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Celebrating Poets Tim Bellows of Gold River, Ca. has new book of poetry: Sunlight from Another Day - Poems In & Out of the Body (AuthorHouse, 2006). The book features poems from the bizarre and unexpected to the spiritually enlivened. There are also the Author's original photographs. For sample poems see http://www.authorhouse.com/bookStore/BookHome.aspx. October 2006 Liz Fortini of Pleasanton, Ca. Her short story 'A Little Bit of "Old Faithful"' won first prize in www.poeticdiversity.org prose contest, October 2006. The story will be published in their April 2007 edition. We regret to announce that our Arabic Editor Elias Abu-Saba of Alameda, passed away on September 28th, 2006. He was a wonderful poet and translator. Alice Kite of Pleasanton, Ca. Her poem 'To the Dandelion' won the Theme Prize at the 2006 Alameda County Fair, June/July 2006 Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul placed Second in the Best Self-Help Book-English Language category, 8th Annual International Latino Book Awards, presented at BookExpo America in D.C., May 2006 Gabriela Anaya Valdepeña of North Park, Ca.’ book of poetry Welcome, Eavesdropper (see Book Reviews) won the San Diego Book Award for best published book of poetry. She recently was featured in Biobytes, in the San Diego Union-Tribune. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060501/news_mz1b1biobyte.html, May 2006 Susan Wilson of Livermore, Ca. won the 2006 Lydia Wood Award for Poetry in the Las Positas College Anthology.(see 2005 – 2006 Chapbook Series). She also won 3rd Place and 3 Honorable Mentions. Las Positas College is located in Livermore, Ca.: www.laspositascollege.edu, May 2006 Marie Delgado Travis of Houston, Texas (see Book Reviews) led readings and panel discussions by Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul led contributors from Texas: Esther Bonilla Read, Rogelio Gomez, Maria Luisa Salcines, Olga Valle-Herr and Margarita Velez at the EDWARD JAMES OLMOS LATINO BOOK FAIR AND FAMILY FESTIVAL in Houston, the first weekend of May. Marie also is one of the contributors to the anthology. The Book Festival travels to Dallas on July 29/30, 2006. For a complete itinerary, see http://www.lbff.us/ , May 2006 Judith Wilkinson of Groningen, the Netherlands wrote an article “Translating Toon Tellgen”, published in Poetry International, from the featured country and poet of the month: http://netherlands.poetryinternational.org/, April 2006 Celebration of the Centenary of Pablo Neruda, March 11, 2004 back to top |
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