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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Copper</span></font><font
size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Franklin Gothic Medium"'> </span></font><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Canyon</span></font><font
size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Franklin Gothic Medium"'> Press is pleased to announce the publication of<b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> So What: New and Selected Poems
1971-2005 </span></i></b>by Palestinian poet and fiction writer<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Taha Muhammad Ali.</span></b> <br>
</span></font><br>
<i><font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";font-style:italic'>So What</span></font></i>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>is the first American publication of
Muhammad Ali’s career, and the first Arabic translation ever published by
Copper Canyon Press. The book, which</span></font><i><span style='font-style:
italic'> </span></i><i><font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";font-style:italic'>Publishers
Weekly</span></font></i> <font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>calls
“timely and affecting,” has the Arabic script facing the English
translation. <br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>“During this time of conflict, the
publication of a bilingual Arabic book like</span></font><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i><i><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";
font-style:italic'>So What</span></font></i> <font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>takes
on an especially poignant meaning for us,” explains </span></font><font
size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Copper</span></font><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>
</span></font><font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Canyon</span></font><font
size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>’s Executive Editor Michael Wiegers.
“It’s an unignorable book. We hope to humanize the news coming from
the </span></font><font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Middle East</span></font><font
size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>, and Taha’s poetry does that, and more.”<br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>In late September Muhammad Ali will fly
from </span></font><font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Nazareth</span></font><font
size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Franklin Gothic Medium"'> to </span></font><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>New
Jersey</span></font><font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'> and, accompanied
by his translator Peter Cole, embark on reading tour throughout the </span></font><font
size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>United States</span></font><font
size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>. His first stop will be as an international
headliner at the Dodge Poetry Festival. In addition to headlining at the </span></font><font
size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>U.S.</span></font><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>’s
most renowned poetry festival, Muhammad Ali will read at an urban church, a
poetry center, a university, and for students in a rural town:<br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>September 28 – October 1</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival,
Stanhope, NJ</span></font> <br>
<u><font size=2 color=blue face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:blue'><a
href="http://www.grdodge.org/poetry/main.htm">http://www.grdodge.org/poetry/main.htm</a></span></font></u>
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<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>October 3 at 7:00 pm</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Poets House, New York, NY</span></font> <br>
<u><font size=2 color=blue face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:blue'><a
href="http://www.poetshouse.org/">http://www.poetshouse.org/</a></span></font></u>
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<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>October 5 at 3:30 pm & 7:30 pm</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>San Francisco State Poetry Center, San
Francisco, CA</span></font> <br>
<u><font size=2 color=blue face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:blue'><a
href="http://www.sfsu.edu/~poetry/">http://www.sfsu.edu/~poetry/</a></span></font></u>
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<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>October 7 at 7:30 pm</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA
</span></font><br>
<u><font size=2 color=blue face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:blue'><a
href="http://www.saintmarks.org">http://www.saintmarks.org</a></span></font></u>
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<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>October 8 at 7:00 pm</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Wheeler Theater, Port Townsend, WA</span></font>
<br>
<u><font size=2 color=blue face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:blue'><a
href="http://www.centrum.org">http://www.centrum.org</a></span></font></u> <br>
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<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>October 11 at 7:30 pm</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Chapters Bookstore, Washington, DC</span></font>
<br>
<u><font size=2 color=blue face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";color:blue'><a
href="http://www.chaptersliterary.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp">http://www.chaptersliterary.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp</a></span></font></u>
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<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>To order</span></font><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i><i><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";
font-style:italic'>So What,</span></font></i> <font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>or
for more information about these events, visit: </span></font><a
href="http://www.coppercanyonpress.org/tahatour/"><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>www.coppercanyonpress.org/tahatour/</span></font></a>
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<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Note: We encourage you to forward
this notice to friends, family, and colleagues who may be interested in</span></font><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i><i><font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";
font-style:italic'>So What</span></font></i> <font size=2
face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>and/or
attending one of Taha Muhammad Ali’s readings.<br>
</span></font><br>
<b><font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium";font-weight:bold'>Warning</span></font></b>
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<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Lovers of hunting,</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>and beginners seeking your prey:</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Don’t aim your rifles </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>at my happiness,</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>which isn’t worth </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>the price of the bullet</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>(you’d waste on it).</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>What seems to you </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>so nimble and fine,</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>like a fawn,</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>and flees </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>every which way,</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>like a partridge, </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>isn’t happiness.</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Trust me:</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>my happiness bears</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>no relationship to happiness. <br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>-Taha Muhammad Ali</span></font> <br>
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<font size=2 face="Franklin Gothic Medium"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium"'>Small print: Copper Canyon Press
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