterton
  
  
  
  
  By RICHARD MEEHAN
  The Cool Justice Report
  www.cooljustice.blogspot.com
  Nov. 17, 2009
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:41pm EST
  

• VIDEO: We Know How You Guys Become Judges

  PRINCE OF THE CITY
  @ THE HARTFORD CLUB
  
  
  -- Actor Treat Williams With Director Sidney Lumet During Filming of Prince of the City
  
  
  EDITOR'S NOTE: Rarely do readers get the real story on cops and courts. When the public focuses' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 11:56am EST
  

• A People's History Of the Revolutionary War, aka Jim Smith Novel

  
  
  Via
  The Laurel
  
  Complete Article
  
  Also See
  Jim Smith Short Story
  Fall 09 Ct Review
  
  Ct ReviewCool Justice Blog [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:11am EST
  

• VIDEO: Wally's Wishin' and Hopin' Time Machine

  
  
  Via
  HarperCollins
  
  It's 1964 and ten-year-old Felix is sure of a few things: the birds and the bees are puzzling, television is magical, and this is one Christmas he'll never forget.
  
  LBJ and Lady Bird are in the White House, Meet the Beatles [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 2:47pm EST
  

• Gaby V. Iceman Updates

  
  
  Special thanks to our sponsors
  listed as
  heavyweights, middleweights, golden gloves and fans.
  
  EDITOR'S NOTE:
  Paul "Ding-a-Ling" Doyle has graciously agreed to take handoff from George "The Wolf" Kimball for sports writing workshop. Both guys worked the Dawson fight.
  
  Doyle has been' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:47pm EST
  

• A Punch In The Face From Gaby "She Be Stinging" Calvocoressi

  APOCALYPTIC
  SWING
  
  
  
  Be prepared to be knocked out!
  -- C. Dale Young, poetry editor, New England Review
  
  A Little Taste Of Gaby Verse ...
  
  Appearing @ Miami Book Fair
  
  Calvocoressi reads from Apocalyptic Swing on Sunday, November [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:25am EST
  

• Hartford Courant Post On CT Young Writers Triple Knockout Event

  
  
  The Connecticut Young Writers Trust kicks off its 13th year on Jan. 15, 2010 at The Hartford Club. Gaby Versus The Iceman is a CT Young Writers Triple Knockout Event: Prose, Poetry And Pugilism.
  
  Courant Post Includes Gaby-Iceman Photo
  
  Darien Public [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 4:11pm EST
  

• HBO Highlights Dawson V. Johnson

  
  -- Photo via Round1Mag.com
  
  VIDEO: Dawson's Impact Punches / Combinations & Skillful Avoidance Of Johnson
  
  All Roads Lead To Chad, But Can Anyone Touch Him?
  
  Is Bad Chad Too Good? [Includes Scully Analysis]
  
  
  Ode[s] To The ChampCool' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 5:17pm EST
  

• A Little Bit Of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes / Spinners

  
  
  The Love I Lost
  
  Harold Wiki
  
  
  
  Rubberband Man
  
  Spinners WikiCool Justice Blog [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:17am EST
  

• Prosecutors Harass Students In Feeble Effort To Save Face

  
  By RICHARD MEEHAN
  The Cool Justice Report
  www.cooljustice.blogspot.com
  Nov. 10, 2009
  
  EDITOR'S NOTE: This column is available for reprint courtesy of The Cool Justice Report, http://cooljustice.blogspot.com
  
  
  
  
  Former Illinois Governor George Ryan, recognizing the horrific incidence of wrongful convictions in capital cases' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:00am EST
  

• Ode[s] To Chad The Champ

  
  -- Emily Harney/Fightwire Images
  
  
  
  What a beautiful boxer Chad is. To see him use his shoulders to roll and tuck his chin behind while using a beautiful jab to keep his opponent on the outside, then allowing him to come [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 1:11pm EST
  

• Dawson Still On Top

  
  
  Cautious Chad Dominates Johnson
  
  By GEORGE KIMBALL
  The SweetScience.com
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. -In a facile and largely untroubled performance in a fight he at no time seemed in any danger of losing, Chad Dawson took the measure of 40 year-old Glen Johnson and remained [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 12:56pm EST
  

• Dawson – Johnson Final Pre-Fight Press Conference

  In an otherwise lively and festive event, Dawson and his crew donned new Yankee hats and “El Perro” Angulo passed out doggie treats to his opponent Yorgey before addressing the media.
  
