Literary arts

October 31, 2003 by giarts-ts-admin

2002, 30 pages, Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley. To order a copy, contact Brendan Rawson, brendan@ci-sv.org or 408-283-8506

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October 31, 2003 by giarts-ts-admin

2000, 47 pages. Council of Europe Publishing, Cultural Policies Research and Development Unit, (33) 03 88 41 25 81

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October 31, 2003 by giarts-ts-admin

2002, 71 pages. RMC Research Corporation in partnership with the Pew Charitable Trusts. Available through the Center for Arts and Culture, Suite 500, 819 Seventy St., N.W., Washington, DC 20001, 202-783-4498.

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October 31, 2003 by giarts-ts-admin
Some things are very dear to me —
Such thing as flowers bathed by rain
Or patterns traced upon the sea
Or crocuses where snow has lain . . . .
The iridescence of a gem,
The moon's cool opalescent light,
Azaleas and the scent of them,
And honeysuckles in the night.

— African American poet Gwendolyn Bennett, “Sonnet II” 1

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October 31, 2003 by giarts-ts-admin
This essay is based on a key note address given on Tuesday, October 29, 2002. The talk was preceded by a short media presentation that told the story of Angels in America in Charlotte through sound and images.
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October 31, 2003 by giarts-ts-admin

The following essay was jointly commissioned by Grantmakers in the Arts for its 2002 annual conference and by the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities as one in its series of Translation Papers.

Introduction

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September 1, 2003 by giarts-ts-admin

2002, 52 pages. McKnight Foundation, 600 TCF Tower, 121 South Eighth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402, 612-333-4220, www.mcknight.org.

The world of book publishing has its legendary editors. These individuals even get mentioned from time to time on Garrison Keillor's “Writer's Almanac” on NPR, which is fitting because they deserve attention for bringing literature to light.

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August 26, 2003 by giarts-ts-admin
Richard Rodriquez made these remarks on May 23, 1997 to the Convocation on Providing Public Library Service to California’s 21st Century Population. The California State Library convened the convocation with the goal of creating a vision of public library service in California.
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July 31, 2003 by giarts-ts-admin

November 9, 2002, on the occasion of receiving the Utah Governor's Award in the Humanities

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