JANUARY 2008

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the blessing of africa
An MHP Interview with Keith Burton
The story of Africa cannot be dismissed or stored away because of contemporary circumstances. It is a history tightly woven into the whole of civilization, from the dawn of cities and technologies to the high noon of religion.
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i am not
by Anja Sladek
I am not a pessimist
but this world is dark

and I do not see the dawn.
poetry/Entries/2007/12/27_i_am_not.html
 
god finds the best parking spots
by Zach Kincaid
Now that Christmas is packed away into the commerce clog of Claus and his elfin cronies, I turned the TV on the other night to catch up on some missed news. What I watched was likely a holiday rehash of Larry King. Joel and Victoria Osteen were his guests. Finally, some sense of it all.
columns/Entries/2008/1/2_god_finds_the_best_parking_spaces.html
 
orpheus, david, and krishna
by Robert Lax
Orpheus, David, and Krishna / Stilled the world with a lute, / Stilled the world with the / sound of a string / And made the seas mute.
poetry/Entries/2008/1/2_orpheus,_david,_and_krishna.html
 
a talk with morgan spurlock
Greg Wright Interviews
After Super Size Me came out and I was traveling around the film festival circuit, I was seeing all of these movies that were basically just getting lost. They would have this great showing, and I would see them play at three or four festivals, and then nobody would pick them up; they wouldn’t get distribution.
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wonder & imagination: g. k. chesterton
by Zach Kincaid
(part 3) “He is like a visitor from some fairy tale, a legend in the flesh.” His regular wardrobe included a black cape and walking cane, and with his heavy stature he gave the expression of a man living in a magical place, where “trees are giants waving their arms,” where each new day is a fresh discovery.
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DECEMBER
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Three languages,
six countries

and a bottle of wine.


No corkscrew.

(Featured poet Anja Sladek, “War”)

the man who killed the writer
by Sérgio Rodrigues
First things first: I didn’t write the book everyone thinks I wrote, the one that has been showering me with fame and riches since its publication, just over one year go. Although many people might find that strange—while others might say, I knew it, he never fooled me—
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