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Congratulations! Charles Pratt on PBS

Charles Pratt featured in National PBS documentary profiling New England writers workshop.

Finishing Line author Charles Pratt, joins other members of the long-running, Skimmilk Farm writers workshop in the half hour documentary MONDAYS AT SKIMMILK: 30 YEARS OF WRITERS AT WORK. Released in 2008, through American Public Television, MONDAYS AT SKIMMILK has aired all over the PBS system, and continues to pick up air dates. The film celebrates the wit and wisdom of some of New England's top writers, mostly poets, in interviews and workshop scenes from Skimmilk Farm, the summer home in southern NH, of poet Jean Pedrick. Founded by members of the Alice James Books press in the 1970's, the workshop attracted many writers, nurturing the careers of several noted poet laureates of NH, essayist Nancy Mairs, and Pratt, who became the first male member of the group.

Boston Globe called MONDAYS AT SKIMMILK a " fitting tribute" and current NH Poet Laureate Pat Farignoli called the film "exquisite....a joy to watch". For more information and to order a DVD of the film contact: skimmilk@kbprods.com
or call Ken Browne Productions at 212 240 9044.

Visit : www.kbprods.com/skimmilk

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Phebe Davidson, Linda Annas Ferguson,

Terri McCord, Carol Peters,

and Warren Slesinger
will read from their recent Finishing Line chapbooks for the

Main Branch Poetry Series
            at the Charleston County Public Library in Charleston, SC
            Tuesday, September 23rd, 7 PM
            68 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC, 843-805-6802
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Concord Festival of Authors

Charles W. Pratt, author of Still Here, winner of the 2008 Finishing Line Press Open Chapbook Competition, will be reading at The Concord Poetry Center, 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, 01742, on Sunday, November 2 at 3 p.m. He will be joined by 10 other Concord Poetry Center members who have published with the press:

The event is part of the Concord Festival of Authors. A reception and book signing will follow. Directions at www.concordpoetry.org.

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Check out this great site which features Heather McNaugher, author of Panic & Joy :

The link to a blog run by Karen Lillis, a Pittsburgh librarian who also runs Lillis Distributor/Pittsburgh: A SMALL small press Distributor & Info Provider.

Check out this great site which features George Held , author of THE ART OF WRITING AND OTHERS :

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• Congratulations to Julene Tripp Weaver author of Case Walking: An AIDS Case Manager Wails Her Blues; George Held, author of Grounded and The Art of Writing and Others; GARY L. LARK, author of Men At the Gates, Joyce Greenberg Lott, author of DEAR MRS. DALLOWAY; Paula Sergi author of FAMILY BUSINESS and John Brantingham author of PUTTING IN A WINDOW! Poems from their FLP books were recently featured on Garrison Keillor's THE WRITER'S ALMANAC radio show. (These titles are available on amazon.com) The Writer’s Almanac is a daily radio program produced by American Public Media (APM). In each program Mr. Keillor presents a list of cultural events and anniversaries, many associated with literature and literary figures, then ends with the poetry reading. APM currently distributes the program for broadcast to about 320 non-commercial public radio stations around the country. The program audio is also streamed and podcast from and archived on the APM website at http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org and may be streamed, archived on carrying station websites as well.

• You can hear Julene Tripp Weaver read her poetry: Julene Tripp Weaver and Ellen Bass read their poetry on Talking Earth: KBOO, 90.7 Portland, Oregon Radio,. Broadcast live on the web! And The Moe Green Poetry Hour, a World Wide Word Radio Network. David Rowe from New Orleans reads first. It aired Sunday April 6th, it is available to listen to at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword

• World Wide Word Radio Network , Michille Biting author of Blue Laws was a featured guest on the Moe Green Poetry Hour hosted by Rafael FJ Alvarado and Corrie GreatHouse: March 16 show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword/page/3

• Edythe Haendel Schwartz, author of Exposure, was Jeffrey Callison's guest on "Inisght,",

The podcast of the program is available at www.capradio.org/insight. March 6, 2008 show
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CONGRATULATIONS TO ABIGAIL GRAMIG! Abigail Gramig's poem "Requiem" (first published by Finishing Line Press in her chapbook DUSTING THE PIANO ) is included in Billy Collins' new anthology. Available at amazon.com.

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