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AFRICAN DANCE & MUSIC

Negotiating the Modern Space of African Dance by lyw

In the documentary, African Dance: Sand, Drum, and Shostakovich, choreographer Zab Maboungou, says that she always has to "negotiate the space" when she dances, implying that it is naive of us to think that there are many places on this earth that do not carry some echoes of our past, culture and heritage. She negotiates the space in order to give this past a present meaning.

In the film, Maboungou is quoted thus, "It is never just there, just like that for me. It is a space that is inhabited; it is a space that is alive and I have to negotiate. I`m not just coming in to fill it up. There are things already there." [click the link for more]

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ASIAN DANCE & MUSIC

Vladimir Tarasov and Thundering

Dragon Percussion Group by Nikolai Dmitriev

"Vladimir Tarasov had to visit China. China which is the center of a most ancient civilization and which holds the richest culture ever. This country attracts everyone; its magnetic force is known to everyone. Especially to those who never forget about their predecessor's experience. Especially to those who never break the generation circuit which goes from past into future but lock it. Especially to those, who combine archaic and avant-garde trends, traditions and novice, respect of a disciple and impudence of an artist..." [click the link for more]

Introducing HUGO's Chinese Percussion Instrumental Series by WANG Yi-dong

MASTER OF CHINESE PERCUSSION by Harvey Neo

"Noting that this site has no prior reviews on Chinese classical music, I feel very much obliged to provide uninitiated readers a very brief introduction to the genre. This is both an unenviable and difficult task for Chinese music has an extremely long and complex history......" [click the link for more]

please visit our Traditional Chinese Dance, Cambodian Dance and Music and Percussion pages for more info

BREAKDANCE

	wot buddha learned about dance ... Mahood, George ‘Buddha’s Turkish Story’ Big Daddy Issue 6, 2001 A famous Canadian, break dancing, dancefloor master, called Buddha recalls how he was able to connect with local Turks on a holiday with his girlfriend..." [click the link for more]
	Momentum by BboY Sparkz c/o Breakdance in Canada "This is a question that is most commonly asked by Break Dancers and Gymnasts. You go about reading tons of articles on how to flare and do windmills and crap and in the back of your head you are saying to yourself, "Yep! Uh Huh! I can do that, I think I know what he is saying." Then you reach the part of the article that says don't worry about building up muscle or kicking too hard because momentum will keep you in the air and it will take most of the stress off your arms, Then you are like "What the hell is this guy smoking? Okay, I would love for this to be true but what the hell is momentum? Is it some little fairy that comes along and holds my ass off the ground while I am flaring? .." [click the link for more]
	Power Moves vs. Styles by Krayz Kujo c/o Breakdance in Canada
	What does Foundation really Mean? by Krayz Kujo c/o Breakdance in Canada
	Breaking Scenes c/o Dancer's Delight [click the link for more]
	Breakdancing: West coast style c/o Dancer's Delight "I would like to submit you a more concise history of westcoast street dancing. I myself was dancing over 22yrs ,my age is 33. I started pop-locking in San Francisco, FRESNO ,LosAngeles area.& in Chicago an in New ORLEANS..." [click the link for more]

