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April 15, 2014
Hodgepodgery
Hodgepodgery, or thoughts collected and bits of articles read over the past Sunday and Monday and tossed into a post in disorderly fashion... Stew over them as you will!
"Madison," WCU, circa 1904.
Marly in Cullowhee
What hometown fun! Thanks to undergraduate Amelia Holmes for the article on me in Nomad: The Quasquicentennial Edition (Western Carolina University), written for Dr. Kinser's
"Madison," WCU, circa 1904.
Marly in Cullowhee
What hometown fun! Thanks to undergraduate Amelia Holmes for the article on me in Nomad: The Quasquicentennial Edition (Western Carolina University), written for Dr. Kinser's
April 14, 2014
"Irresistible Sonnets" at Lady Word of Mouth
Mary Meriam's new anthology, Irresistible Sonnets, is up at Lady Word of Mouth. Please help it sell like hotcakes! And she put one of my poems in the post--a big surprise for me and an extra for those of you who read my work. The poem originally appeared in Able Muse.
This is a treasure that you must allow to ravish you slowly.
--Robin Williams, Author of Sweet Swan of Avon: Did a Woman
This is a treasure that you must allow to ravish you slowly.
--Robin Williams, Author of Sweet Swan of Avon: Did a Woman
The patreon experiment...
Vignette by Clive Hicks-Jenkinsfor Thaliad (Phoenicia Publishing, 2012)
On Saturday night, I started a patreon account, and I have (very small whee!) three patrons. Thanks to Robbi Nester, Paul Digby, and Sienna Latham for being my first readers!
So far all the material is free, as a good deal of it will be as I go on--now up are the first chapter of A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage, a
On Saturday night, I started a patreon account, and I have (very small whee!) three patrons. Thanks to Robbi Nester, Paul Digby, and Sienna Latham for being my first readers!
So far all the material is free, as a good deal of it will be as I go on--now up are the first chapter of A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage, a
April 12, 2014
Dear friends and readers of The Palace at 2:00 a.m.,
my current front page
image at patreon.com
I have just this instant started something new, and I hope you will follow me. I've signed up for a "creator account" at patreon. If you do sign up as a patron, know that a great deal of the work I post will be free, and that there will be some one-dollar posts of stories and groups of poems, maybe occasionally a chapter of a forthcoming book. (I will
image at patreon.com
I have just this instant started something new, and I hope you will follow me. I've signed up for a "creator account" at patreon. If you do sign up as a patron, know that a great deal of the work I post will be free, and that there will be some one-dollar posts of stories and groups of poems, maybe occasionally a chapter of a forthcoming book. (I will
April 11, 2014
At Antioch this summer--
Photographs courtesy of sxc.hu
and Ivan Prole of Zemun, Serbia
ANTIOCH WRITERS' WORKSHOP
July 12-18
Antioch University at Yellow Springs
Sharon Short, Director
The week's schedule here
Summer program faculty here
Andre Dubus, keynote speaker
Eileen Cronin
Chris DeWeese
Matthew Goodman
Hallie Ephron
Erin Flanagan
Tara Ison
Katrina Kittle
Marly Youmans
and more...
and Ivan Prole of Zemun, Serbia
ANTIOCH WRITERS' WORKSHOP
July 12-18
Antioch University at Yellow Springs
Sharon Short, Director
The week's schedule here
Summer program faculty here
Andre Dubus, keynote speaker
Eileen Cronin
Chris DeWeese
Matthew Goodman
Hallie Ephron
Erin Flanagan
Tara Ison
Katrina Kittle
Marly Youmans
and more...
April 10, 2014
Phillips at Lady Word of Mouth
Anna Lena Phillips's little book of poetic forms, a letterpress work made during a stay at The Penland School and available in multiple colors and with the option of a slipcase, is now up at Lady Word of Mouth. Pink, blue, brown, or orange with gold foil!
And the great poetry giveaway is here.
And the great poetry giveaway is here.
April 9, 2014
A refusal to pine--
Note: If you're looking for the Great Poetry Giveaway, scoot down one post...
Image courtesy of sxc.hu and Patrick Nijhuis
of Deventer, the Netherlands.
I'm a little peeved at The Atlantic's writers-need-a-Vera article. I definitely don't agree with "The Legend of Vera Nabokov: Why Writers Pine for a Do-It-All Spouse." Let's just do the work, and if our bathrooms are cleaned a little less
Image courtesy of sxc.hu and Patrick Nijhuis
of Deventer, the Netherlands.
I'm a little peeved at The Atlantic's writers-need-a-Vera article. I definitely don't agree with "The Legend of Vera Nabokov: Why Writers Pine for a Do-It-All Spouse." Let's just do the work, and if our bathrooms are cleaned a little less
April 7, 2014
Marly at random
Eucalyptus bark, courtesy of Ruth Steele, Devon, UK and sxc.hu
Today I am spending most of time in ways that take me back to high school--I went to see the twelve Ruggles essay finalists, all juniors, including my own youngest child and others I know well. And I'll be off to Mt. Markham for a track meet soon. In between I wanted to read galleys but had too much else to do, alas. Maybe
Today I am spending most of time in ways that take me back to high school--I went to see the twelve Ruggles essay finalists, all juniors, including my own youngest child and others I know well. And I'll be off to Mt. Markham for a track meet soon. In between I wanted to read galleys but had too much else to do, alas. Maybe
April 5, 2014
Ice House Rant
So. It is poetry month... Don't forgetto sign up for a chance for free books
(next post down the page, or click here.)
Cooperstown's first track meet of the season was: a. bitter; b. bit windy; c. dank; d. snowing! Of course it was snowing! How could it be anything else? It's merely April 5th, and we're never safe from large amounts of snow until May 26th (a date subject to change, depending
(next post down the page, or click here.)
Cooperstown's first track meet of the season was: a. bitter; b. bit windy; c. dank; d. snowing! Of course it was snowing! How could it be anything else? It's merely April 5th, and we're never safe from large amounts of snow until May 26th (a date subject to change, depending
April 2, 2014
The great poetry giveaway, 2014--
I'll be giving away books (see below) as part of the great poetry giveaway, 2014, and all you have to do is leave a comment on the post below to have a random chance at a few books. No matter where you are in the world, you may feel free to toss your name in the e-hat!
Update: I will respond to comments, and am thinking about what could be an appropriate e-prize for everybody who leaves a
Update: I will respond to comments, and am thinking about what could be an appropriate e-prize for everybody who leaves a
