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The Tea Party

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Thanks for stopping by! If you’re new here and want to keep up on poetry and 32 Poems, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I invited about 40-50 of my women friends over for tea today. When 40 people accepted, I was shocked. Then, snow. The number dropped to about 30. I […]

The Best American Poetry

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32 Poems is pleased to announce that Paul Muldoon has selected Brigit Pegeen Kelly’s "The Wolf" and Heather McHugh’s " Ill-Made Almighty" for the 2005 Best American Poetry. The anthology will be available in the fall of 2005.
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ADDENDUM:
Thank you for all the congratulatory emails. I’m delighted — […]

New Poetry Magazine

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The editor of a new poetry magazine, Mot Juste, wrote me today. I visited the site and noticed that former 32 Poems contributors Chad Davidson, Bob Hicok, and David Hernandez are among the poets published in the first issue. Visit and read.

How to Succeed in Google Whacking without Really Trying

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I couldn’t let myself have one of the same words as Dale. I wasn’t going to google whack again, but I felt The Challenge when he wrote here that “pantoum” was one of his words.
So, I google whacked again. This time:
perimetrium sonnet
and
leiomyoma sestina
and
rhabdomyoma tercet.
I added the cancer terms in honor of Dale. It’s easy […]

First Snow in Washington

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Finally. It’s been snowing since 0800. Even the trash dumpsters look beautiful.
This morning I had to get a few items at the grocery and thought 0800 was a fine time to do it (and that no one else would be there). Oh, but I am so silly. In Washington, residents flock to the grocery at […]

WWWhack!!

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I did it. I google whacked “basal pantoum.”

Did Anyone Else Notice…

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Did any of you notice how the terror alert went down during the inauguration? Phew.

Lessons from a Black Entertainment TV Executive

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At my small business women’s group the other night, I had the pleasure of listening to an executive from BET. She’s pregnant, has a toddler already, flys to LA and NYC on business on a regular basis, created a nightclub at Disney World, a clothing line for BET, and worked four jobs to put herself […]

Tools Used by Writers–C. Dale Young & Sharon Dolin

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“I used to draft poems long-hand with a fountain pen. Now I draft poems on my Mac Powerbook. For revising, I print them out and write all over them with liquid ink roller ball pen, usually a Waterman Carene pen. Then I return to the computer and enter the changes, sometime making more changes as […]

Great News from a Contributor

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Geoff is a friend from Florida and will be in a future issue of 32 Poems. I love good news like this!
Geoffrey Brock’s first book, WEIGHING LIGHT, will be out from Ivan R. Dee in Fall 2005. He has translated several books from the Italian, by authors including Cesare Pavese, Roberto Calasso, and Umberto Eco.
AND […]