� Send a Book - Get a Book
   59 poets so far will send a book and get a book in our 7th Annual
   Great Poetry Exchange. Join in...send your book to someone, get a
   book from someone else. See the entire list of books pledged so far
   by clicking on "Great Poetry Exchange" from the main PSH menu!

   � Our apologies for those who attempted to tune in or call in to last
   week's PSH Live Open reading. Because of a technical error at Blog
   Talk Radio (our 'air-waves' provider) we weren't able to log in to
   host the show. We hope you'll tune in next month, Sunday, March 9th
   at 2pm (pacific) for another opportunity to hear poets from all over
   the world, as well as call in and read a poem yourself. Click on PSH
   Live from the main PSH menu for the details and to listen to recent
   shows in the archives.


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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
Issue # 542 - ISSN: 1523-6587

February 17-24, 2008

   this week:

   ~ This week featuring poets from AUGUSTA, ME and AUSTIN, TX

   ~ 2 new poetry and writing related link added this week.

   ~ THE LAST AMERICAN VALENTINE edited by DERRICK BROWN featured this
     week in the PSH Bookstore.

   ~ PSH LIVE Schedule: Open Reading MArch 9

   ~ Poetry / Writing related Classified Ads.


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POETS OF THE WEEK

   ~ This week's featured poets are: PETER SCHWARTZ and BIG POPPA E:

   PETER SCHWARTZ (Augusta, Maine) is a painter, poet and writer. He's
   also an associate art editor for Mad Hatters' Review. His artwork can
   be seen all over the Internet but specifically at:
   www.sitrahahra.com. He's had hundreds of paintings, poems, and
   stories published both online and in print and is constantly
   submitting new work as if his very life depended on it. His last show
   was at the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in Chelsea NYC.

   BIG POPPA E (Austin, Texas) is the author of six books of poetry, two
   collections of haiku, two CDs, two DVDs, and a bunch of T-shirts and
   stickers. He has been published in Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art
   of Performance Poetry on Manic D Press, and his essay Slam Your Way
   Across America was included in the Poets and Writers magazine
   collection The Practical Writer: From Inspiration to Publication. He
   has two tuxedo kitties named Aretha and Thelonious. He currently
   serves as DJ Hot Wings every week at the Austin Poetry Slam.

   Click on "FEATURED POETS" from the main PSH menu to read their work.


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NEW POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY LINKS

   Here are all of the new sites added to the Poetry Super Highway's 
   poetry and writing links sections.

   You can find the actual links on the PSH website in the 3 poetry links
   categories. Click on "Add Your Link Here" from the main PSH menu to 
   add your poetry/writing website to our directory.

   NEW ONLINE POETRY RESOURCES LISTINGS THIS WEEK 

   ~ THE SOUND OF POETRY REVIEW
   This is an international poetry site for contemporary poets. Every
   time, the site will feature a poetry collection, a poet and his/her
   selected literary works. The main goal of 袍he Sound Of Poetry
   Review� is to provide and increase public exposure for poets from
   around the globe regardless of race, sex, political/religious
   affiliation and nationality.


   NEW ONLINE PUBLICATIONS LISTINGS THIS WEEK 

   ~ THE SPLINTER GENERATION
   Six young people, unsatisfied with being called Generation Y,
   Generation 9-11, and countless other ill-fitting monikers, have
   created a website inviting people between the ages of fifteen
   and thirty-five to talk to each other through literature. We're
   calling it "The Splinter Generation"�a name that we posit might feel
   more appropriate, even if temporarily, until we start hearing each
   others' voices and perhaps think of something better.


   NEW INDIVIDUAL POETS PAGES LISTINGS THIS WEEK 

   ~ CHOCOLATE WATERS
   The site span four decades of this award-winning poet's work. Audio
   files included.


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POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY BOOKSTORE

   Featured this week in the PSH 
   Bookstore:

   THE LAST AMERICAN VALENTINE edited by DERRICK BROWN

   This collection features 24 poets, musicians and barflys, all paired
   up with brilliant American illustrators for a collection of gorgeous
   and striking love poetry. Brendan Constantine, Bucky Sinister, Buddy
   Wakefield, Cristin Aptowicz, Derrick Brown, Jack Hirschman, Jeffrey
   Mcdaniel, John Gardiner, Lynne Procope, Michael C. Ford, Micael
   Cirelli, Michael Mcclure, Michael Roberts, Mindy Nettifee, Nathan
   Willet of Cold War Kids, Richard Swift, Rick Lupert, Roger Bonair
   Agard, Shappy Seasholtz, Stephen Latty, Victor Infante, Beau Sia,
   Amber Tamblyn, Agneta Falk, Anis Mojgani."Poems of romantic power and
   humor...

   "A gorgeously successful union."
            -New York Times Book Review

   Paperback, 212 pages, published by Write Bloody Press, (January, 2008)


   ~ If you are or were a featured poet of the week on the Poetry Super
   Highway AND  you have a book available through Amazon.com, please let
   me know so we can feature your work in the Poetry Super Highway
   Bookstore in a new section just for former featured poet's books.
   Write books@PoetrySuperHighway.com with your name and the title of
   the book.


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UPCOMING POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY LIVE EVENTS

   Our Live events are hosted through BlogTalk Radio and can be accessed
   during the event by visiting http://www.blogtalkradio.com/psh and
   clicking on the "Click to Listen" button.

   You can listen to the shows through your web browser as well as call
   in and ask questions live through by dialing (646) 716-7362 during
   the live broadcast.

