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July 22, 2011
Meeting Beth Adams and Jonathan Sa'adah
Exclamatory caption:
Here are two women in black t-shirts and similar glasses!
They must be artists! Or twins! Or friends...
The shrimp is me. The non-shrimp is Beth Adams.
I am having a very busy week with deadlines--and today is the birthday of my firstborn child, trala, who is now the astounding age of 22--so I've skipped a day or two of posting. Today I am busy with picnic at Three-Mile
Here are two women in black t-shirts and similar glasses!
They must be artists! Or twins! Or friends...
The shrimp is me. The non-shrimp is Beth Adams.
I am having a very busy week with deadlines--and today is the birthday of my firstborn child, trala, who is now the astounding age of 22--so I've skipped a day or two of posting. Today I am busy with picnic at Three-Mile
July 19, 2011
Inaugural honors...
Here is a picture of Robin Egg nesting
in her natural environment.
I have the decided but slightly comical honor of being the subject of Robin Rudd's first One Question Interview. (A mere two words: that's the comical part. I wonder what the next question will be.) Robin (a.k.a. Robin Egg) was one of my students when I was writer-in-residence at the Hollins M.F.A. program in children's
in her natural environment.
I have the decided but slightly comical honor of being the subject of Robin Rudd's first One Question Interview. (A mere two words: that's the comical part. I wonder what the next question will be.) Robin (a.k.a. Robin Egg) was one of my students when I was writer-in-residence at the Hollins M.F.A. program in children's
July 16, 2011
A somewhat silly post containing a rather silly caption
Nice picture, isn't it?
The photograph above shows the lively and lovely Susanna,
who was the subject of "I Interview My Visitors, no. 1."
She posted this picture on her blog yesterday.
She bought a copy of a book of poetry! Mine, as you can see.
The Throne of Psyche.
As we know, most human beings do not buy books of poetry.
In fact, this is such a rare (yet noble and generous) activity
that I
The photograph above shows the lively and lovely Susanna,
who was the subject of "I Interview My Visitors, no. 1."
She posted this picture on her blog yesterday.
She bought a copy of a book of poetry! Mine, as you can see.
The Throne of Psyche.
As we know, most human beings do not buy books of poetry.
In fact, this is such a rare (yet noble and generous) activity
that I
July 14, 2011
Paddling with The Shit Creek Review
ART, GLORY, AND BEAUTY
Thanks to everybody who turned out for "The Breastplate of Moses" talk and reading. I was pleasantly surprised by both attendance and interest. Good questions, too.
* * *
UP SHIT CREEK
I have never submitted to The Shit Creek Review before... Did the name put me off? But I recently learned that it was founded by that marvelous founder of poetry 'zines, Paul Stevens.
Thanks to everybody who turned out for "The Breastplate of Moses" talk and reading. I was pleasantly surprised by both attendance and interest. Good questions, too.
* * *
UP SHIT CREEK
I have never submitted to The Shit Creek Review before... Did the name put me off? But I recently learned that it was founded by that marvelous founder of poetry 'zines, Paul Stevens.
July 13, 2011
Oldest writing in the Appalachians
As I have a talk today plus must keep burnishing on A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage, I'm posting a picture of the oldest known writing in the Appalachians in lieu of having to think about anything more than talk, scouring, and progeny--the items on today's list. When I was in high school in Cullowhee, my friends and I jaunted out to Caney Fork a few times and puzzled over the
July 12, 2011
Art & the world that ought to be
www.makotofujimura.com
From Makoto Fujimura's 2011 graduation address at Belhaven University, "The Aroma of the New"--
In my field of contemporary art, the tsunamis of ideologies have washed away beauty, goodness, and truth in the past century. Art has chased after novelty and fame, becoming synonymous with greed. Meanwhile, the business of art danced with Wall Street and suffered from the
From Makoto Fujimura's 2011 graduation address at Belhaven University, "The Aroma of the New"--
In my field of contemporary art, the tsunamis of ideologies have washed away beauty, goodness, and truth in the past century. Art has chased after novelty and fame, becoming synonymous with greed. Meanwhile, the business of art danced with Wall Street and suffered from the
July 8, 2011
Burnishing "A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage"
Image of a Southern shack courtesy of sxc.hu
and Robert Walker of Mississippi. He has a
great collection of images at Grits Photography--
Southern faces and Southern places.
It is heading toward 2:00 a.m., and I am holed up to finish a last slow burnish of the 340 pages of A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage (Ferrol Sams award and forthcoming from Mercer University Press, 2012.) See
and Robert Walker of Mississippi. He has a
great collection of images at Grits Photography--
Southern faces and Southern places.
It is heading toward 2:00 a.m., and I am holed up to finish a last slow burnish of the 340 pages of A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage (Ferrol Sams award and forthcoming from Mercer University Press, 2012.) See
Spring snow
When you live far from the region where you were raised, you miss certain things. Sometimes it's food: okra, lady peas, black eyes, crowders, the kind of fragrant peaches and other fruits that don't transport well. Sometimes it's the sounds of accents, sweeter voices or even strange mountain voices that have a lot of hush puppie in them. Sometimes it's a certain kind of courtesy, a flower
July 7, 2011
Here We Go Round
Cooperstown region: I shall be doing a talk/reading at the Christ Church parish hall on 7/14 at 12:15. Sponsored by Christ Church and Cooperstown IAM.
As you can tell from this image, "Here We Go Round" comes
from The Throne of Psyche (Mercer University Press, May 2011.)
Hardcover or paperback. Cover image by Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
Rumor has it that on some days you feel rather dull and
As you can tell from this image, "Here We Go Round" comes
from The Throne of Psyche (Mercer University Press, May 2011.)
Hardcover or paperback. Cover image by Clive Hicks-Jenkins.
Rumor has it that on some days you feel rather dull and
July 6, 2011
Night journey
"Boulder Beach" in South Africa.
Photograph courtesy of sxc.hu and Nick Holdstock of the UK.
Imagine (or be) yourself at ninety. Imagine you are a poet, still crafting poems. How lovely that your gift hasn't ebbed and drained away!
Sometimes you beat out the ones many decades younger... As here, where you take up simplicity in a poem of longing for your wife, your helpmeet and your love for
Photograph courtesy of sxc.hu and Nick Holdstock of the UK.
Imagine (or be) yourself at ninety. Imagine you are a poet, still crafting poems. How lovely that your gift hasn't ebbed and drained away!
Sometimes you beat out the ones many decades younger... As here, where you take up simplicity in a poem of longing for your wife, your helpmeet and your love for
