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Paperback vs. ebook

Phillip Barron — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:53:47 PST

As many of you know, I am deeply interested in ways that developments in digital technology change our relationship to traditional cultural values, especially when it comes to the digital’s impact on...

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Crescent Magazine

Phillip Barron — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:55:24 PST

Thanks to Taft Matney for this note about The Outspokin’ Cyclist in the new Crescent magazine. “As South Carolina’s larger cities work to make traffic flow more friendly and attractive for bicycles,...

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The Outspokin’ Cyclist, Kindle edition on sale

Phillip Barron — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:51:04 PST

Amazon’s knocked the price of the Kindle edition down to $5.38. I didn’t know anything about this until I saw the new price on their website. Their loss is your gain. Let me know if you...

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OccuPoetry

Phillip Barron — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:33:20 PST

I am excited to launch OccuPoetry today with new poetry by Carrie Osborne of Oakland, CA. A collaboration with my good friend Katy Ryan, OccuPoetry is a poetry project, publishing art in support of...

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ultimate corduroy, tomorrow

Phillip Barron — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:30:16 PST

Tomorrow is Corduroy Day, 11/11. But not just any old Corduroy Day, which comes once each November; tomorrow’s date marks one that comes only once ever 100 years. 11/11/11 Learn more with Bill...

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Cars were coffins to Ecuadorian poet Jorge Carrera Andrade

Phillip Barron — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:55:09 PDT

With a literary nod to one of my favorite cycling websites, Cars R Coffins, I give you a verse from Planetary Man (Hombre Planetario), an epic poem composed between 1957 and 1963 by Jorge Carrera...

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The Outspokin’ Cyclist featured in The Davis Enterprise

Phillip Barron — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:36:27 PDT

I wrote the columns for my last hometown paper. My new hometown paper has a feature on the book. Davis is the first town in the United States to achieve the designation as a Platinum Bicycle...

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Tape and other poems

Phillip Barron — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:39:36 PDT

Lately, I have been writing more poetry than prose. Working at the National Humanities Center, I had the opportunity to meet and be influenced by some extraordinary poets, like Piotr Sommer, Mary...

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Bull City Open Streets – last chance to try

Phillip Barron — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:31:42 PDT

This Sunday, October 9th, is the final Bull City Open Streets. Plan to head down to Central Park in Durham between 1 and 4pm to find the streets closed off to cars and plenty of room to enjoy biking...

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Sweet Georgia Brown reviews The Outspokin’ Cyclist

Phillip Barron — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:08:08 PDT

Thanks to Courtnee Felton of Sweet Georgia Brown for offering the first review of my new book, The Outspokin’ Cyclist. I appreciate the Zen nature of the book’s first part “Why I...

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