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S. Jane Sloat
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I've written a series of poems about typefaces, all of which are imaginary (the typefaces, not the poems). It occurred to me to write these after I'd read a number of books that had "Notes on the Type" at the end, notes which in some cases seemed longer than the author's own biography.
Tangent: Though I guess if it's in his/her own book, it's actually an autobiography, written in the third perso... read more »
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In the Voice of a Minor Saint
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Excuse me while I wring this long swim out of my hair
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The Dirty Napkin (Volume 2.1, Winter 2009)
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The Dirty Napkin (Volume 1.2, Spring 2008)
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The Dirty Napkin (Volume 2.3, Summer 2009)
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Reading Kolyma Tales (Poetry)
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poem, published in Bateau
Riding Backwards on the Train (Poetry)
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updated Mar 06, 2011 10:24am
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from my upcoming chapbook "Excuse me while I wring this long swim out of my hair" from Dancing Girl Press.
Grassland (Poetry)
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updated Nov 11, 2009 10:26am
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it's a bird, it's a plane...
(it's a poem from my chapbook "In the Voice of a Minor Saint")
Winner of the Goodreads Poetry Contest, November 2009
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“My heart is small, like a love of buttons or black pepper.”
― S. Jane Sloat, In the Voice of a Minor Saint
― S. Jane Sloat, In the Voice of a Minor Saint
“God have pity on the smell of gasoline
which finds its way like an arm
through a car window,
more human than kerosene,
more unctuous, more manly.”
― S. Jane Sloat, In the Voice of a Minor Saint
which finds its way like an arm
through a car window,
more human than kerosene,
more unctuous, more manly.”
― S. Jane Sloat, In the Voice of a Minor Saint
“For a moment the radio wavered between stations
and I was so busy
making myself marvelous.”
― S. Jane Sloat, In the Voice of a Minor Saint
and I was so busy
making myself marvelous.”
― S. Jane Sloat, In the Voice of a Minor Saint
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“I should like to know which is worse: to be ravished a hundred times by pirates, and have a buttock cut off, and run the gauntlet of the Bulgarians, and be flogged and hanged in an auto-da-fe, and be dissected, and have to row in a galley -- in short, to undergo all the miseries we have each of us suffered -- or simply to sit here and do nothing?'
That is a hard question,' said Candide.”
― Voltaire, Candide
That is a hard question,' said Candide.”
― Voltaire, Candide
“My heart is small, like a love of buttons or black pepper.”
― S. Jane Sloat, In the Voice of a Minor Saint
― S. Jane Sloat, In the Voice of a Minor Saint
“For a moment the radio wavered between stations
and I was so busy
making myself marvelous.”
― S. Jane Sloat, In the Voice of a Minor Saint
and I was so busy
making myself marvelous.”
― S. Jane Sloat, In the Voice of a Minor Saint
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OK, Sarah, I've got my Moby pic up and ready for sail come late October (note look of fear and loathing).
So far she's been clever enough to stay away from it. It is a bane of a word. It kills entire sentences.I've been loving your selections for the PotD, btw.
Loved your poem "from train 21," posted on your blog, Sarah. The seemingly contradictory tone / pace of headlong rush and reflection is quite effective.It also makes me think of Pound's "In a Station of the Meto" -- The apparition of these faces in the crowd; / Petals on a wet black bough.
Just wanted to stop in and wish you the best of the holiday season! Merry Christmas!-NoranHammond,IN :)
Hi Brooklyn,I recommend "The Bell" above all. Thanks for asking. I would like to read it again. I also loved "The Sea, The Sea." "A Word Child" would be third in line.... maybe tied with "The Sacred and Profane Love Machine."
sarah
