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December 9, 2010
Book Proposal To You
I've been thinking how I could write a short book (100p) on my 3 years of gardening. I've been thinking about how gardening books are either about design /theory, practical advice, or narrative reflection. I've been thinking how all three could surely be hybridized (get it?) and juxtaposed against one another in a collection of short, yet linked, chapters--some lyrical, some humorous, some quasi practical, most about how much anal research I've done and how much time spent in my garden. How m...
December 7, 2010
Writing Life Update
Since I work in two genres, I'll do one, then the other:
POETRY
In October my full length collection, Afterimage , was one of four finalists for the C&R Press De Novo book award. This week, I was one of twelve finalists (out of 300+ total submissions) for the St. Lawrence Book Award from Black Lawrence Press. I've been sending this book out for 4-5 years, and suddenly I was a finalist in two contests.
My second chapbook, Without Such Absence , was just released. You can get it on Amazon (an...
POETRY
In October my full length collection, Afterimage , was one of four finalists for the C&R Press De Novo book award. This week, I was one of twelve finalists (out of 300+ total submissions) for the St. Lawrence Book Award from Black Lawrence Press. I've been sending this book out for 4-5 years, and suddenly I was a finalist in two contests.
My second chapbook, Without Such Absence , was just released. You can get it on Amazon (an...