   Can't or don't want to call in? You can ask questions live during the
   show's broadcast time by sending an instant message to RickPoet on
   AIM.

   If you can't make the live time, you can also listen to any past show
   by visiting http://www.blogtalkradio.com/psh and clicking on the
   show's title. (As well as subscribe to all of our shows through
   iTunes or any other software you use to listen to podcasts.


   UPCOMING SHOWS:

   Worldwide Open Reading
   Sunday March 9, 2:00 pm (pacific)
   Call in and read your poetry, open mic style. No content or style
   restrictions. Share details about your local poetry community with
   our listeners. We want to hear you!


   RECENTLY ARCHIVED BROADCASTS:

   January Worldwide Open Reading
   Sunday January 13
   The January edition of our open reading featured callers from Tacoma
   Park, Maryland, Sioux City, IA (Our first call in regular!), a slew
   of callers from North Carolina, Valley Center, California and
   Virginia (D.C. area.) Please ignore all the wrong buttons I pressed.

   December Worldwide Open Reading
   Sunday December 16
   Hear callers including the poet laureate of New Hampshire, as well as
   callers from Lawrenceville, NJ, Sioux City, IA, Birmingham, AL,
   Chicago, IL and Atlanta, GA in our December 2007 open reading.


   GOT A SHOW IDEA?

   Poetry Super Highway Live would love to host your reading, interview,
   contest promotion or other poetry/writing related show. Please e-mail
   your show idea to Rick@PoetrySuperHighway.com, and we'll take it from
   there.


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AND SO ON . . .

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POETRY CLASSIFIEDS

   For information on placing Poetry Related classifieds ads on the
   Poetry Super Highway web page and weekly e-mail outburst, send an
   e-mail to: classifieds@PoetrySuperHighway.com

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   TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID SHORT STORY CONTEST � CLOSING SOON
   Sixteenth year. Fourteen cash prizes totaling $5,250. Top
   prize $2,000. Seeks short stories, essays and other works of prose,
   up to 5,000 words. Winning entries published online. Both published
   and unpublished work accepted. Fee per entry is $12, payable to
   Winning Writers. Postmark deadline: March 31. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C.
   Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard
   Short Story Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA
   01060. Winning Writers is proud to be one of "101 Best Websites for
   Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2007). More information:
   http://www.winningwriters.com/tomstory

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   Announcing the fourth annual Skysaje Enterprises poetry contest.
   All entries must be typed in 12pts font preferably in times new roman
   or better font. All entries must be in English/American
   standard. $250.00 top prize and three $25.00 Honorable mentions will
   be awarded. $15.00 US entry fee must accompany all submissions,
   submit up to five pieces per entry. Make checks payable to L.Berger
   and send your entries to:

   Skysaje Enterprises
   50 Amesbury RD. 
   Rochester, NY 14623

   Submission deadline: April 30th 2008.

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   ONLINE WORKSHOP--WORDSMITH CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPFinding the Words
   in the Writer and the Writer in the Words.
   Improvisational writing exercises & one submission for in-depth
   critique of work prepared for that purpose. Eight weeks; BEGINS EVERY
   THURSDAY; cost $110. Live workshop also available mid-March in Venice
   California. http://www.barringtoneditorial.com For more info
   contactlisa@barringtoneditorial.com

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   A Poets' Seder: Submissions Wanted
   This is an open call for poetry submissions for A Poets' Haggadah to
   be published in April, 2008 in conjunction with the Poets' Seder
   event at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice, CA. We're
   accepting submissions of poetry specifically written to reinterpret
   the components and themes of the Passover Seder. Please visit
   http://www.PoetSeder.com/ for complete submission guidelines.

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   Instant Publisher offers the ability for you to print professional 
   quality, perfect bound, with glossy full color cover books, which you
   lay out yourself directly from your computer.

   Your book can be any number of pages with any design you want in black
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   You simply download the Instant Publisher software to your computer, 
   lay out your book using any program you want (Publisher, Microsoft
   Word, Quark XPress, Adobe Indesign, etc...) and then when you're
   ready, you print over the internet to the Instant Publisher servers.

   In less than 2 weeks, you'll get your books in the mail!

   You can order as few as 25 books if you want. They can also provide 
   ISBN and Barcodes for your book if you want, and full color cover 
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   This is the cheapest way to get bookstore quality books of your 
   poetry or any other work in almost any quantity.

   Visit http://www.instantpublisher.com/default.asp?afcc=1172 for
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   PUT YOUR  POEMS  ON T-SHIRTS!

   (or your pictures, images, website logos, poetry on t-shirts,
   sweatshirts, coffee mugs, and mouse pads, hats, picture frames, lunch
   boxes, stickers, postcards, calendars, frisbees, and more!)

   Also custom make your own books and CDs with full color art and
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   Set up your store for free and earn commission from every sale or
   order merchandise for yourself or for gifts.

   visit: http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/storeref.aspx?refby=rickpoet
   for the details.

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   A Man With No Teeth Serves Us Breakfast
   is Rick Lupert's latest release and the author's 11th book written
   during two weeks in Boston and London during the summer of 2006. It's
   a reverse trip through the American Revolution with a special stop to
   tread on the remains of King George The III and an introduction by
   Brendan Constantine. Read sample poems and learn how to get your copy
   here: http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/noteeth.html

   See a video of Rick reading from this book here:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESl6nId6Mro

   See an interview with Rick at his weekly open reading here:
   http://youtube.com/watch?v=pyHYN0gXGP4

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