COSWL Cause

Kay Ryan is being inducted into one of the most elite poetry clubs around. She is to be named the poet laureate.
From her page at Blue Flower Arts:

Kay Ryan's sixth book of poems, The Niagara River, was released in the Fall of 2005 by Grove Press. Her previous books include Say Uncle (2000), and Elephant Rocks (1996), both from the Grove Press Poetry Series. Her book Flamingo Watching (1995) was a finalist for both the Lamont Book Award and the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize.

Ryan's awards include the 2004 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (The Poetry Foundation), a Guggenheim fellowship, an Ingram Merrill Award, an NEA Fellowship, the Union League Poetry Prize (Poetry Magazine), the Maurice English Poetry Award, and four Pushcart Prizes. She is currently a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.

A Women's Declaration to the G8: Support Real Solutions to the Global Food Crisis.

Jyl 1, 2008...As women's human rights advocates working with communities on the front-lines of the global food crisis, we call on the G8 to promote a worldwide shift from industrial to sustainable agriculture and to enact the economic policies needed to support this transition.
--see full declaration at MADRE
MADRE is about creating concrete ways to support women and families.

The Georgia Library Quarterly (Spring 2008) has an article by Wendy Wilmot, Director of Library and Media Services at Griffin Technical College, "Serving sexual assault survivors in the academic library: Using the tools of crisis intervention and empowerment counseling in the reference interview." [thanks JB].

I don't know why but I forgot to post information about the schedule of events from the Feminist Task Force that may be of interest to those of you attending the ALA Conference.

I have been very slow about getting this schedule put together. I usually try to have it done about a month before the conference. However, it is now done and can be found at http://ftfinfo.wikispaces.com/Conference+Schedules . Paper copies will be made available at various meetings and in the literature
distribution center near ALA Conference registration with OLOS materials.

We did not locate a good bookstore, restaurant, or a woman owned business for Feminists Night Out. Still, it seemed like we should not lose this tradition. So I just chose a convenient restaurant and hope that a few of you can make it. I chose the new California Pizza Kitchen which is in a new open mall within walking distance of the Convention Center.

Fortunately the WSS has a great social planned for the 35th Anniversary on Saturday evening from 7 - 8:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Park Hotel, Garden Room.

If you are interested in attending FTF business meetings the agenda may be found here: http://ftfinfo.wikispaces.com/AGENDAS .