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CAPOEIRA

	Jogo de Palavras: the writer and the malandragem by lyw ... The malandragem is designed on a paradox; it makes the truth, at once, illusive yet inevitable. It can be interpreted as negative and positive, but is, by itself, neutral. Everything is a potential lie and truth. For example: He said this but he meant that. She had me go one way, so I would eventually go in another. Those who wish to find Capoeira’s true nature, whether in the roda or by definition, should expect the very process to involve the malandragem. [click the link for more]
	Will the Gringo Win? by Alastair Thompson
	The Master & the Capoeirista: “a wild old soul to guide me” by lyw One of Capoeira’s strongest traits is its devotion to its lineage and its mestres (teachers). There is an ideal in Capoeira that there is one mestre above all the others for every Capoeirista (Capoeira player) and that our lessons are made shallow and fragmented when we don’t know how to stay with our teachers. Capoeirista or not, we have all had teachers. As well, most of us have had to choose at one time or another when to go with somebody or when to go it alone. When we make those decisions, does our ‘lineage’ follow through in those actions? Does our ‘training’, or lack of, show? And of all our teachers, can any of us trust one mestre above all others to guide us through our lives, like our own conscience? If we’re going to be romantic about it, what about the idea that this wise sage is cultivated from within? [click the link for more]
	Two articles by Shayne McHugh aka Shadowcat17: Thoughts of a Ronin Capoeirista In feudal Japan, "ronin" was the name given to masterless samurai, those who had no leader to serve. [click the link for more] the Great Divide Male or female? Democrat or Republican? Paper or plastic? Chocolate or Vanilla? Cup or cone? Manual or automatic? Angola or Regional? The division between the two styles of Capoeira seems to be one of those great dichotomies. Unfortunately, each camp holds a lot of misconceptions about the other. I don't claim to be an expert, but as someone who doesn't fall completely on either side of the fence, I have a few observations and opinions to share. [click the link for more]
	*Selections from Capoeira Angola: Do Iniciante Ao Mestre* **by Mestre Bola Sete translated by Shayna Hughes aka Shadowcat17 Chapter 6 - Origin of Capoeira Angola: Afro-Brazilian Chapter 7 - Final Considerations Observations that we must follow in order to acquire a good use of the practice of Capoeira**
	CAPOEIRA-AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY By Bira Almeida - Acordeon
	History of Capoeira Angola Copyright © 1996-2002. International Capoeira Angola Foundation. "The etymology of the word capoeira is disputed by some scholars. Some Brazilian writers claim it is from the Amerindian Tupi language group and means an area of bush that has been cleared by burning or cutting down. In Portuguese, the language of Brazil, it also means a big chicken coop or a place where birds are fattened. Kongo scholar K. Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau thinks that capoeira is really a deformation of the kikongo word Kipura/kipula. According to Fu-Kiau "Both pura and pula means to flutter, to flit from place to place; to struggle, to fight, to flog. Both terms are used to describe rooster's movements in a fight: their back and forth, up and down as well as turning around moves. Kipura, in the kongo cultural context, is...an individual whose techniques of fight or struggle are based or developed on the ground of rooster fighting techniques..." [click the link for more]

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GOSPEL

Gospel Music And The Black Consciousness by Leonard Goines

"Black gospel music grew out of the late 19th and early 20th century folk church and is essentially created in a context of individual and collective spontaneity. As a total manifestation, black gospel can be viewed as a synthesis of West African and Afro-American music, dance, poetry, oratory and drama. An urban contemporary black religious and musical statement of rural folk origins, it is a celebration of the Christian experience of salvation and hope. According to gospel singer and historian Pearl Williams Jones, it is at the same time, "a declaration of black selfhood which is expressed through the very personal medium of music." ..." [click the link for more]

HIP HOP

The Love Movement by Jeremy Relph - by lyw

The Beatnuts: Jokes on Who? Pound, Monday June 21, 2004 by JeremyRelph

From the Outposts of Hip Hop Series - by lyw

On MasiaOne -

“Create something from nothing”

"What is Hip Hop today? Something floating between Will Smith – Bling Bling – and bang, bang, you dead? Where does MasiaOne’s new CD, named after an Ontario suburb, Mississauga, fit into this equation?" [click the link for more]

The Stylordz -

Hip Hop as a physical science

"On November 23^rd, 2003, the Stylordz held their first Hip Hop Congress in a private, downtown Hamilton (a.k.a. Steel City, Canada) location. The congress marked a cap in the history of this organization and is truly an example of how Hip Hop has developed since its pioneering days – this rebellious art form and urban storytelling turned industry, philosophy and science." [click the link for more]

Unit 1 Objective:

What were the social, economic and political conditions that gave birth to hiphop culture?

