FOUND PROSE POEM FROM KIRSTEN PORTER

I remember Halloween as a night of homemade costumes (lion, princess, Little Red Riding Hood, ladybug…) and the smell of apple cider, the brilliant colors of the autumn foliage, filling our pillowcases with trick-or-treat candy and pouring our loot out on the kitchen table to count the treats after we came home. There was a lady on our block that gave out king-size candy bars, and a man who gave quarters instead of candy, and a house a few courts behind us that did an elaborate haunted house culminating in some kind of horrific spectacle like an old man jumping out from a doorway wearing a bloodied flannel shirt (ketchup?) and waving a chainsaw at us before doling out candy as we screamed.

FROM DZANC WITH LOVE

In January the E-Channel will be turned into a book. This is the year long project that Charles Johnson and I did back in 2011. Everything you ever wanted to know about his work can be found here, as well as his comments on Martin Luther King, Jr, Buddhism and the craft of writing. This is Johnson up close and personal. A book for scholars as well as the everyday reader concerned with maintaining a good moral compass.

IS IT TOO LATE?

Rising Waters Thursday, November 6, 6:30–8 pm Conservative estimates predict an 8–24 inch rise in water levels by 2020 on the 11,000 miles of Chesapeake Bay coastlines which, combined with storm surge, will significantly impact local communities. Panelists discuss strategies to adapt to rising waters, including wetland and reef restoration, engineering, and reducing impermeable surfaces. 1.5 LU HSW (AIA) | 1.5 CM (AICP) | 1.5 PDH (LA CES) Register. Rising Waters is generously sponsored by The Nature Conservancy. ________________________ Mark your calendar... Tuesday, November 4 Smart Growth: Planning the Future of D.C.'s Oldest Neighborhood

VOTE LIKE IT'S 1870 AGAIN

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/jonetta-rose-barras-what-matters-in-the-dc-mayoral-election/2014/10/28/b310f23c-5eaa-11e4-9f3a-7e28799e0549_story.html

 

I LEFT MY HEART IN KANSAS CITY

If you want to know why KC lost the game yesterday just look at this play. (See link below)

The KC third base coach should have waved Gordon home. Notice how the relay throw is not handled well. Gordon only slows down because he is looking at the coach.

What do you have to lose by sending Gordon home?  What are the odds that the next KC batter is going to get a hit against Bumgarner? Better to be thrown out at the plate instead of fouling out to the Panda to end the Series.

http://m.royals.mlb.com/news/article/100041492/following-alex-gordons-dash-royals-hopes-dashed

 POETRY AT THE EMBASSY

 friends are invited but names and

RSVP required By November 7

send to gracecavalieri@gmail.com

The Italian Embassy

Nov. 19  6:30pm-7:30pm  POETRY AND MUSIC

3000 Whitehaven Syreet N.W.

 

American Initiative For Italian Culture

presents the premiere of a new publication by Bordighera Press

THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN 

(Poems of an Italian Childhood)
Poems by Grace Cavalieri , with Italian translations by Sabine Pascarelli

Grace and Sabine will read  in English and Italian

The evening will feature musical interludes by  world class violinist Diana Sundsvold

Sarah Browning, Silvana Straw, Rose Solari and Miles Moore will add their poems, in English,for the evening

Cornel West: Video - Strand bookstore October 22, 2014 Cornel West and Darryl Pinckney discussed the financialization, militarization, and privatization of the United States government. West also provided an update on the protests in Ferguson, MO where he and 49 other people were arrested for disturbing the peace. This conversation took place the Strand bookstore’s rare book room, on October 22, 2014 in New York City. Watch ▶

THE NATIONAL HISTORY CENTER

Browse the National History Center's video library, now organized by subject, region, and era. Consider making a course assignment out of a Washington History Seminar or a Congressional briefing.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

People would rather have their news curated by friends rather than editors.

