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Culture 2003

Literature 2003
12/24/2003 (5)
Poem For the New Year
Sam Hamod


12/13/2003 (5)
As of December 26, we shall be coming out on Fridays, unless there is some urgent news. Happy Holidays to All of our Readers
your editor


11/10/2003 (5)
Not In the CBS Tradition: Edward R. Murrow Would Turn Over in His Grave
James O. Goldsborough


11/09/2003 (5)
Krystalnacht In Palestine
Sam Hamod


10/30/2003 (5)
Wildfires
Sam Hamod


10/30/2003 (5)
Lock, Stock and Bomb Inc. : Poem
Hammond Guthrie


10/29/2003 (5)
Remembering Plato's Wisdom : Poem
Sam Hamod


10/14/2003 (5)
For You in the Morning : Poem
Sam Hamod


10/14/2003 (5)
Poems
Sam Hamod


10/14/2003 (5)
Traveling Close : Poem
Sam Hamod


10/12/2003 (5)
This Morning : Poem
Sam Hamod


10/12/2003 (5)
Feeling The World's Pain : Poem
Sam Hamod


09/25/2003 (5)
on vacation from sept. 3 to oct.4, 2003 best wishes for peace
editor, sam hamod


08/31/2003 (5)
As We Drift Together
Sam Hamod


08/30/2003 (5)
Eye to Eye: Palestine (Falasteen: Poem)
Gihad Ali


08/26/2003 (5)
Ways of Travel (poem)
Sam Hamod


08/22/2003 (5)
The Presentense of the Past
Hammond Guthrie


08/20/2003 (5)
And so the evening
Sam Hamod
Poem

08/20/2003 (5)
UNTO YOU (for our "Christian" president) Poem
Clive Matson


08/18/2003 (5)
Always Knowing (Poem)
Sam Hamod


08/15/2003 (5)
AND SO WE HEAR AGAIN........
Sam Hamod
Poem

08/14/2003 (5)
Remembering Shani Baraka
Marvin X
P O E M

08/11/2003 (5)
The Ministers of Gods : Poem 4 in a sequence of 5
William Cook
Poem 4th in a sequence of 5 from SilentRequiem

08/11/2003 (5)
The Soldier and the Politician : Poem 3 in Sequence of 5 Poems
William Cook
P O E M 3 in sequence of 5

08/08/2003 (5)
MEN OF WAR (Poem)
William Cook
P O E M

08/06/2003 (5)
Hiroshima
Sam Hamod
P O E M

07/28/2003 (5)
Ground Zero (the first of 5 chants/poems from Unending War)
William Cook
POEM

07/28/2003 (5)
Beelzebush
Ian Reed


07/19/2003 (5)
Just Because
Sydney Bernard Smith
P O E M

07/13/2003 (5)
Winter in the Bek'aa 1985
Sam Hamod
P O E M

07/04/2003 (5)
Independence Day; July 4, 2003 (Dedicated to all those who lost their lives in Iraq: American, Iraqi and British
Sam Hamod
POEM

06/30/2003 (5)
Awakening Poem
Sam Hamod
POEM

06/27/2003 (5)
Musings
Sam Hamod
POEM

06/25/2003 (5)
Poem: Things I Hold in My Heart
Sam Hamod
POEM

06/20/2003 (5)
In the Quiet, the Nuances of the Day
Sam Hamod
POEM

06/16/2003 (5)
Sobering: Poem
Sam Hamod
Poem: A sobering look at America today.

06/15/2003 (5)
Orwell and Me: Margaret Atwood on George Orwell and 9/11
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood speaks of herself and George Orwell and 9/11-- she draws parallels between Animal Farm and situation in the world today.

06/03/2003 (5)
An Afternoon At the Eel River
Allen Cohen
POEM

06/02/2003 (5)
Picnics In Another Place
Sam Hamod
POEM

06/02/2003 (5)
Visit From Rain
Sam Hamod
POEM

05/14/2003 (5)
Flim Flam Man
Charlaine Coleman
Poem

05/10/2003 (5)
Jumping Days
Sam Hamod Poem
Poem
05/10/2003 (5)
Mother's Day: Baghdad, Iraq
Sam Hamod
Poem

05/10/2003 (5)
I Want To Know Why
Sam Hamod
POEM

05/07/2003 (5)
The American Muse
Allen Cohen
Poem by Allen Cohen

05/05/2003 (5)
Edward Keating of Ramparts Magazine Dies
Christopher Reed
Edward Keating, the founder of Ramparts magazine, died; his vision and voice were important in the radical anti-VietNam war era in America and in the world.

