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April 9, 2014
Poets & Writers Page
I now have a page in the Poets & Writers directory which you can see here.
April 6, 2014
Two New Poems in Nashville Review
Thank you to
Nashville Review
! I have two poems in their wonderful new issue.
March 31, 2014
Inappropriate Sleepover in the Flesh
I received copies of my book, Inappropriate Sleepover, today!
Thank you to The National Poetry Review Press! Thank you to C.J. Sage!
Thank you to The National Poetry Review Press! Thank you to C.J. Sage!
March 30, 2014
March 28, 2014
Inappropriate Sleepover on Amazon
You can now order Inappropriate Sleepover on amazon.com!
The cover image isn't up yet, but it should be soon.
I also have an author page. The url is amazon.com/author/megjohnson.
Yes, I will post the Akron release party info soon!
The cover image isn't up yet, but it should be soon.
I also have an author page. The url is amazon.com/author/megjohnson.
Yes, I will post the Akron release party info soon!
Flash Fiction Forthcoming in Cease, Cows
I just found out I had three pieces accepted by Cease, Cows. I'll keep you posted about when they come out!
University of Akron is having spring break this week. Weird. It doesn't feel like spring (I'm wearing a sweater and my windows are rattling from the wind) and I haven't had much of a break from doing work this week (so much to do...). I better get some quality time at a pool early this summer or a grown-woman-tantrum will happen.
University of Akron is having spring break this week. Weird. It doesn't feel like spring (I'm wearing a sweater and my windows are rattling from the wind) and I haven't had much of a break from doing work this week (so much to do...). I better get some quality time at a pool early this summer or a grown-woman-tantrum will happen.
March 23, 2014
Two Poems Forthcoming in Nashville Review
I had two poems accepted by Nashville Review today! I'll let you know when the issue comes out!
I plan to celebrate this good news by sleeping. I'm so tired. This has been a busy week. Friday was great!
I plan to celebrate this good news by sleeping. I'm so tired. This has been a busy week. Friday was great!
March 20, 2014
March 3, 2014
Inappropriate Sleepover ...You're Invited
Inappropriate Sleepover
Coming soon from The National Poetry Review PressMeg Johnson’s collection, Inappropriate Sleepover, had me at page one. Her quirky and darkly humorous poems are as refreshing as they are clever, as disarmingly entertaining as they are provocative. Meg Johnson is a stunning addition to the American poetry scene. —Nin Andrews
Half siren song, half battle cry, Meg Johnson’s Inappropriate Sleepover is a debut collection that coaxes us out of our tightly-zipped sleeping bags and keeps us up until dawn with poems that resonate, beguile, and delight. Equally whimsical and poignant, Johnson’s voice introduces us to a new sort of poetry heroine: one who is undaunted by external forces that oppose her, and driven to excavate the most subtle nuances of human connection. These are poems to keep for yourself, and to share with your very best friends. —Mary Biddinger
In these poems, Meg Johnson dances on the narrow boundary dividing self-confidence from self-delusion. Always unsettled, her restlessness born from her awareness that the self is too big to fit, even when broken into parts, into the many and ever-proliferating boxes in which a self is expected to find its many homes, her speakers both celebrate and lament the quotidian by which they are enraptured: “If I was a tree I’d / want to be a pine because of the needles. People / would always be finding a piece of me.” And the celebrating, and the lamenting, are themselves both enrapturing. —Shane McCrae
Coming soon from The National Poetry Review PressMeg Johnson’s collection, Inappropriate Sleepover, had me at page one. Her quirky and darkly humorous poems are as refreshing as they are clever, as disarmingly entertaining as they are provocative. Meg Johnson is a stunning addition to the American poetry scene. —Nin Andrews
Half siren song, half battle cry, Meg Johnson’s Inappropriate Sleepover is a debut collection that coaxes us out of our tightly-zipped sleeping bags and keeps us up until dawn with poems that resonate, beguile, and delight. Equally whimsical and poignant, Johnson’s voice introduces us to a new sort of poetry heroine: one who is undaunted by external forces that oppose her, and driven to excavate the most subtle nuances of human connection. These are poems to keep for yourself, and to share with your very best friends. —Mary Biddinger
In these poems, Meg Johnson dances on the narrow boundary dividing self-confidence from self-delusion. Always unsettled, her restlessness born from her awareness that the self is too big to fit, even when broken into parts, into the many and ever-proliferating boxes in which a self is expected to find its many homes, her speakers both celebrate and lament the quotidian by which they are enraptured: “If I was a tree I’d / want to be a pine because of the needles. People / would always be finding a piece of me.” And the celebrating, and the lamenting, are themselves both enrapturing. —Shane McCrae
February 18, 2014
Whoa... Thank you!
My new full length manuscript, Butter Sad, has made it to the third round and is officially a finalist in the Quercus Review Press book contest. I'm so flattered this manuscript is in the top 20.
They'll be announcing the winner in two weeks. Quercus Review Press published one of my favorite books (Terry Godbey's Beauty Lessons) and I'm sure the book that gets chosen this year will become a new favorite of mine.
Stay tuned for updates about the release of Inappropriate Sleepover!
Update (3/3/2014):
Butter Sad was one of six honorable mentions in the Quercus Review book contest. One winner (Laurie Zimmerman) and six honorable mentions were chosen from the 20 finalists. Thanks Quercus! I'm very flattered!
They'll be announcing the winner in two weeks. Quercus Review Press published one of my favorite books (Terry Godbey's Beauty Lessons) and I'm sure the book that gets chosen this year will become a new favorite of mine.
Stay tuned for updates about the release of Inappropriate Sleepover!
Update (3/3/2014):
Butter Sad was one of six honorable mentions in the Quercus Review book contest. One winner (Laurie Zimmerman) and six honorable mentions were chosen from the 20 finalists. Thanks Quercus! I'm very flattered!