   - David Bradley
     Atlantic Media Company

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You and a guest are cordially invited to  Full Spectrum: The Prolific Master within Loïs Mailou Jones Opening Reception: Monday | November 3 | 2014 | 6-8 PM 200 I (Eye) Street, SE Washington, DC 20003 Hosted by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in partnership with the Loïs Mailou Jones Trust. Full Spectrum welcomes home a traveling collection of both well known and unknown artworks by iconic Washingtonian artist, Loïs Mailou Jones. Since making her home in Washington, DC in 1930, she made an indelible mark on our city and shaped the careers of countless artists as an esteemed Howard University professor and founder of arts education Programs. Her extensive international travels to places such as France, Greece, Haiti, Nigeria, and China, are reflected in her vast canon of works, as she painted scenes and subjects at each destination. Loïs Mailou Jones is remembered as a pioneer in the arts, a master of many mediums, and a treasure to the District of Columbia. To RSVP or for more information, email: Zoma.Wallace@dc.gov   Commissioners: Judith Terra, Chair | Lavinia Wohlfarth, Vice Chair | Marvin Bowser | Susan Clampitt | Christopher Cowan | Edmund C. Fleet | Antoinette Ford | Rhona Wolfe Friedman | Alma H. Gates |  Darrin L. Glymph | Barbara J. Jones | James E. Laws, Jr. | Rogelio A. Maxwell | MaryAnn Miller | José Alberto Uclés | Gretchen B. Wharton

ACTIVIST ALERT

IN THIS ISSUE: Featured Resource: Arts and Activism Guide Featured Article: Ebola and the Terrorism of Poverty EVENTS: Creating Shared Agreements Skillshare Save the Date: Why is the US Bombing Iraq and Syria? RightRides DC Launch Party Transformation Media Summit and DC+Acumen: Storytelling for Change #TodosSomosAyotzinapa: Justice for the Students in Ayotzinapa 9/11 Unity Walk Celebration Dinner Public Forum on Genocide in Guatemala: The Future of the Trial against Ríos Montt and Rodríguez Sánchez Concert for the Children of the Border Peace through Revolution! The Great March for Climate Action Teach-in: Iraq and Syria 2nd Annual Celebration & Education on The Liberation of Assata Shakur The Latino Media Project’s Low Power FM Meeting and planning Session Meeting Two: The DC Imagining Protest Democrats' Failures on Climate Change Tenant Training: How to Get Repairs Made 10.29.2014 Ebola has infected more than 10,100 individuals and has led to the deaths of at least 4,922 people, mainly in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia. As awful as this disease is, it’s the human politics around it that are making it an epidemic, and those human politics are fueled by systemic racism.  As our featured article states, “racism is fueling the Ebola crisis in Western Africa, with African lives seen as worth less than those of Westerners. As the disease rages, we should point the finger at the failure of Western governments and drug companies to deliver the needed resources. They are more concerned with enforcing borders and protecting profits than with stopping an epidemic that threatens the lives of untold thousands.”  We need to support the build-up of health care systems and empower health care workers that can adequately meet the needs of patients in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia. All lives matter. Black lives matter. African lives matter.  Here in the US, you can support health care workers caring for Ebola patients by signing National Nurse’s United'spetition for adequate protocols and Credo’s petition calling for the GOP to stop blocking confirmation of a Surgeon General.   In Solidarity, Sonia, Darakshan, Candice, Suzy and Samantha PS. We are looking for awesome Spring Peace Organizing interns who want to change the world.Click here to fill out the application. Want to stay in the loop? Click here for our full list of progressive events in the DC Metro Area.

