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Maquiladora Workers Speak Out on the Impact of Free Trade in Mexico

Alice Bernstein, editor of The People of Clarendon County – A Play by Ossie Davis, with Photographs and Historical Documents and Essays on the Education that Can end Racism ($14.95 TWP)

With drama students from New Freedom Theatre enacting scenes from the play and educator Monique Michael discuses ... (more)the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method which allows children to learn successfully and fights racism.

The purpose of the workshop is twofold: 1. The workshop will include discussions of contemporary poetry, translation, and the poems of the workshop participants. What makes a poem last? Students will gain a fuller understanding of poetry in our world and improve their poetic skills. The ABC's (assonance, ... (more)blank verse, caesura) of poetry will be addressed, as well as discussion of contemporary American and International poets from Kim Addonizio to Adam Zagajewski. Student work will be analyzed with a focus on subject matter and the nomenclature particular to each poet. Political poetry as an effective tool for change, as well as persona, historical and homage poems will be considered. There will be weekly assignments. The workshop is designed to accommodate poets at any level of accomplishment. 2. The workshop will also act as a support for poets, addressing the issues of how one finds time to write, how one writes with continuity, how one deals with rejection - and acceptance, how one finds an effective strategy for sending out work to magazines and publishers, for example. Keeping our spirits up is essential in our everyday lives and in our lives as poets. The workshop will help you find balance.

See website for more details. $50 workshop charge.

Welcome to a photo shoot of un-models. Unlike the digitally retouched subjects we're used to seeing on the glossy pages of magazines, the nude women photographed in This is Who I Am are not sitting idle while we judge their appearance. Instead, we are given a glimpse that goes beyond skin deep, as these ... (more)real women speak to us and reveal their innermost thoughts and feelings about their own bodies.

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After 73 years Robin's Book Store, Philadelphia's oldest independent book seller, is about to: expire, perish, pass away, be taken, resign our being, end our days, breathe our last, depart this life, be no more, pop off, give up the ghost, pay our debt to nature, shuffle off this mortal coil, go the ... (more)way of all flesh, hand in our chips, come to dust, cross the Stygian ferry, go to Davy Jones' locker, go out like the snuff of a candle, come to an untimely end, catch our death, go off the hooks, kick the bucket, buy the farm, hop the twig, turn up our toes. Operating a book store was always a better hobby than a way to make a living, but now it is impossible. Blame it on the Economy. Blame it on the Chain Stores. Blame it on the Internet. Blame it on Reading Habits. In the meantime, on November 24 all new books and calendars in stock will go on sale at 20% off, and the sale discount will increase 5% each week until January 5 when it will reach 50%. The discount will remain at 50% until we close on January 31, 2009 (see below for schedule). RESURRECTION I know a world of words and books still exists, so I am creating a social center for poetry and literature, a center city salon where people can meet, listen to interesting presentations, purchase interesting books, have interesting conversations and generally maintain their cultural health. This will exist on a renovated second floor at 110A S.13th Street. Exactly what it will be is up to you. I will still supply books for your events, service your meetings and arrange authors for your organizations. You can still get any book published or out of print from us delivered to your home. Paul Hogan will continue to purchase and trade used books and libraries at 110A S. 13th Street. He can still be reached at 215-567-2615. I plan on increasing our web presence and continuing to arrange author events at other venues: African-American authors at the African American Museum of Philadelphia; Asian-American authors at the Asian Arts Initiative; authors of books on history at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania; etc. If you have a book club or an organization that is interested in author presentations, please contact me. I have established a Crime Fiction Club with a Sunday brunch at an area restaurant and am working on other "club" type book events. If you have ideas for book and author events, clubs, or other programs you would like to present with us, contact me. In the meantime enjoy our sale and save on books for the holidays, they make great gifts. Thanks for keeping us in business for 73 years, Larry Robin Closeout Discount Schedule Save For The Holidays Books and Calendars 20% off starting11-24-08 25% off starting 12-1-08 30% off starting 12-8-08 35% off starting 12-15-08 40% off starting 12-22-08 45% off starting 12-29-08 50% off starting 1-5-09 In stock merchandise on the first floor only - no other discounts apply For more information: www.robinsbookstore.com

The discount for the going out of business sale will be 35%

The discount for the going out of business sale will be 40%

The discount for the going out of business sale will be 50% and will remain at that level until the store closes on January 31.