Inner-City Social-Economic context

The South Bronx early history

ALTERNATIVES TO GANG VIOLENCE

HIP HOP CULTURE

THE BEGINNING OF RAP MUSIC: MOBILE DEEJAYS
DJ KOOL HERC
DJ AFRIKA BAMBAATAA
DJ GRANDMASTER FLASH
DJ COMPETITION

FUNCTIONS OF RAP MUSIC AND HIPHOP CULTURE

1996 interview with Afrika Bambaataa c/o Davey D’s Hip Hop Corner.

"Everyone in Hip Hop owes a bit of gratitude to Hip Hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa and his Universal Zulu Nation. Here's a guy who came out of New York's ruthless gang culture and succeeded in creating something positive when there was so much negativity around. He took former gang members put them under one umbrella initially called the Organization and later Zulu Nation." [click the link for more]

Hip-hop tries to break image of violence, by Alexandra Marks c/o The Christian Science Monitor

Is Hip-Hop Dead? by Walter Dawkins c/o Davey D’s Hip Hop Corner

"Is hip-hop dead? It sure sounds like it if you turn on the radio. What used to be exciting, groundbreaking music seems to have been reduced to a one-note din. The only topics discussed are bling-bling materialism, how many guns you have, and "ho's." Hip-hop poster boy 50 Cent appears on the cover of Rolling Stone with the caption "Mastering The Art of Violence." There's the raunchy Lil' Kim, and of course, top dog and now Oscar-winner Eminem, who has threatened to kill his wife numerous times on his records". [click the link for more]

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HOUSE & DANCE

What is to be Done – Notes from the Digital Revolution

Sometimes music feels like it hits you in the face. That’s how I felt watching the First Seed, a.k.a. Adam Gabourie. I’ve never had an S&M relationship, but the First Seed delivered a taste of what it might feel like on the receiving end. Self described as “breakcore” or “speedcore” beats, his particular form of musical expression can also be characterized as bloody violent technical meltdown.

This music is “a reflection of society at this state in time,” Gabourie told me. [click the link for more]

History of House by Phil Cheeseman, DJ Magazine

"It's been ten years since the first identifiably house tracks were put on to vinyl, ten years which have changed the technology behind the electronic music revolution beyond recognition but left the basic structure of house intact. It's seven years since it was being said house couldn't last..." [click the link for more]

Twelve Inch a great history lesson and commentary on the 12" record by Jahsonic.com

"The modern vinyl record was launched in 1948 and is a direct descendent of the gramophone record. This new media has several advantages over the shellac 78RPM original gramophone record. The 12" LP record rotates at 331/3 RPM and has tight "microgrooves" allowing 25 minutes of playing time per side. The vinyl material also is quieter than the 78RPM shellac improving greatly the signal-to-noise ratio...." [click the link for more]

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JAZZ

The Ghosts of Strange Fruit by Nat Hentoff c/o JazzTimes Magazine

"On May 1, an exhibition on the history of lynching opened at the National Park Service's Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Site in Atlanta. At its frightening center is "Without Sanctuary"-photographs taken at lynchings from the 1880s through the 1940s. It will be in Atlanta through the rest of the year..." [click the link for more]

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LATIN DANCE & MUSIC

On Learning the Passion of Salsa: Social Dancing vs. Choreography

The passion of the salsa dancer is unparalleled; rich, overflowing, mad -- and quickly becoming one of the most organized & professional street dances in the world. This is the kind of dance that is both internalized and externalized. Salsa is nothing without a least a little wow factor, but salsa is also nothing if you can’t just lose yourself in the music and dance like nobody’s watching.

The Salsa Congresses and professional dance companies continue to raise the bar in terms of technical skill, creativity and that wow factor. At the same time, salsa began and continues to simmer its own subtle variations in style and personalities in the night-clubs. The average salsero or salsera can go to any major city in the world and find a salsa club or community adding to this dance’s international appeal.