FROM THE ARCHIVES

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BOMB: The Author Interviews Edited by Betsy Sussler Introduction by Francine Prose We are proud to present our first anthology of writers' conversations with Soho Press, collecting over 30 years of illuminating conversations between some of the brightest minds of world literature. Publishers Weekly has already raved about it in a starred review: "Insights abound, with some writers revealing intensely personal feelings and others focusing on books, writing, and broader ideas about literature... [T]heir discussions feels akin to eavesdropping." If you'd like to buy a copy (or two), Soho Press is offering friends of BOMB a 40% discount off the $40 cover price when you pre-order before November 4th. Simply enter in the code 0JOJ6PDBLG3I when prompted.   Launch Party Wednesday, Nov. 12th, 7pm Housing Works Bookstore in Soho If you're around NYC, we invite you to attend our launch party with contributors and friends, plus  revealing excerpts read by Kate Vaulk and Ari Fliakos of the acclaimed theater company The Wooster Group. —BOMB FEATURING: Chris Abani + Colm Tóibín | Kathy Acker + Mark Magill Martin Amis + Patrick McGrath | Roberto Bolaño + Carmen Boullosa Guillermo Cabrera Infante + Oscar Hijuelos | Maryse Condé + Rebecca Wolff Dennis Cooper + Benjamin Weissman | Lydia Davis + Francine Prose Junot Díaz + Edwidge Danticat | Geoff Dyer + Jonathan Lethem Jennifer Egan + Heidi Julavits | Jeffrey Eugenides + Jonathan Safran Foer Brian Evenson + Blake Butler | Nuruddin Farah + Kwame Anthony Appiah Paula Fox + Lynne Tillman | Jonathan Franzen + Donald Antrim Mary Gaitskill + Matthew Sharpe | Kimiko Hahn + Laurie Sheck Wilson Harris + Fred D’Aguiar | Bernard-Henri Lévy + Frederic Tuten Wayne Koestenbaum + Kenneth Goldsmith | Rachel Kushner + Hari Kunzru Ben Lerner + Adam Fitzgerald | Sam Lipsyte + Christopher Sorrentino Ben Marcus + Courtney Eldridge | Steven Millhauser + Jim Shepard Álvaro Mutis + Francisco Goldman | Sharon Olds + Amy Hempel Dale Peck + Jim Lewis | Sapphire + Kelvin Christopher James Lore Segal + Han Ong | Charles Simic + Tomaž Šalamun Justin Taylor + Ben Mirov | John Edgar Wideman + Caryl Phillips Tobias Wolff + A.M. Homes

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR NOVEMBER 17TH.

http://nationalhistorycenter.org/congressional-briefing-on-ebola-and-the-african-health-crisis-in-historical-perspective/

ANOTHER LOSS

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/28/health/efua-dorkenoo-dies-at-65-key-foe-of-genital-cutting.html?_r=0

Transition is a unique forum for fresh perspectives on global issues, literature and art, cultures and people, with an emphasis on Africa and the Diaspora. Editor Alejandro de la Fuente Harvard University Visual Arts Editor Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw  University of Pennsylvania Editorial Mission      Mark your calendar! Mandela:   Beyond the Myth  Featuring issue 116 contributors: Warren Binford Xolela Mangcu Steven Nelson Harvard Book Store  Tues, December 2 7:00 pm   Transition is available for sale at:         Issue 113 Issue 112 Issue 111    All Back issues   Subscribe Submit   ......................................................................................... Open Access   In the weeks leading up to the launch of our special commemorative issue on Nelson Mandela (116), Transition and Indiana University Press are offering open access to six related articles from our archives.    We hope you will enjoy these first two installments: Letter from South Africa by Bessie Head published in Transition 11 (1963) - (this .pdf also includes an interesting announcement of the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr.) Profile of an Afrikaner by Hilda Bernstein published in Transition 23 (1965) Check this website each week for the latest open access articles. And please mark your calendar for our event "Mandela: Beyond the Myth" at the Harvard Book Store on December 2nd. More to follow!...    ......................................................................................... Forthcoming   Issue 116 is our special issue remembering Nelson Mandela. Contributors include Wole Soyinka, Nadine Gordimer, Xolela Mangcu, Adam Habib, Pierre de Vos, Warren Bindford, Abdeldjalil Larbi Youcef, Aaron Bady, Marvin Dunn, Kurt Campbell, Steven Nelson, Meghan Healy-Clancy, Hugo Canham, Rebecca VanDiver, and Christopher J. Lee.  This issue will be the first under the direction ofTransition's new Editor, Alejandro de la Fuente.  Coming in December 2014. Pre-order at the number below! Individual Print Subscription: $39.50 / 3 issues    For single issue orders, please call  [800] 842.6796   ......................................................................................... Current issue Mad  Transition 115 finds us 'Mad.' The issue looks at connections between blackness and psychology, examining Richard Wright's attempts to bring clinical psychotherapy to Harlem and revealing the links between schizophrenia and fears of black "psychos." Contributors include Carina del Valle Schorske, Gabriel Mendes, Jonathan Metzl, Robin Hammond, Frederick Harris, jewel bush, Yohuru Williams, Peniel Joseph, Kabu Okai-Davies, Irene Yoon, Krishna Lewis, Vijay Iyer, Catherine Keyser, and Lara Stein Pardo.   View artists in this issue ......................................................................................... Submit Your Work    Transition publishes writing from and about Africa and the African diaspora, with an eye towards a global perspective. Submissions are accepted on a year-round rolling basis. See guidelines and submit your work here. We look forward to hearing from you!  TRANSITION is a publication of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. http://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/ Published by Indiana University Press.

