The Richard J. Margolis Award of Blue Mountain Center combines a one-month residency at Blue Mountain Center with a $5,000 prize. It is awarded annually to a promising new journalist or essayist whose work combines warmth, humor, wisdom and concern with social justice. …

Source: www.margolis.com

SUNDAY MERIENDA & BOOK SWAP
5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 31st
Eterna Cadencia
Honduras 5574 (near Fitz Roy)
Palermo Hollywood 
Join us on the sofas in the back room of the café next to the Eterna Cadencia book store. Meet up with other writers to chat and/or trade or lend books! Book part optional, your presence is more than enlightening enough. If you bring a book or few, keep in mind that trading is perhaps a better alternative to lending when dealing with folks you don’t know, i.e. lend at your own risk and …

by Sharon Haywood
Sharon Haywood published her article, “Music’s New Bold and Bountiful” on Adios Barbie: http://www.adiosbarbie.com/features/musics-new-bold-and-bountiful
courtesy of Maryann Ullmann

Hola,
 
Les paso un dato para los que andan por el centro
 
En la plaza que está detrás del Correo Central y frente al Luna Park, hay varios puestos que venden libros muy baratos.
 
Tienen clásicos de literatura argentina, latinoamericana y mundial, periodísticos, de economía y también las novedades como los de Bernardo Stamateas, etc
 
Los libros son nuevos y la diferencia de precios respecto de cualquier librería es realmente notoria.
 
Por ejemplo
Las venas abiertas lo tienen a $25 (en cualquier librería cuesta $44) y
Emociones tóxicas a $23 (en otro lado vale $42).
 
 
News Courtesy of Pablo …

By Michael Casey. Vintage Books, 388 pages. $15.95 dollars. KEL books, 80 pesos. 
Reviewed by Stephen Page
Ernesto Che Guevara was an anti-capitalist who believed “a Marxist utopia could be attained through self-sacrifice and guerrilla warfare.” In Che’s Afterlife, Michael Casey explains the paradox of promoting Che’s ideals while displaying his mass marketed image. This book is an intelligent, informative, and pleasurable read. Casey has obviously researched his subject well, and he writes in a vivid manner that allows the reader to “see” the people and scenes portrayed. His writing style is anticipatory, …

The New York Times Launches Full-Screen Photo Blog (PDN)After more than a year in development, The New York Times launched a large-format photo blog Monday to showcase photojournalism projects. Lens, as the new blog is called, joins a growing field of sites that showcase photo projects that might not be able to find a home in print.

A class action suit that is close to settlement will give Google the right to post published books online and sell them to the public. If you own the rights to a published book you should check out: http://www.googlebooksettlement.com/ for complete information. Google will pay authors 63% of any sales of the book online. You need to know what your rights are and what you should do to opt out if you do not want to participate.

Soapstone provides women writers with a stretch of uninterrupted time for their work and the opportunity to live in semi-solitude close to the natural world.
In addition to that rare but essential commodity for a writer—a quiet space away from jobs, children, and other responsibilities—Soapstone provides something less tangible but also invaluable: the validation and encouragement necessary to embark upon or sustain a long or difficult writing project.
Located in Oregon’s Coast Range, nine miles from the ocean, the retreat stands on twenty-two acres of densely forested land along the banks of …

by Don Merritt
Captain Franklin Hatcher (nicknamed Hatch), a physically wounded and psychologically scarred soldier, escapes the jungles of Asia and … what happens next is pure adventure. This book has great character development and an intriguing plot. A good read.
This book is available on-line: 
http://openlibrary.org/b/OL7822782M/Hatch%27s-Island
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?isbn=0553258036
Don Merritt lives in Buenos Aires and now writes under the name of Donigan Merritt.  His recent novels, The Common Bond and Possessed by Shadows, are available at KEL Editions in Buenos Aires: http://www.professionaltravelguide.com/Destinations/Buenos-Aires/See-and-Do/Shopping/Stores/Bookstores/Kel-Ediciones-p1828391

www.vermontstudiocenter.org/fellowships
The Vermont Studio Center is an international residency program open to all artists and writers. Year-round, VSC hosts 50 artists and writers per month, each of whom receives an individual studio, private room, and all meals. Residencies last from 2-12 weeks and provide uninterrupted time to work, a community of creative peers, and a beautiful village setting in northern Vermont. In addition, VSC’s program includes a roster of Visiting Artists and Writers (2 painters, 2 sculptors and 2 writers per month) who offer slide talks/readings and individual studio visits/conferences.