In this article, we ask the question: how does social dancing compare to performance, for the student looking to tap into the unique passion of salsa?[Click the link for more]

SALSA ARTICLES by "Doc Salsa", Steve Shaw, SalsaNewYork.com Website c/o Salsa Picante Dance Company

DON'T GIVE UP! Learning to dance takes time and work for most of us, and it includes some evenings when you feel you'll never improve and when almost no one will dance with you. But if you keep learning, by taking classes or privates, drilling the fundamentals and practicing, and getting out there social dancing, you will most likely master the dance and come to enjoy the results of all that work: the joy of dancing well and being able to dance with many different partners. [click the link to read more]

THE HECTOR LAVOE STORY by Izzy Sanabria c/o Puerto Rico Es Salsa

Toronto Salsa: Where We've Been and Where We're Going with All This Dancing on the Spot? by lyw

SEVEN HISTORIES OF SALSA & MERINGUE c/o the Salsa & Meringue Society

SALSA
"From the number of messages I've received asking for a “history of salsa” and “salsa dance history”, it became obvious that the two previous sections - 'History: Influences' and 'History: Danzon and On' were not enough." [click the link for more]

MERINGUE
Presented here is a series of seven articles, tracing the early history of merengue as a pan-Caribbean genre, the importance of the Dominican Republic as the main locus for its development, and its transnationalisation because of the Diaspora. It concludes with a personal perspective of merengue in this country, the United Kingdom." [click the link for more]

The Soul of the Barrio: 30 Years of Salsa. by Manuel, Peter. NACLA Report on the Americas 09/19/94 v28:n2. p22(5) c/o kcsalsa.com

Salsa was born in the 1960s and early 1970s, and embodied the moment's affirmative and sanguine spirit. It depicted creative Latinos confronting their social situation and literally dancing their way through adversity. [click the link for more]

The Clave: Creole Cuban Instrument c/o Victor Eijkjout's Homepage excerpted from Masters Thesis by Rebeca Mauleón entitled "The Cuban Clave: Its Origins and Development in World Musics," © 1997 by Rebeca Mauleón-Santana.

"What is the clave? Both as instrument and as rhythmic pattern, the Cuban clave is perhaps one of the most significant developments to impact the music of the Western hemisphere..." [click the link for more]

Other links c/o Victor Eijkjout's Homepage

Salsa vs Mambo, Salsa, Vallenato, and Cumbia, Bomba and Plena

Arizona Hispanic

"The influence of Hispanic music on American culture is seen everywhere today. The impact, however, did not happen overnight. Since the early days of Arizona, Hispanic musicians have been a strong presence on airwaves, in dance halls and during celebrations. Most of this music is modeled after what is seen and heard in Mexico and Latin America, but new musical styles unique to the Mexican-American culture have evolved in the Southwest United States." [click the link for more]

Banda | Mariachi | Musica de Conjunto | Corridos | Dance

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MIDDLE-EASTERN DANCE & MUSIC

Physical & Emotional Challenges in Learning Middle Eastern Dance by lyw

"The student in Middle Eastern dance (also known as Raks Sharqi and infamously as the bellydance) faces many physical and emotional challenges. Taming the body and mind to layer and twist itself, with precision and grace, to the heavily percussive music from the Middle East makes this study as profound and mysterious as its history.

