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NewWest.net - Bozeman, MT
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Five Ways Cyclists Can Defuse Road Rage go to article
Two days ago on my morning trip down to the coffee shop to get a little wisdom at the ORG (Old Retired Guys) Table, a driver blasted right through a stop sign and almost made it my last day on a bicycle. So what did I do? Two things. First, since I ended up about five feet from the driver's window, I did not yell or make obscene gestures, not even any dagger eyes, Instead, I waved and smiled and tried to give him my best "no worries, we all make mistakes" look. Second, I decided to write this commentary--and the "other side" for next week. I've already written several columns about the prickly relationship between cyclists and motorists sharing our public roadways, but today, I'm talking directly to cyclists, not motorists.
University of Idaho Student's Poem to Run in the New Yorker go to article
Raise your hand if you've ever taken a creative writing class. Keep your hand raised if you ever wrote a poem while in class that ended up being published in the New Yorker. Everyone's hands should have gone down now except for that of one very talented University of Idaho MFA poetry student, Ciara Shuttleworth. Robert Wrigley recently asked his MFA poetry students to study sestinas, which, according to Wikipedia, are "highly structured poem(s) consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet (called its envoy or tornada), for a total of thirty-nine lines." Sounds complicated, but Ms. Shuttleworth and probably Eminem can do it. Wrigley assigned his class to read a sestina by Lloyd Schwartz that consisted of only six words repeated in different patterns. After the class moved on to another poem, Shuttleworth wrote her own sestina, which also uses six words repeated seven times each. She revised her poem, sent it into the New Yorker, and the editors accepted it for publication this fall. I am curious to read it, so I'll look out for it and let everybody know when it turns up in the magazine. • Benjamin Percy recently announced on Twitter that Iowa State's MFA program in Creative Writing and the Environment just hired Rick Bass as affiliate faculty. Percy, who also teaches at Iowa State, reported, "He'll visit each year, serve as thesis advisor, and host students in Yaak." Also in the Roundup: The Tattered Cover in the news, how to read New West's book page on your Kindle, and the new issue of Alaska Quarterly Review features some western writers.
Something Is Always Biting in Loma, Montana, In or Out of the River go to article
Now I know what I've been missing every time I sped through Loma, Montana, on my way to somewhere else. This sleepy little ranching and farming community, located 55 miles north of Great Falls on U.S. Highway 87, is a gateway to some fast-action fishing like you probably have never experienced--catching a variety of warm-water species on a free-flowing section of the Mighty Mo. To call it "diverse" might an understatement. In our first hole, for example, we quickly caught five fish, all different species. At the same time, all around us, we could soak in the incredible diversity of flora and fauna and the unspoiled scenery of this still wild stretch of the Missouri River.
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Jeev laments poor putting at Omega European Masters go to article
Indian star Jeev Milkha Singh rued a cold putter as he fired a one-under-par 70 in the opening round of the Omega European Masters Thursday. He was tied 53rd with Jyoti Randhawa (71).
Lottery prizes totaling $450K unclaimed go to article
The Montana Lottery says three large prizes won in March Powerball drawings remain unclaimed and the clock is ticking on the six-month time frame in which they can be claimed. A ticket sold at M &a...
Commission seeks applications for Havre judgeship go to article
The Judicial Nomination Commission is seeking applications from attorneys seeking to fill the post of District Court judge in Havre. David Rice is retiring as 12th Judicial District judge on Nov. ...
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