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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The Influence Machine

http://www.npr.org/2011/05/21/136494993/the-influencing-machine-traces-myths-of-the-media
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A journalism professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz, I am the author of four full-length poetry collections, including most recently DREAMING IN RED from Right Hand Pointing, as well as more than 30 print and digital poetry chapbooks. My poetry has been nominated multiple times for a Pushcart Prize and the Best of the Net anthology. I have also written or edited 12 scholarly books, including ETHICS AND ENTERTAINMENT published in 2010 by McFarland.
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