FOOTBALL

Please teach the Dallas Cowboys how to tackle.  Give these guys rope during practice.

SHOW ME THE BUNNY

One should explore "magical thinking" within black intellectual thought. How many of us have been following a Black Peter Pan or simply wishing for one?

Maybe this is why we might never change our views on race matters.

Oh, and how many black men might simply be magicians? Black fathers disappearing into hats. Black women crying for the bunny.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/28/science/magic-may-lurk-inside-us-all.html?_r=0

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Ethelbert, Superstorm Sandy. Super Typhoon Haiyan. Super Typhoon Vongfong. The past few years, we’ve seen devastating superstorms hitting coastlines across the globe with more power than ever. Many of us are asking, “Why is this happening? What can be done?”  On October 29, people around the world are coming together in a digital day of action to remember these storms, discuss the impacts of carbon pollution on our weather, and demand solutions to climate change. As part of this day of action, The Climate Reality Project is hosting a free informational webinar to highlight the connection between dirty energy from fossil fuels and the extreme weather devastating our cities.  REGISTER NOW What’s more, in this webinar, we’ll show you how you can speak out against carbon pollution that gives this “weather on steroids” its strength. What: Carbon Pollution, Our Changing Climate, and What You Can Do When: Wednesday October 29, 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET Where: Your computer. To register, click here. Who: The Climate Reality Project In the next few weeks, we’ll mark two painful anniversaries: Superstorm Sandy on October 29 and Super Typhoon Haiyan on November 8. We are all affected by climate change, and we need everyone to to work together to protect our future. Will you help? Click here to register today, and join us in this day of action. Hope you can attend this important event, The Climate Reality team   PS: If you haven't yet supported the EPA's plan to limits on carbon pollution, there's still time! Click here to take action.

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University Librarian Artemis G. Kirk and the Georgetown University Library Associates in conjunction with the Department of English cordially invite you to the Annual Casey-McIlvane Memorial Lecture Poetry of Witness with editors Carolyn L. Forché Director of Georgetown’s Lannan Center, Professor of Poetry and English and Duncan Wu Professor of English, Georgetown University Thursday, November 6, 2014 Reception at 6:30 p.m. Program at 7 p.m. Copley Formal Lounge, Copley Hall, Georgetown University Book signing to follow RSVP by Friday, October 31, at library.georgetown.edu/rsvp or 202-687-7446 Poetry of Witness is an anthology featuring the work of poets who have witnessed war, imprisonment, torture and slavery. Echoing Forché’s groundbreaking scholarship on this topic, this work illuminates the full range of the human experience. Alongside Shakespeare, Milton and Wordsworth, the volume includes such writers as Anne Askew, tortured and executed for her religious beliefs during the reign of Henry VIII; Phillis Wheatley, abducted by slave traders; Samuel Bamford, present at the Peterloo Massacre in 1819; William Blake, who witnessed the Gordon Riots of 1780; and Samuel Menashe, survivor of the Battle of the Bulge. The Casey-McIlvane Endowed Library Lecture Fund was established in memory of Francis L. Casey Jr. (C’50, L’53) and in honor of the Reverend Donald W. McIlvane (F’46) through the generous joint gift of Nancy McIlvane Del Genio (F’82) and the late Roseanne McIlvane Casey (S’79). The Georgetown University Library Associates are a group of Georgetown alumni, parents and friends dedicated to supporting the Library. To learn more, contact us at 202-687-7446 or visit us at library.georgetown.edu/associates. Image: In Flanders Fields by Lieut. Col. John McCrae. Illustrated by Ernest Clegg. Printed in a limited edition of 500 copies at the Shop of William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, New York, 1921. From the Rare Books Collection in the Library’s Booth Family Center for Special Collections. In Flanders Fields is featured in Poetry of Witness.