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January 28, 2013 — Mad poet-scientist Christian Bök (Eunoia, Crystallography) spoke with Doug Dirks on the January 21st edition of the CBC The Homestretch about his Xenotext Experiment, which involves injecting DNA poetry into resilient bacteria. Listen to the interview on the CBC Calgary website.

January 28, 2013 — The January 26 edition of the Calgary Herald has a look at Christian Bök's The Xenotext Experiment, an eleven-year-long project to produce the world's first living poem:

Following the verdict on Mayor Rob Ford's appeal, it seemed like everyone was keen to talk to Edward Keenan about his new book, Some Great Idea: Good Neighbourhoods, Crazy Politics and the Invention of Toronto. In the Globe and Mail's Toronto section on Saturday, January 26, columnist Marcus Gee asked him a few questions about his book, Mayor Ford and getting punched in the face (for real). A few excerpts from the interview follow:

We both cover city hall. How do you find it?

It sure beats working for a living. No, but I've had a lot less fun in jobs. There is great material every day. The characters are riveting to write about. I think you said it was the best political reporting gig in the country right now, and I think I agree with you about that. But as a citizen, I find it frustrating and depressing sometimes, when the clown show takes over.

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January 21, 2013 — Coach House Books is thrilled to introduce a new series of non-fiction books, Exploded Views. Curated and edited by Jason McBride, it's a series of books on cultural issues meant to occupy that space between a magazine essay and an exhaustive tome — not a 45 or an LP, but maybe an EP.