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December 16, 2019
View 10-Minute plays written and performed by Creative Writing & Theater students at Germanna Community College – Fall 2019
You can view 10-Minute plays written by students in my Creative Writing class and performed by Austin Fitzhugh’s Theater students at Germanna Community College Fall semester 2019 on my YouTube channel:
The Grave written by Emily Rowland
Thank you Haunted Waters Press for featuring me in your Contributor Profiles.
Thank you Haunted Waters Press for featuring me in your Contributor Profiles.
December 11, 2019
Join me on December 22 (and a number of other poets Dec. 21-22) for a poetry reading in Blacksburg, VA to celebrate “The Longest Night” of the year
Join me (and a number of other poets) for a poetry reading in Blacksburg, VA to celebrate “The Longest Night” of the year with readings on both Saturday December 21 and Sunday the 22nd.
I will be reading at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday from my newest 2 books and offering signed copies of my collections for sale.
December 10, 2019
Bogus Rules of Writing: Never Begin a Sentence With…
According to many college freshmen, these five words should never assume first place in a sentence. And every one of these so-called rules is bogus.
— Read on www.thoughtco.com/bogus-writing-rules-never-begin-a-sentence-with-3972772
They
For those who were drilled that “they” always meant more than one person, note that the etmological history shows this definition:
(indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker
December 7, 2019
December 4, 2019
Three of my poems have been accepted to appear in The MacGuffin Volume 36.2 scheduled for Spring 0f 2020
Three of my poems have been accepted to appear in The MacGuffin Volume 36.2 scheduled for Spring 0f 2020. Thank you Gordon Krupsky, Managing Editor.
December 2, 2019
Review: The Last Mastodon
The Last Mastodon by Christina Olson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
In “The Last Mastodon,” Christina Olson attempts
to weave her personal dealing with death, the mastodon and its
discovery and paleontology, Thomas Jefferson’s eagerness to explore and
find if mastodons still lived along with his keeping of slaves and power
over Sally Hemings. At the same time, Olson tries to weave prose poems,
disjointed thoughts and bits from her readings, with more carefully
crafted free verse. Finally, she tries to weave humor (dark and light)
with deeper emotion.
I think, overall, this weaving
works more than it fails. There is deep feeling here along with thought.
The small chapbook is certainly worth reading at least once. The
central poem, “Among the Bones,” itself alone is worthy enough.