Spanning back to the beginning of our civilization, this history wants and can be told a million and one ways. This is a story that grows with each dancer’s victories and failures over the body and spirit. While the mind learns to control the body, the mind learns to release inhibitions and insecurities." [click the link for more]

Teaching Ethnic Dance: The Raqs Sharqi Experience By Zarifa Sa'id

Written on the Body: Bellydancing from a Canadian Perspective. by lyw

"Yasmina Ramzy, head of Arabesque Academy and Dance Company, told me that she believes that the future of women’s mysticism lies in bellydancing. From my own experiences with this dance, I was ready to believe her. Bellydancing not only refreshes every single muscle in the body but also a curiosity for feminine nature and power." [click the link for more]

Defining the Dance by Jen Al-Amira c/o bdancer.com

"If you look around Melbourne today, the belly dance scene is booming. An unprecedented number of schools have opened, we now have both a shop and a resource group operating, a number of troupes perform. Workshops, school performances, individual performances in festivals, boosted by exposure on high profile TV shows such as "Healthy, Wealthy & Wise" have made Melbourne a vibrant and exciting place to participate in Middle-Eastern dance". [click the link for more]

Belly-dancing and Women's Self-Esteem - by Yasmina Ramzy, Arabesque Academy and Company

"Danse du Ventre, Raks Sharqi and the Bellydance are names given to an ancient art form that has been so severely persecuted and repressed for the last 2000 years; it is a wonder the dance exists at all. It does indeed exist and right now is making an extraordinary impact on women all over the world ..." [click the link for more]

DANSE DU VENTRE: A FRESH APPRAISAL (PART I) by Leona Wood

"Every few years there is a resurgence of interest in what is widely known as danse du ventre, or less elegantly, belly dancing. More properly called danse orientale, this dance - by whatever name it may be known - has inevitably elicited an exaggerated response from those not accustomed to the social background to which it belongs. In the past a climate of disapproval has hampered any attempt at serious evaluation of this dance; at the present time the situation has reversed to a point where the enthusiasm of its protagonists has become the chief hindrance to any objective assessment. A dance whose enduring charm has managed to survive not only a body of disparaging commentary but the spurious and tawdry aura surrounding so many of its practitioners does seem deserving of a fresh appraisal." [click the link for more]

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MODERN

Free to Dance: The African-American Presence in Modern Dance

ESSAYS ON DANCE HISTORY FROM THE PBS DANCE WEBSITE - Great Performances Web pages copyright © 2001 Educational Broadcasting Corporation.)

By Peter H. Wood, associate professor of American history at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina
"In the five centuries since Caribbean residents received Columbus, North America's newcomers have come from all over the world. Our foreign ancestors arrived at different times and under diverse circumstances, from Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia. And all of our remote or recent immigrant forebears, whether they disembarked as enslaved, indentured, or free persons, have undergone what Shakespeare called a "sea change" in the transition -- individual and collective -- from one world to another...." [click the link for more]

The Insider's Guide To The Toronto Dance Scene The classic and the way-out come together in this Great White Northern metropolis.
By Rebecca Todd c/o Dance Spirit Magazine

"Toronto’s dance scene is erupting as local companies show a stronger international presence than ever before. One of the greatest sources of creative energy is the collision of many cultural dance forms in this city of immigrants, creating both variety and exchange. Torontonians also love the written word, and cross-fertilization between the dance and theater scenes has left a distinguishing mark on local choreography...." [click the link for more]

STARTING HERE - K.C. PATRICK'S MONTHLY EDITORIALS FOR DANCE MAGAZINE

"The recent increasing performers appearing onstage sans clothing has offended and confused many audiences,. This is not a return to 1970s streaking, which was done for its shock effect, nor is it a boycott of fashionistas-cum-costume-designers. It is about dancers doing what artists do—making meaning..." [click the link for more]

	TAIWAN'S TAI-GU TALES DANCE THEATER by Caroline Herrick c/o Persimmon Magazine

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REGGAE & CARIBBEAN

Reasoning with Michael Franti By Marlon Regis c/o Jahworks.org - Source for Caribbean culture y Marlon Regis 10/21/04

"Acoustic sounds, his recent trip to The Middle East, and more.

