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We sent letters to all the poets last week to let them know of their 2004 Pushcart Nomination, and I hope they received their letters before they see the news here. Here are the poets in no particular order.
Greg Williamson, “Rock”
A.E. Stallings, “Ultrasound”
Greg Fraser, “The Lord’s Prayer”
Katey Nicosia, “When You Hurled a Snowball in my […]
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Having just read the book of Paris Review interviews (including Faulkner and Capote) I am thrilled to see they are online.
http://www.parisreview.org/literature.php
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We’re delighted to nominate “Ultrasound” by A.E. Stallings for a 2004 Pushcart.
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Lately, I’ve come into contact with some interesting folk. First, I met a designer from Extreme Makeover, which I’d never heard of before.
The other night in line at the movies, a man (talking VERY loudly so we would all be certain to hear said “When I went to Harvard, there was a joke about there […]
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Congratulations to Shanna on her first book publication!
You can read some of her work at Dan Nester’s Unpleasant Event Schedule.
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The other night I didn’t feel so great, so we watched Bogart in a so-so film noir. When the tape ended, it rewound and kicked over to a television station. What I saw recomfirmed why I never watch television.
How many reality shows can Americans tolerate? There must be at least 10 shows in which people […]
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We’re mailing the Pushcart nominations this week. I know contest organizers usually say how how hard it is to choose a winner. Well, it really is hard. After much deliberation, we chose the 6 poems. We’re mailing letters to the nominated poets and will post the news here in about a week.
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I want to share an eloquent post (with permission) from Amy Brown to the Women’s Poetry Listserv.
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As I listened to the news of John Kerry’s probable defeat on the radio Wednesday morning, I sobbed like the child I just dropped off at kindergarten does when her heart is broken. In the same car the day […]
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The other day I popped over to “Here Comes Everybody” (one of my favorite blogs) to read interviews with poets. I love that blog, and I have no idea how many dozens of interviews I’ve read. What gets me is the response to a question about reading. Several poets say they don’t read poems. A […]