poetry
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No, not the musical kind… …this kind: Some of you know I have a fondness for cooking. Mostly I’m only able to complete meals when someone else is eating, typically the lucky/unlucky person I love. But in an effort to be healthier and keep grocery bills down (prepared foods cost more than their ingredients, have…
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Dustin Brookshire continues to prove that without sleep all things are possible by starting Project Verse, poetry’s answer to Project Runway. In related news, Santino Rice is one of the regular judges on Logo’s RuPaul’s Drag Race, the drag queen version of America’s Next Top Model.
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My poet readers will agree that the barter system is one of our primary business transactions: we publish a poem, we get a copy of the journal; we publish a book, we get some free copies in lieu of an advance; we want to buy someone else’s book, we offer to trade our own. Although…
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Yesterday we had a wonderful reading by the staff who work with me at The Writer’s Center. Although we see each other on a virtually daily basis and though many of us talk freely about writing and art (including, sometimes our own), for many of us, it was our first opportunity to encounter each other…
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Gossip Girl goes into reruns starting this week, with no new episodes until after the new year. It’ll be hard to manage, but I’m glad something finally happened this season. Jenny is my favorite character. Although I love me some Blair and Serena, I really like Jenny’s moxie. She stood up to the girls at…
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Reading Emerging Poetries It was nearly impossible to distill this down to just seven titles…I was going to have the class pick on the first day, but I was encouraged to choose in advance since books can be difficult to get. Want, Rick BarotInto Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced, Catherine BarnettBouquet of Hungers, Kyle…
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