  Complete Article
  
  Dawson Family Saga
  
  Yorgey A Former Football Star
  
  Looking [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:31pm EST
  

• Darien Public Library Notes Young Writers Competition, Triple Knockout Event

  
  
  The Connecticut Young Writers Competition is a great way to showcase your talent and maybe win cash prizes.
  
  Complete Article
  
  Chandra "Bonecrusher" Prasad Featured In CT Mag; To Appear Jan. 15 @ The Hartford Club For Young Writers EventCool Justice [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:56pm EST
  

• Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Dawson Trainer: "Bernard [Hopkins] wants no part of him."

  
  
  
  Via
  The Sweet Science
  
  “Bernard said he would fight the winner but I know how untrue that statement is. I have the young kid who is 27 and can box and can punch. Bernard wants no part of him. He wants to [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:42am EST
  

• The Iceman John Scully's Utube

  
  
  It's my youtube channel...I have a few things on there already (CT Hall of Fame Announcement, etc)...but SOON I will have some VERY cool stuff for you to see....videos NO ONE has... you'll see, stay tuned...
  
  ICE
  
  Scully's Utube
  
  RUMBLE' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 9:03am EST
  

• DAWSON: “I can’t wait to get in the ring and shut him up … "

  
  
  By Jason Kim
  BoxingNews24.com
  
  This Saturday night former International Boxing Federation light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (28-0, 17 KO's) will be facing 40-year-old Glen Johnson (49-12-2, 33 KO's) in a fight for the interim World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight title at [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:22am EST
  

• Connecticut Young Writers Competition Seeking Entries in Prose and Poetry

  
  
  Teenage writers of prose and poetry from across Connecticut are being encouraged to submit original entries to an annual literary competition which awards winning entrants with cash prizes and the possibility of having their work published in the literary journal CT Review.
  
  The literary [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:25am EST
  

• "Let The Master Answer"

  
  
  These lawsuits displayed a callous posture by the church
  
  
  By RICHARD MEEHAN
  
  The Cool Justice Report
  www.cooljustice.blogspot.com
  Nov. 4, 2009
  
  EDITOR'S NOTE: This column is available for reprint courtesy of The Cool Justice Report, http://cooljustice.blogspot.com
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:43pm EST
  

• Chandra "Bonecrusher" Prasad Featured In CT Mag; To Appear Jan. 15 @ The Hartford Club For Young Writers Event

  
  
  Connecticut Magazine
  
  [click on image below]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  RUMBLE @ THE HARTFORD CLUB: Gaby Versus The Iceman, A CT Young Writers Triple Knockout Event ...
  
  
  Chandra PrasadCool Justice [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:32pm EST
  

• Two Stars Of David Fight For World Championships

  
  -- Yuri Foreman (24-0, 8 Ko’s) won the split decision over Andery Tsurkan,(25-3, 16 KO’s) to gain the NABF Junior Middleweight Belt, in an exciting bout at the Bronx’s Utopia Paradise Theater on December 6, 2007. Tsurken’s camp was outraged at the decision.
  -- Photo Via [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:34pm EST
  

• Courant Refugee Site Notes Major Young Writers Event

  
  
  Poetry & PugilismCool Justice Blog [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:10am EST
  

• CCSU Faculty Senate To NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Prevent Racist Abuse Of Police Power

  
  
  -- What R U Gonna Do, Bloomberg?
  
