From the Dollar Store notebook:

I will be introducing poet John Hoppenthaler at the West Virginia Book Festival at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. Admission is free, and the festival runs Saturday and Sunday that weekend. There will be many top writers there and programs for young and old, including Kanawha County Library’s used book sale. Check out the festival online.

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By Vic Burkhammer
thegazz.com

Norman Jordan will be inducted into a poet’s collective called the Affrilachian Poets on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, at the Carnegie Center, 251 W. Second St., Lexington, Ky.

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Listen to a MountainWord interview with Jordan. Approximately 12 minutes

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