Melissa Eleftherion's Blog, page 11
September 22, 2015
misfits & chats
image c/o Queen Mob’s Teahouse
i still can’t hear out of my left ear but stubbornly i fight the suck of the sads with little shots of happy:
my son is settling in to his new school & just confessed to me his new crush
wilderness meat a feathered breathing gets new legs today at Queen Mob’s Teahouse Misfit Docs
Nancy Chen Long interviewed me about my recent chapbook Pigtail Duty
i’m getting acupuncture tomorrow!
August 24, 2015
Fill in the Blanks interview with Donna Vorreyer
Donna Vorreyer hosts a fun interview series on her blog where she invites writers to fill in the blanks. She was kind enough to ask me – thanks, Donna!
July 27, 2015
Poet Feature at Negative Capability Press
I’m excited to announce that I’m this month’s Featured Poet at Negative Capability Press! Somehow this feels blog-worthy & well – now I have the warms, so I thought to share with you, dear reader. Negative Capability Press is super cool & I hope you’ll check them out. Many thanks to Sue Walker & editors!
May 18, 2015
Pigtail Duty is in the world!
My chapbook Pigtail Duty is now available from dancing girl press! This project began over 8 years ago as an attempt to piece together identity as a newly married feminist wife and mother. In learning to define myself, I incorporated found language from my autobiographical dictionary – a source text I’ve compiled of words new to me discovered through reading. While identity is a continuous state of becoming, I am so grateful to Kristy Bowen & dancing girl press for providing a loving home for Pigtail Duty. It was also very fitting to receive galleys this past Mother’s Day – what an extraordinary gift & opportunity to revisit the many shards I’ve since accumulated and shed from my prism map.
April 28, 2015
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February 12, 2015
Teen Tech Week grant
Happily planning Teen Tech Week 2015 with the help of my first grant award from YALSA! We will be piloting a Minecraft Mods program (modeled after Sonoma County’s Minecraft Coding Camp). I’ve been meeting with avid teen Minecrafters at various skill levels who are keen on leading & facilitating sessions, and am excited to see how this all shakes out! I’m also thrilled at the prospect of buying tablets dedicated for teen use. To date, our teen space does not have any hardware whatsoever, and even the addition of 3 or 4 tablets will greatly improve access. Yay, YALSA!
