Ethan Miller
What can this sizzlin' superwoman not think, say, write or do? (Okay, forget I asked that question.)
But, now, from one of North America's more august publications, Slate, we learn Sarah Palin doesn't simply speechify and stuff, she also poetically delivers her tough Tea-Party fluff. And, she dropped a found rhyme or two when she stood on Canadian soil and delivered a few (in Hamilton, ON last month, to be exact):
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Signs we read out there in the rallies. One of them I saw yesterday Said, "I can see freedom from my house." I think they were quoting Tina Fey.
II.
Usually, if there's a bad poster out there, I pretend I don't even see it; but yesterday I could not miss it; they were these life-size pictures of naked people. I was like, OK . . .
. . . Sigh . . . Okay . . . Enough bluff; but, like, no guff!
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FYI: This weekend (May 29/30), Diaspora Dialogues takes over Toronto's Evergreen Brick Works (550 Bayview Av) for Doors Open Toronto! Everyone's invited to enjoy two days where all can take a tour of the quarry with artistic guides (Gein Wong, janet romero-leiva, Gili Haimovich, Samantha Bernstein and Falen Johnson), witness marching lines of poetry and ogle the installation of a photo-based mural by Dan Bergeron. If you're nearby, you're additionally encouraged to snag your own take-home poem (by Priscila Uppal) . . . OMGasp! Who doesn't love the poetry of Seamus Heaney? Arminta Wallace, that's who: "I don't go all misty-eyed and goggly-kneed," avers the Heaney hater in The Irish Times . . . Aquill Relle reminds us that Poetry Contest 2 concludes the end of this month (with cash prizes!) . . . Come celebrate the launch of award-winning poet, literary critic and flâneur de flânerie Stephen Scobie's memoir, The Measure of Paris @ Audreys Books in Edmonton, AB June 10th. Interested in adding your voice to the list of the Top 100 Greatest Canadian Books? Have I got a 'site for you: Based upon a one-selection, one-vote system, the process seeks to discuss, debate and celebrate our rich and colourful literary heritage . . . In the current Montréal Mirror, Matt Jones tells it like it is when it comes to how "peaceful" our country's become; brace yourselves, "Spoken Words and Explosive Goods" will knock you flat on your bum (or leave you stone-cold numb).