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Tonight, I may get my ms from a friend. She double-extra-super-latte-proofread the entire book even down to the tiniest little […]
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Laurel Snyder switched to WordPress and created a new website. Yee haw! I’m excited because it’s really, really super difficult to leave you Blogger blog folks a comment.
Debbie Yee points out a possible new trend in poetry rejections.
Collin Kelly offers holiday weekend music.
Thanks to C. Dale Young for a link to an article on Michael […]
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If you don’t see me tomorrow, it’ll be because the VOCs or whatnot in the paint in my kitchen have asphyxiated me. It is so stinky in here despite half the windows being open. Phew.
At least the 1970s wallpaper in the kitchen is — poof! — gone. Thank you, husband!
Next we rip up the […]
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About a week ago, I mailed off some of the 32s. The cost per magazine was $1.51. I nearly choked at the price and wondered how the magazine would make it with these insane postal increases. The new rules from one year ago for magazines are so complicated that even the employees can’t understand them […]
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Recently, I posted a prize announcement with an age limit of 40. Someone commented, “why 40?”
Well, what is so magical about that age? The Yale Younger Series requires entrants to be under 40, too. Of course, there are contests for people with one book already — we could assume they are over 40 since […]
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Kelle Groom of the Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA) wrote to ask if I’d post this. Of course!
I can attest that the area around ACA is gorgeous. I applied a long time ago and got in and could not go due to work or some such reason. I know people who have been […]
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Dan Vera’s idea of taking photos a la Millay by a flowering tree in DC sounds like it was a success. Unfortunately, I had other plans. If they hold this event again, I hope to attend.
Check out the photos of DC-area poets posing like ESVM.
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I thought this looked interesting for you guys.
Lake Forest College, in conjunction with the &NOW Festival, invites applications for an emerging poet under forty years old, with no major book publication to spend two months (February-March or March-April 2009) in residence at our campus in Chicago’s northern suburbs on the shore of Lake Michigan. There […]
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Last night, we took dear friends out to eat at Lebanese Taverna in DC to celebrate our anniversary. I’ve known our friend, C, for 21 years. Hard to believe. I’ve known his other half for 11 years. There’s nothing like good friends, red wine, and interesting conversation for a celebration.
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Over the years, my […]