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Thanks, Jean. I do seem to have had a rash of acceptances lately. Of course how many I have hinges not only on the quality of the poems, but also on how many submissions I have out at once.
Thanks Leola. Thanks for the plug, NE. And Sherry that's interesting about the tarheel stuff. I was pretty sure it wasn't because they have native tar pits like LA, but couldn't think of another connection.
Well, NC is called the Tar Heel State. You're right NE. I knew at one time, but I had forgotten. I'm a native Tar Heel. (But mostly, I just had black feet from running around barefooted all the time.) http://www.mrtarheel.com/tarheelorigin.h...
Sorry to derail the talk from Ruth's wonderful accomplishment.
I think I posted this in another group, but you all should know just how picky this magazine is. It only publishes 2% of the poems it receives. Now THAT'S exclusive company Ruth keeps!As for all the Tar talk, it has to do with their trees and their ship-building industry in colonial times, I think. Then again, I may be wrong. What in TarNation do YOU think? ("Tarnation" is a word, isn't it? My spell check would have it banished.)
Barbara wrote: "Ruth, this sounds very impressive. Congratulations!"And Tarheels?
Where does all the tar come from?
I take no responsibility for the name, Philip. All I know is the Tar Pits in Los Angeles. Sherry, is there a Tar River in NC?Beej, I should hire you to be my publicist.
Carol, I am eternally preparing to get ready to begin to start putting a book of poetry together.
Thanks, Gail, Ricki and Mina. I suppose I'd better put the mother/dementia collection together before I start getting too dotty myself.
Congratulations, Ruth! I'm very happy for your successes.
And while I don't want to be pushy, I hope with Mina that a Mother collection will happen.
Wonderful, Ruth! And I'm still pulling for the collection about your mother. I don't think that it would be too depressing; these days, a parent with dementia is an experience with which many people, myself included, can identify.
Thanks, Capitu, Jim and Lynn. Yes, it is a lot of work to send out submissions, but some publications are now allowing you to do it electronically. It makes things easier. (Some say it makes it easier for them to reject you, doesn't leave your work lying around so they can have second thoughts about it.)
Congratulations, Ruth! This is great news. I know how much work it is to send out submissions and am glad to hear it's paying off.
Congratulations, Ruth. You're in my home territory now. I grew up about 30 miles from Greenville, NC.
Tar River Poetry, out of East Carolina University, Greenville NC, has accepted my poem,
After Everything Else for either their Fall 2009 or Spring 2010 issue. I'm happy.
This is from their website, http://tarriverpoetry.com/
A nationally ranked magazine of verse (the Dictionary of Literary Biography listed it as one of the top ten poetry magazines in the country), TRP publishes interviews, reviews, and poetry by emerging writers as well as Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners. Past contributors include William Stafford, Claudia Emerson, Sharon Olds, Leslie Norris, William Matthews, Louis Simpson, Betty Adcock, John Logan, A. Poulin Jr., Paula Rankin, A.R. Ammons, Carolyn Kizer, Albert Goldbarth, Patricia Goedicke, and many others.