The U.S. seems as divided a country on the issue of the War in Iraq, as the world is on issues of abortion and religion. Our generation is already seeing our share of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, sadly destined to face the similar fate of those veterans in the 1960’s returning from Vietnam. Deep sadness, or increasing anger are natural emotions we can either imagine, internalize or directly express in our opposition to the War, but Michael Franti, social-change musical activist, developed a different approach in his protest against the US invading Iraq." [click the link for more]

Rocksteady met Reggae at Fort Lauderdale - By Cecelia Campbell-Livingston, c/o Jahworks.org - Source for Caribbean culture

The Breeding of Hip-Hop with Reggae - by Donovan Longmore, c/o Jahworks.org - Source for Caribbean culture

DYCR - Dub Poet with a Difference - By Cecelia Campbell-Livingston, c/o Jahworks.org - Source for Caribbean culture

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TANGO

Tango articles c/o Seattletango [click the link for more]

Articles and interviews c/o TangoData.com.ar

Maestros on Tour	Tango today in Portugal By Walter Hidalgo
Tango Today in New York by Suárez Paz	Nobody keeps the keys to Tango por Marcelo Héctor Oliveri
Tango in germany By Luis Borda	About Tango By Luis Alposta Poet-writer
The tango book in th early 21 st . By Manuel Pampín	The song is no longer the same, Buenos Aires Por Gabriel Plaza
Recreation and Search by Julio Nudler	Tango is alive by Jorge Waisburd

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ON POETS & AUTHORS

Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan: Poetry and the Popular Song
By Frank Davey, December 1969

To Work Is to Live Without Dying - by Lee Siegel

"At a time when numbing public discourse portrays the two sexes as though they were wearing numbered jerseys of different colors, Rainer Maria Rilke might be balm for exasperated souls. Or maybe not. More than any other modernist poet, Rilke gave ironic, tender, and sometimes despairing expression to the tumult between modern men and women." [click the link for more]

INTERVIEW EVAN SOLOMON author of CROSSING THE DISTANCE - by Linda Richards for January Magazine

A book becomes the possession of the reader, instantly. The reader becomes the narrator. The reader shapes the voice. So in my book, I don't think my voice ought to intrude at all. The voice that I have outside of the author's voice. The reader just submerges and immerses themselves into a book. They take it over and if it works, the reader goes, "Wow!" If it doesn't work, the reader says, "Forget about it." But they don't say, "Well, this guy is on TV so I'll keep reading." It just doesn't work like that. [click the link for more]

Click onto the Journalism Link for more on Evan Solomon.

STYLE

Storytelling by Hayao Miyazaki

Interview with Hayao Miyazaki c/o MidnightEye.com

Q: Do you feel that telling stories in the particular way you do is necessary for us as humans?

A: I'm not a storyteller, I'm a man who draws pictures (laughs). However, I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.

Q: Do you believe in the necessity of fantasy in telling children's stories?

A: I believe that fantasy in the meaning of imagination is very important. We shouldn't stick too close to everyday reality but give room to the reality of the heart, of the mind and of the imagination. Those things can help us in life. But we have to be cautious in using this word fantasy. In Japan, the word fantasy these days is applied to everything from TV shows to video games, like virtual reality. But virtual reality is a denial of reality. We need to be open to the powers of imagination, which brings something useful to reality. Virtual reality can imprison people. It's a dilemma I struggle with in my work, that balance between imaginary worlds and virtual worlds. [click the link for more]

A god among animators c/o The Guardian

"Personally I am very pessimistic," Miyazaki says. "But when, for instance, one of my staff has a baby you can't help but bless them for a good future. Because I can't tell that child, 'Oh, you shouldn't have come into this life.' And yet I know the world is heading in a bad direction. So with those conflicting thoughts in mind, I think about what kind of films I should be making."

