Well, there I am glad to not have even known about it (certainly not
invited).
But, some of us could have at least had a Jacket party, in someone's
hotel room..?
Doug
On 7-Mar-10, at 6:55 PM, John Tranter wrote:
> A polite note of warning to those rushing off to the China: Bookworm
> International Literary Festival. Jacket magazine has been banned in
> China for a decade. If you're discussing poetry in public or in
> private, it might be best not to bring up Jacket as a topic:
> something harmless like macrame, gardening or finger-painting would
> be a safer choice.
>
> Oh, and don't admit you have HIV/AIDS if you have HIV/AIDS;
> Australian writer Robert Dessaix was denied a visa last week after
> he had admitted on his visa applicaiton form that he had HIV/AIDS.
>
> Yours democratically,
>
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> John Tranter
>
>>> http://johntranter.com/
>
>>> http://jacketmagazine.com/
>
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