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This is a drawing of me having an allergic reaction to a cat.
Mary Biddinger asks what we think about continuing education for poets. I’ve often wondered about this question myself as I read the postcards and letters that tell me the XYZ Conference in Name-Your-Warm-Location with Big-Name-Poets as workshop leaders will inspire me and change my writing. I don’t doubt it will. However, what would really attract […]
Taking Thich Nhat Hanh’s advice to remain calm. #
For the past eight weeks, I’ve been immersed in French class at night and work during the day. I can speak basic — very basic — French now, yet I’ve barely looked at the local poetry reading calendar.
It’s dark at 4 or 5 p.m. now. When I used to live in Florida, I’d return […]
Many writers harbor the desire to become successful poets and rise to the top of their profession. To see one’s name on the cover of a slender paperback, to have tens and perhaps even hundreds of readers, to ascend to a lecture podium in a modest-sized auditorium after being introduced by the less successful poet […]
congrats @tayari on your fellowship! http://www.flickr.com/photos/tayarijones/sets/72157608885001720/ #
Cathing up on lit blogs… #
The 32 Poems fall issue is on the printing press! #
Every now and then, the question comes up as to whether what we do as writers is important given the serious issues of the day. The serious issues may be the threat of a Great Depression, a current recession, children dying of starvation, and a lack of good health care for many. It’s true that […]
Maya Angelou writes poem about Obama: http://tinyurl.com/68cofz #
Loving the handmade writing notesbooks at http://tinyurl.com/57796h #
Is Komunyakaa’s latest book any good? http://tinyurl.com/yo7q8m/c/a/2008/11/12/DDPT13TCTI.DTL #
Whiting Award=fresh start for writer: http://tinyurl.com/5rdqwc #
Reading an interview with Rachel Zucker (she’ll appear in 32poems in spring 2009): http://southeastreview.org/2008/1112zucker.php #
“I learn by going where I have to go.” Roethke #
Want art? http://twitter.com/bodegaNYC #
At a dinner the other night, several people asked me how I find time to do all that I do. At a wedding last weekend, people asked me the same question. After a bit, I found myself not telling people much about myself at the wedding reception. I said I was a poet and left […]