Notes from Around the Web

Over on Poetica magazine's blog, poet Anne Whitehouse describes the genesis of a poem written in the voice of a Holocaust survivor.
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As usual, David Harris gets it right.
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On the Lilith blog, a list of Jewish organizations participating in Haitian relief efforts.
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If you're a writer, you've probably seen only celebratory remarks (like these) circulating within literary circles about the State Department's decision to allow Tariq Ramadan to enter the U.S. Paul Berman has some other views, and shares them with Tablet.