Perhaps this is why he tells children's stories. "Well, yes. I believe that children's souls are the inheritors of historical memory from previous generations. It's just that as they grow older and experience the everyday world that memory sinks lower and lower. I feel I need to make a film that reaches down to that level. If I could do that I would die happy." [click the link for more]

Women in Flames - by Tina Howe c/o TCG

" ... Oh, sure, there’s wild Margaret in Shakespeare’s history plays, but a lusting Margaret? I’d have to call the magazine back and tell them it was a no-go. But then I suddenly remembered a play that had recently been written about a lovesick older woman. Not only was she in the throes of menopause, but the object of her affection was a much younger man! No poignant Gin Game with a couple of crotchety old-timers playing an endless game of rummy—this was hot sex between a hunk and a woman twice his age who raked scratch marks all over his back during their night of passion! There was only one problem. It was my play, Women in Flames—a dizzy romantic comedy I’d written a couple of years ago. I couldn’t write an entire article about my own unproduced play. I mean, how brazen can you get?" [click the link for more]

The Writer's Market

Writers on the Short Story Market in 2006

“I don’t know much about the short fiction market nowadays – is there still a market?” responded writer Chris Dreher.

The writers interviewed in this article offer a variety of takes on the short’s condition but all agree that shorts have the potential to grab a bigger piece of the reading market if adapted differently. The question becomes: is it not better just the way it is?

The short in 2006 has reached a small, self-sustaining niche market. At the bookstore level, the short fiction market is mainly reserved for well-established writers. The other short market comes from the literary journals and competitions where new and established writers can exercise their craft among a peer-based audience. Its history may be long and varied but today the short fiction market is mainly played by either the best or the least known writers. [click the link for more]

Crime Beat by Christopher Dreher

In combining serious poetry with the true-crime potboiler, Maggie Nelson invented a new type of story to write about her aunt's 1969 murder. But just as the book went to press last fall, prosecutors found new DNA eveidence and a new suspect -- or perhaps two.[click the link for more]

The 'Father of Spin' makes a comeback by Christopher Dreher

In the beginning, Edward Bernays might not have realized the wider implications of his pioneering work. Or perhaps his indefatigable spirit simply wouldn't permit any negative thoughts. [click the link for more]

"Get me some poets as managers..." by Christopher Dreher

This month, millions of students around the world graduate from high school and contemplate higher education. But young people considering business or law should be cautious. According to a new book, philosophy, literature or art might be a more sensible choice. [click the link for more]

Bribes, threats, and naked readings by Christopher Dreher

In a world where more and more new books get less and less attention, authors will do anything to promote their work. [click the link for more]

The Flight of the Creative Class by Christopher Dreher

A Q&A with economist Richard Florida, who contends that immigration restrictions and the ongoing culture war are two of the issues that make up the greatest competetive threat the U.S. has faced since the industrial revolution. [click the link for more]

The Pillars of Planning: Mission, Values, Vision by Don Adams c/o The National Endowment for the Arts

"His inability to grasp "the vision thing" was an important part of George Bush's undoing in the '92 election; but he's not the only one to have a hard time articulating wishes and dreams for the future. In over twenty years of consulting with organizations of every stripe, I've seen again and again how groups are brought to crisis by conflicts over basic issues of mission, values, and vision. Without these basic agreements in place, no organization is truly viable." [click the link for more]

Triumph of slam - How poetry made literature a pro sport by Daphne Gottlieb c/o LIT the SF Bay Guardian Literary Supplement.

"The voice on the other end of the phone says, in a not unkind tone, "What we're looking for is 30-second poems about [a national food chain's] baby back ribs, written in your own, unique voice." She asks if I've seen the chain's ads featuring singers and beatboxers. I have. Can I come to an audition and perform an original, upbeat poem about its baby back ribs?" [click the link for more]

Why Do Books Cost so Much - Dreher

"Thirty bucks for a new hardcover! How book prices got so out of hand, who's responsible and what it will take to make reading more affordable in the future." [click the link for more]

Online, Self-Publishing for the Unknown Writer by lyw

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THIS BIZ

The Pillars of Planning: Mission, Values, Vision by Don Adams c/o The National Endowment for the Arts

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