  RESOLUTION
  
  The Faculty Senate of Central Connecticut State University decries the unwarranted arrest and detention of our colleague Ravi Shankar on July 10, 2009. We further condemn the racist comments and action by members of the [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:42am EST
  

• RUMBLE @ THE HARTFORD CLUB

  
  
  ANNOUNCEMENT:
  
  CT Young Writers
  Triple Knockout Event
  At The Hartford Club Jan. 15, 2010
  
  CT Young Writers Trust Website
  
  
  Eclectic Hartford Club Event
  Celebrates Young Writers Competition;
  Notes Entry Deadline
  
  Open Writing Workshops,
  Readings By Poets & Writers,
  [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 1:23pm EDT
  

• Retired CT State Trooper Jerry Longo Reviews NYPD Bomb Squad Book

  
  
  Bomb Squad:
  A Year Inside the Nation's Most Exclusive Police Unit
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Richard Esposito
  Ted Gerstein
  * Hardcover: 352 pages
  * Publisher: Hyperion
  * Language: English' [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:33am EDT
  

• Santana, Soul Sacrifice, Woodstock (1969)

  
  VideoCool Justice Blog [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 9:13am EDT
  

• Site Of The Day

  
  
  The Lions Den
  
  1385 Newfield Street, Middletown, Connecticut
  
  Home For Many
  Of Connecticut's
  Best Boxers & Trainers
  
  
  HOW YOU GUYS DOIN?
  Left to right: Tommy Trotta, Terrence Palmer, John Scully and Curtis Grady would like to' [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 6:05pm EDT
  

• Glen Johnson Talks Trash About Bad Chad Dawson

  
  
  Via
  Doghouse Boxing
  
  By ROB TIERNEY
  
  Throughout his entire career, Glen Johnson has been upsetting Boxing's balance of power. Whether he's upending a promoter's plans for a megafight between more marketable opponents or painting blemishes on a rising upstarts career, the "Road Warrior"' [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 10:49am EDT
  

• LET THE BOOK BURNING BEGIN

  
  
  "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
  
  -- Variously attributed to Voltaire, Evelyn Beatrice Hall, aka Stephen G. Tallentyre, and anyone who believes in the Bill of Rights.
  
  Cheshire, CT [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 10:13am EDT
  

• Johnny Duke Ceremony In Hartford Saturday, October 24

  
  
  -- JOHNNY DUKE HALL OF FAME SHOT, courtesy of Ice.
  
  Former amateur champion Sammy Vega, former NABF 175-pound champion Eric Magic Man Harding and former light heavyweight contender Iceman John Scully in 2005 photo with legendary Hartford trainer Johnny Duke at Duke's induction ceremony [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 5:57pm EDT
  

• Are You Sitting Down?

  
  
  American Idle Author Mary Collins On WNPR
  -- CHION WOLF photo
  
  
  
  
  Podcast
  
  
  Health Magazine Interviews Collins
  
  
  Upcoming AppearancesCool Justice Blog [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 9:51pm EDT
  

• Thornton Talks Race, Drugs And Politics At Central Connecticut State University

  
  
  Time: 1 - 3 p.m.
  Date: 10/20/09
  Torp Theatre-Welte Hall
  Central Connecticut State University
  
  
  
  
  Cliff Thornton Short Bio
  
  Thornton's Solutions / YouTube Interview
  
  
  What Is The Pinky Show?
  
