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ON TV

• Karen Zaborowski Duffy, author of Giving in to the Smoke, was featured on the The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.  Giving in to the Smoke is the winner of the 2007 Starting Gate Award.

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ON THE WEB

Check out this great site which features Heather McNaugher, author of Panic & Joy :

The link to a blog run by Karen Lillis, a Pittsburgh librarian who also runs Lillis Distributor/Pittsburgh: A SMALL small press Distributor & Info Provider.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=259082034&blogID=358122903

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Check out this great site which features George Held , author of THE ART OF WRITING AND OTHERS :

poetryvlog.com

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NOTE TO FLP; Author's Anamorphy a Journal and Anamorphy Weekly Podcast, is always looking for both Poets with new books/chapbooks toreview, poems for magazine, and authors to interview or read for
weekly podcast. DIRECT LINK TO PODCAST http://web.mac.com/anamorphypress/iWeb/Site%206/ANAMORPHY%20WEEKLY%20a%20PODCAST/ANAMORPHY%20WEEKLY%20a%20PODCAST.html

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ON THE RADIO

• Congratulations to Julene Tripp Weaver author of Case Walking: An AIDS Case Manager Wails Her Blues; George Held, author of Grounded and The Art of Writing and Others; GARY L. LARK, author of Men At the Gates, Joyce Greenberg Lott, author of DEAR MRS. DALLOWAY; Paula Sergi author of FAMILY BUSINESS and John Brantingham author of PUTTING IN A WINDOW! Poems from their FLP books were recently featured on Garrison Keillor's THE WRITER'S ALMANAC radio show.  (These titles are available on amazon.com) The Writer’s Almanac is a daily radio program produced by American Public Media (APM).  In each program Mr. Keillor presents a  list of cultural events and anniversaries, many associated with literature and literary figures, then ends with the poetry reading.  APM currently distributes the program for broadcast to about 320 non-commercial public radio stations around the country.  The program audio is also streamed and podcast from and archived on the APM website at http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org and may be streamed, archived on carrying station websites as well.

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• You can hear Julene Tripp Weaver read her poetry: Julene Tripp Weaver and Ellen Bass read their poetry on Talking Earth: KBOO, 90.7 Portland, Oregon Radio,. Broadcast live on the web! And The Moe Green Poetry Hour, a World Wide Word Radio Network. David Rowe from New Orleans reads first. It aired Sunday April 6th, it is available to listen to at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword

• World Wide Word Radio Network , Michille Biting author of Blue Laws was a featured guest on the Moe Green Poetry Hour hosted by Rafael FJ Alvarado and Corrie GreatHouse: March 16 show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword/page/3

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• Between the Sheets: Conversations with Editors: Stacey Mangiaracina & Roy K. Johnston
as they speak with Poet & Sr. Editor of Finishing Line Press,  LEAH MAINES podcast: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword/2008/04/22/Between-The-Sheets-hosted-by-Stacey-Mangiaracina-Roy-Johnston

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• Angela O'Donnell, author of Mine, was interviewed recently by AMERICA magazine (one of her poems, "St. Vincent," appeared in the Jan 21st issue).  Here is the link to the podcast: http://americamagazine.podbean.com/2008/02/27/march-10-podcast-on-catholic-poetry/

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• Edythe Haendel Schwartz, author of Exposure, was Jeffrey Callison's guest on "Inisght,",

Sacramento Public Radio, KXJZ.

The podcast of the program is available at www.capradio.org/insight. March 6, 2008 show
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ANTHOLOGIES

CONGRATULATIONS TO ABIGAIL GRAMIG! Abigail Gramig's poem "Requiem" (first published by Finishing Line Press in her chapbook DUSTING THE PIANO ) is included in Billy Collins' new anthology. Available at amazon.com.

180 More :Extraordinary Poems for Every Day by BILLY COLLINS (Editor)

Dusting the Piano can be purchased at amazon.com.

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