Grove Arcade decorated for the holidays. #avl
Grove Arcade decorated for the holidays. #avl
Month: November 2011
Beer City USA gingerbread house. #avl #avlbeer
Nothing says home like #avl public transit.
Wonder if they ever get tired of reaching for something they’ll never grasp.
Paradise… a library
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The Electric Car Paradox:
Electric vehicles are creating a lot of promise in the green world, but they don’t necessarily lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Consider the cases of China and Sweden, which have both heavily encouraged electric car ownership among their citizens but have failed to enjoy an attendant drop in transportation-sector carbon emissions.
What’s going on here? Keep reading …
Big night in Asheville for poetry readings
Last night Asheville hosted two great poetry readings.
Loretta’s Cafe featured the Flood Reading Series with poets DeWayne Barton, Gyorgyi Voros, and Landon Godfrey.
Malaprop’s featured readings by Evie Shockley and Luke Hankins.
Unfortunately, I missed both readings because I was on the road and didn’t return to my adopted hometown until after the readings. Anyone have a report to how the readings went? Please feel free to offer a review of the readings in the comments.
The colder it gets the more I want to stay home, make a fire, and read a book.
New York Times, November 11, 1911
Kidlingers play a homemade version of Battleship. (Taken with instagram)
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theatlantic: One of our favorites here at The Atlantic inothernews: The story of In Flanders Fields, one of history’s most memorable wartime poems. (h/t brnttecnfessns)
In 1934, Ezra Pound told James Laughlin that he was never going to make it as a poet and ought to do “something useful” instead. Laughlin took “do something useful” to mean “publish experimental literature,” so, in 1936, he founded New Directions, a publishing house dedicated to writers at the forefront of the literary expression of the day.
There’s something about these clouds…
Flood Reading Series, Posana’s, November 11, 2011
DeWayne Barton is a native of Asheville, N.C. who grew up in Washington, D.C. and is a Gulf War Veteran. He attended Norfolk State University from 1996-1999, majoring in Social Work. He is the author of a recent book of poetry, Urban Nightmare Silent Screams and has been involved in community improvement and youth development for over 15 years. He is both a co-founder and co-director of Asheville Green Opportunities, a job training program designed to prepare Asheville area youth and adults for “green-collar” careers. Both his sculpture art and his poetry reflect his commitment to environmental sustainability and social justice.
Gyorgyi Voros is the author of Unwavering. Conrad Aiken says of her poetry: “The music of Voros’s poetry is more than music. It’s the motion of life and lots of things in it thinking, changing one’s mind, forgetting and remembering.”
Voros is also the author of Notations of the Wild: Ecology in the poetry of Wallace Stevens, published by University of Iowa Press. She teaches poetry and creative writing at Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg Virginia.
Landon Godfrey has just been awarded a North Carolina Arts Council 2011-2012 Artist Fellowship. Her book, Second-Skin Rhinestone-Spangled
Nude Soufflé Chiffon Gown, which was published in 2011 was selected by David St. John for the Cider Press Review Book Award.(via an email newsletter)
Rhythm extends the possibilities within the shape of language—it’s reaching for that surprise, the blue note.
—Yusef Komunyakaa, BOMB 65, 1998
” E-books are fantastic at keeping us reading; traditional books are great at reminding us why we started in the first place. We’re fortunate to live in a world where we don’t have to decide on one or the other.”
(via I’m a Used Bookseller, and I’m Not Afraid of E-Books – Speakeasy – WSJ)
I like how Gini Dietrich handles this: “…before you use the digital tools to give your customers access to you, think about what it could mean down the road. Think about it strategically.”
Tomorrow, Poetrio at Malaprop’s
POETRIO reading/booksigning featuring Tony Abbott, Scott Owens, Katherine Soniat.
Sunday, November 6, 2011, 3:00 p.m.
Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café
55 Haywood Street
Asheville, NC 28801
www.malaprops.com
How to make a mini book
These autumn mornings…
Is there anything larger than a venti coffee?
Maybe I shouldn’t have stayed out so late with poets & writers… especially when I have to wake up at 5 a.m.
Standing room only at the Juniper Bends Literary Reading at BoBo Gallery.
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Dear #AVL city council, Asheville is the seventh worst in the country for hunger
Do something about the four following issues that will improve the local economy. Consider that more than 17,000 people in Asheville are out of work, Asheville is the seventh worst in the country for hunger, and the cost of living is unreasonably high compared to surrounding cities.
- Housing cost in Greenville, SC is 26% less than Asheville, NC., 19% less than Charlotte, NC, and 16% less than Knoxville, TN.
- Utilities cost in Greenville, SC is 20% less than Asheville, NC., 19% less than Charlotte, NC, and 16% less than Knoxville, TN.
- Healthcare cost in Greenville, SC is 6% less than Asheville, NC., and 16% less than Knoxville, TN (healthcare costs in Charlotte, NC is more than Asheville, but most of the other categories are still significantly less than Asheville).
- Grocery items in Greenville, SC cost 2% less than Asheville, NC., 7% less than Charlotte, NC, and 13% less than Knoxville, TN.
(via cnnmoney)
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