  Pinky [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 9:23pm EDT
  

• “The only people who think journalism is dying are newspaper reporters embedded in the funeral parlor”

  
  
  h/t Paul Stern,
  Courant Refugee
  
  Via
  Yale Daily News
  
  Local papers confront modern obstacles
  By Natalia Thompson
  
  Despite circulation and advertising problems plaguing newspapers nationwide, three small, local news ventures — the New Haven Independent, La Voz Hispana and the [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 8:45am EDT
  

• Dance Card Filling Up For January 2010 Young Writers Event

  
  
  
  Poster / Lineup Evolving
  
  [click on poster for larger image]
  
  FEATURES
  INCLUDE
  
  
  Workshops, Open To Teachers [CEU credits granted],
  Writers, Other Guests:
  * Teaching / Writing Poetry – David Cappella
  * Teaching Sports Writing / Sports Writing -- George [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 5:01pm EDT
  

• Young Writers 2010 Entry Form Posted By Connecticut State University System

  
  “The talent and creativity of a new generation of Connecticut writers is clearly evident, and the inspiration that Mark Twain’s example provides is especially fitting as we recognize their excellent prose and poetry,” said Dr. David G. Carter, chancellor of the Connecticut State University System, prior [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 11:20am EDT
  

• Let the Ambulance Chaser Beware

  
  
  By RICHARD MEEHAN
  
  
  The Cool Justice Report
  www.cooljustice.blogspot.com
  Oct. 14, 2009
  
  EDITOR'S NOTE: This column is available for reprint courtesy of The Cool Justice Report, http://cooljustice.blogspot.com
  
  Oct.1 marks the effective date of most new legislation in Connecticut. There' [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 6:39am EDT
  

• 2009 Latino de Oro Awards - - Program Magazine Deadline Nears

  
  
  Contact: Elaine Rosales
  860-798-4881
  elaine@identidadlatina.com
  
  
  Hartford, Conn. - It is with great pleasure that Identidad Latina Hispanic Newspaper in Connecticut invites you to the 5th Annual 2009 "Latino de Oro" Awards Ceremony. This year, the event will be held on Saturday, November [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 9:18am EDT
  

• Marine Medic / Poet / Essayist Doug Anderson @ Millrace Book Shop Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009

  
  
  SUNDAYS BY THE RIVER
  featuring Doug Anderson,
  
  
  
  author of Keep Your Head Down, and
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  the award-winning poetry collection, The Moon Reflected Fire. Open Mike follows.
  
  Millrace Book Shop
  40 Mill [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 10:30am EDT
  

• Tai Chi Robitis Rx

  
  
  There is a delicate balance for the lawyer who is being unfairly chided by a judge
  
  By RICHARD MEEHAN
  
  
  
  
  The Cool Justice Report
  www.cooljustice.blogspot.com
  Oct. 7, 2009
  
  
  EDITOR'S NOTE: This column is available for reprint' [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 8:35am EDT
  

• Criminalizing Communication

  
  
  
  Busted Protester:
  `We weren’t doing anything clandestine, weren’t expecting the police to come in ... '
  
  
  
  
  Via
  DemocracyNow!
  
  Essentially, what Elliot is charged with is using the computer or the cell phone to put up an announcement' [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 4:47pm EDT
  

• Sportswriter George Kimball Talks About "Four Kings"

  
  
  Jan. 09 Interview
  With Binnie Klein
  
  
  
  Podcast
  
  Binnie Klein's book, "Blows to the Head: How Boxing Changed My Mind" (SUNY Press) will hit the bookstores in January 2010. She hosts a weekly music and interview show on [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 3:19pm EDT
  

• Look Out, Iceman, Keillor Reading Gaby Poem

  
  
  Jubilee
  
  by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
  
  Come down to the water. Bring your snare drum,
  your hubcaps, the trash can lid. Bring every
  joyful noise you've held at bay so long ...
  
  
  Complete Poem & Podcast
  
  GABY "She Be Stinging"' [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 6:27am EDT
  

• Bold, Intense Delicate: California Teacher / Poet Raves About Shankar Poems

  
  
  By MEHNAZ TURNER
  
  
  This past week I've been reading poet Ravi Shankar's collection of poems, Instrumentality. The book was published by Cherry Grove Collections in 2004. I'm about two-thirds of the way through this superbly crafted book. The poem's are [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 9:05am EDT