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For the past few months, I’ve been thinking again and again about something Mark Doty posted on Facebook related to the connection between poetry and the idea of (or the term itself) “the academy.” I was initially irritated by Mark’s implication that poetry existed only within colleges and universities these days, as from my perspective,…
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Currently going around: Yes, it is true. Amazon admits they are indeed stripping the sales ranking indicators for what they deem to be “adult” material. Of course they are being hypocritical because there is a multitude of “adult” literature out there that is still being ranked – Harold Robbins, Jackie Collins, come on! They are…
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The day after the right chair arrived in the wrong color, I called X Furniture to discuss the problem. A young woman answered with a bright voice. “How can I help you today?” I said, “Can you please pull up my order invoice and tell me what it says?” Sounds of her clicking some keys,…
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The weekend after I moved here, I decided to “treat” myself by going out and buying a chair for my living room. I am not a big spender by any stretch of the imagination; in fact, I simply hate parting with anything larger than a $20 bill. But, because I had been such a big…
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My chapbook The Strange Case of Maribel Dixon is now available for purchase on Amazon.com! Thanks to Brent for giving me the info forever ago—I finally did it!
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My new batch of chapbooks arrived yesterday, so I’ll be able to fill your oustanding orders and take new ones!
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