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<p class=MsoNormal><a name="OLE_LINK2"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear</span></font></a> Poetry Reader,<br>
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Copper Canyon Press is pleased to announce that Palestinian poet Taha Muhammad
Ali will appear on the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Lehrer NewsHour</span></i>
feature “Voices of Conflict: Poetry of the Middle East,” which is
scheduled to air on PBS this Thursday, March 22, 2007. (Check local listings
for airtime and channel.)<br>
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Senior <i><span style='font-style:italic'>NewsHour</span></i> correspondent
Jeffrey Brown recently traveled to the Middle East to interview Palestinian and
Israeli poets; a blog of his travels is currently posted at the PBS website. <a
href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/entertainment/poetry/middleeastpoetry/notebook2.html">(Click
here for story on Taha Muhammad Ali.)</a><br>
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Taha Muhammad Ali was an international headliner at the 2006 Dodge Poetry
Festival, and his debut American publication, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>So
What: New and Selected Poems, </span></i>was the first Arabic translation ever
published by Copper Canyon Press. <br>
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To order <i><span style='font-style:italic'>So What, </span></i>or read poem
samples and review excerpts, visit: <a
href="http://www.coppercanyonpress.org/catalog/dsp_bookDetail.cfm?Book_ID=1259"><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>So What,</span></i></a><a
href="http://www.coppercanyonpress.org/catalog/dsp_bookDetail.cfm?Book_ID=1259">
by Taha Muhammad Ali</a>.<br>
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As always, we wish you good reading.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Copper Canyon Press<br>
<a href="http://www.coppercanyonpress.org/" eudora=autourl>www.coppercanyonpress.org</a><br>
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