04/30/2003 (5)
Poem: Recondite Verse
Sydney Bernard Smith
Poem

04/25/2003 (5)
Joe Williams At the Blue Note, Chicago, 1955; March 30, 1999
Sam Hamod
Poem about Joe Williams singing, and in passing--as he said, he's Going to Chicago, raise your windows high....
04/21/2003 (5)
Nina Simone, Soulful Diva, Dies at 70
Peter Keepnews
Obituary in NY Times about the passing of Nina Simone, the soulful diva of blues and jazz, as well as a leading civil rights singer.

04/21/2003 (5)
Nina Simone Passes
John Fordham
The very talented diva, Nina Simone, passed today at her home in France; this is an obituary from England which shows her world wide honor and respect.

04/21/2003 (5)
Do You Have A Male or Female Brain
Simon Baron-Cohen
Professor Baron-Cohen believes there are significant differences between the male and female brain; thus, certain ways of doing things are inherent,not learned.

T.A.N. Editor's Note: This is an interesting article, worth a read. We put it under culture because it affects the way we view culture, art, life, etc.

04/16/2003 (5)
2 Poems: Still True and Gaps Open
Clive Matson
2 poems by Clive Matson, "Still True" and "Gaps Open," from his forthcoming book, WAR ALLIES (2003).
04/08/2003 (5)
God Save The Children of Iraq
Sydney Bernard Smith
POEM to help save the children of Iraq from the evil of GW Bush.

04/08/2003 (5)
Basketball and Baghdad: Switching Channels
Sam Hamod
Meditation followed by 2 poems

03/27/2003 (5)
Moneytheism
Jack Marshall
Poem

03/20/2003 (5)
The Word From Texas About GW Bush and His Chicken-Shit Buddies, Wolfie, Rummy, Cheney and Perle
Sam Hamod
Poem

03/20/2003 (5)
White Power (on Bush's War on Iraq)
Marvin X
Poem

03/18/2003 (5)
Coming In
Sam Hamod
Poem

03/13/2003 (5)
TV Digest
Patricia Dugger
Poem

03/04/2003 (5)
Poem: For George and Laura Bush on Canceling Out Those Damn Poets Who Don\'t Want To Write About Flowers and Birds
Sam Hamod
Poem in response to Laura Bush canceling the poetry session at the White House; she should like this poem.

02/28/2003 (5)
Storm Coming
Sam Hamod


02/27/2003 (5)
Poem O W L S
Sam Hamod


02/27/2003 (5)
Poem: That Certain Softness
Sam Hamod
Poem

02/24/2003 (5)
Poem: The Virtual Total Information Awareness Office: After Sting and Santa Clau
Allen Cohen
Poem about the new Ashcroft Total Information Awareness Office that is overtaking America.

02/24/2003 (5)
The Big Black Sucking Hole
Allen Cohen
Poem about the horrors of past and the oncoming war with Iraq.

02/24/2003 (5)
Poem: An Eye For An Eye Makes The Whole World Blind
Allen Cohen
A strong poem questioning and condemning Bush' preparations for an immoral war with Iraq.
Allen Cohen is an editor, with Clive Matson, of AN EYE FOR AN EYE MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD BLIND:Poets on 9/11, Regent Press (Oakland, CA, regentpress@mindspring.com),2002.

02/20/2003 (5)
Poem: Throwing and Planting (In Palestine)
Sam Hamod
poem about suffering loss and determination in palestine

02/20/2003 (5)
Poem :Dear Ella, Dear Ella Fitz (in memoriam, June 15, 1996)
Sam Hamod
memorial poem for ella fitzgerald, one of america's greatest singers.

02/20/2003 (5)
Something Cool for June Christie
Sam Hamod
the cool sound in your ears and in your heart from June Christy

02/20/2003 (5)
Daffodils 2
Sam Hamod
just a place for you, me and daffodils--and more.

02/20/2003 (5)
Rita Hayworth and Ahmad Jamal in Hollywood
Sam Hamod
poem about the intersection of rita hayworth and ahmad jamal in hollywood in the poet's mind; it has some good riffs.

02/14/2003 (5)
The Double Dream of Falling (Poem)
Sam Hamod
Poem about 9/11


Film & TV 2003
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The Arts 2003
06/10/2003 (7)
500 Masterpieces of JMW Turner Discovered
Ian Burrell
500 masterpieces by the famed painter, JMW Turner have been discovered; adding to his collection of fine paintings.

03/06/2003 (7)
College Art Assn. Question Bush Administration on Civil Rights and War
CAA Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the College Art Association in NYC,NY, passed a resolution condemning the Bush team's assault on human and civil rights as well as his planned war on Iraq.

02/28/2003 (7)
Art By 9 Muslim Women
Mary Abbe
A wonderful exhibition by 9 Muslim women artists; unique and well worth knowing about and seeing; all of them now live in America.


Opinions 2003
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Book Reviews 2003
03/14/2003 (9)
The Arab Poems, The Muslim Poems
Sam Hamod
An outstanding book of poems; this book was awarded the Ethnic Prize in Poetry for 2003.