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Obituaries for July 30, 2010Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:15PMHelena Juliette Jocelyn Lane Gundersen, 91, of Baker City, died July 12, 2010, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center. A graveside memorial and burial of her ashes will be scheduled in the spring of 2011. Details will be announced later.

Today's Blockbuster Poem (in Tyee Books)Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:37AMPull in here next 10 Fridays for some great Canadian verse. First up: 'Creation Song' by Max Middle.

Classics lost and found: Authors pick the modern classic they would like to reviveThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:12PMAccording to the poet Ezra Pound, literature is the news that stays news. This spring and summer have seen that old saw cut deep. First Penguin Classics found that the paperback edition of Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada not only flew off the shelves but inspired TV discussions on the moral challenge of resistance to the Nazis. Here was a German novel of 1947 that (in a riveting new translation ...

Summer poetry projectMonday, July 26, 2010 @ 12:14AMAh, summer! I never liked it much until I moved here. But something about Minnesota winters makes Minnesota summers so much sweeter. You can sit, dripping, on a muggy afternoon and still be glad to be exactly where you are.

Queer readsSaturday, July 24, 2010 @ 1:44PMA year after homosexuality was decriminalised, Shobhna Kumar has founded India’s first online LGBT bookshop.

Obituaries 7-23-10Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 8:15AMCotuit — Donald P. Booth, husband of the late Anne G. Booth, passed away peacefully at home July 3, 2010. Mr. Booth was known as a man of many accomplishments.

Latitude (Sunday): The DiS ReviewThursday, July 22, 2010 @ 8:09AMThe final day of Wendy Roby and Andrzej Lukowski's astounding exploits at Latitude. By the time Sunday rolls around, we have acquired a routine.

Comedy Gumbeaux and more events for Thursday, July 22, 2010Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 1:11AMWhat's happening in and around New Orleans for Thursday, July 22, 2010

Dr. John R. GouldinWednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 2:18PMJune 25, 1943 - July 16, 2010