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Thanks Max. A On 1 April 2010 10:31, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > http://www.themonthly.com.au > > just noticed in their e-newsletter. > Max > > "The way [Les Murray] can register, in words nobody else would quite > choose, a > perception nobody else could quite have, is at the centre of his art, > ensuring > almost infallibly that a poem will work like a lucky charm for as long as > he > pours in the images ... Murray sees the things of this world mis à nu, like > Baudelaire's heart. The charm is infinite because the universe goes on > forever, > and he would have something unique to say about every bit of it if he could > go > on sailing long enough through its eternity of transparencies." > > In "Nobel Calling", Clive James meditates upon the subtlety and resonance > of the > poetry of Les Murray as he reviews his new collection, Taller When Prone. > James > suggests that Murray's ability to grab and enthral us with a combination of > immediacy and dynamism - his ability to traverse the places and themes of > the > world in an essentially universal language - should have paved the way to > Stockholm for him. > > Oh I might do better to follow up the below...- > > SLOWTV > > Muhammad Yunus: The Grameen Bank and abolishing poverty > > http://www.themonthly.com.au/muhammad-yunus-grameen-bank-and-abolishing-poverty- > 2348 > > Professor Muhammad Yunus established the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in > 1983, > fuelled by the belief that credit is a fundamental human right. Beginning > by > loaning $27 to a group of impoverished women in Bangladesh, Yunus went on > to set > up the Grameen Bank, thereby lifting millions out of poverty by disbursing > $6.6 > billion in loans to the poor. This simple idea has grown into an > international > movement. Replicas of the Grameen Bank model operate in more than 100 > countries > worldwide. In 2006 Professor Yunus and the Grameen Bank were awarded the > Nobel > Peace Prize. > > > In this Melbourne Conversations event, Yunus talks about the conception and > growth of the bank and posits that we can put an end to poverty within this > generation by channelling the market forces of capitalism. > > Visit SlowTV to view a wide range of intelligent talks online. > > http://www.slowtv.com.au/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ http://frankshome.org/AndrewBurke.html