Juliet Cook's Blog, page 129

Two delightful writing nominations!

Slightly updated my website, because I am quite delighted to have now been nominated for two writing awards this year!I am a Best of the Net Nominee for "Evacuation" (nominated as Creative Non-Fiction; thank you to Menacing Hedge).ANDI am a Pushcart Prize Nominee for my poem, "Undulation" (thank you to Hyacinth Girl Press).http://julietcook.weebly.com/

NEW! My Poem in A Fistful of Razors!

"While drinking a Bloody Mary, I think I almost died.
Is that puke, blood, or did I just spill
my glass before I passed out?
All I know is when I woke up,
the whole floor was covered in red
and I was alive again, but forever haunted."
from my poem, "Why I Dye My Hair Red", which appears in A Fistful of Razors (10 Poets)read more here - http://wishpoetrypress.com/…/…/a-fistful-of-razors-10-poets/
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This poem of mine also lives in my latest chapbook, RED DEMOLITION (Shirt Pocket Press, 2014) and you can get a copy from my etsy shop here -https://www.etsy.com/listing/201202952/red-demolition-by-juliet-cook-new-2014 ref=shop_home_active_3
Or directly from the press that published it here - http://shirtpocketpress.wordpress.com/catalog/

My Dia de los Muertos Poet Creature (Zylphia "Black Taffy" Coo)

Juliet Cook aka "Zylphia "Black Taffy" Coo, Queen of all things dead, was the guest poetry whore from Ohio, performing on Dia de los Muertos, with the Chicago Poetry Bordello at Schubas Tavern (photos by Jana Blue Photography).

New Review of House on Fire by Susan Yount (Blood Pudding Press, 2014)

An amazing new review of "House on Fire", Susan Yount's 2014 contest winning Blood Pudding Press poetry chapbook, thank you to AJ Huffman and Sein und Werden!In the poem, "Sissy," we see a portrait of futility:  a little girl holding a dead goat; a sister pretending to get help--"to call the vet"; the little girl refusing to give up as she "Breathes into him/as hard as she can."  This poem eloquently defines the perpetual cycle of abuse that, more finitely, rears its head in later poems.  The cycle of devastation, of pretending, of wishing maybe it isn't true, of hoping that if we believe and if we pretend and if we continue it will suddenly be something else, come back to life, when all the time we know such devastation is final, is death.READ THE WHOLE REVIEW by A J Huffman here:http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/yount.htmlThen buy the book here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/177826146/new-house-on-fire-by-susan-yount-2014?ref=shop_home_feat_3

Dia De Los Muertos Juliet

Photo of my Skull Head taken by Susan Yount after the Chicago Poetry Bordello Dia de los Muertos. 

Makeup by Leticia Rodarte

This Saturday November 1! Dia De Los Muertos with the Poetry Bordello!

This Saturday November 1! Dia De Los Muertos Poetry Whoring! Burlesque! The White City Rippers! More!

You can even get a private reading with me, Juliet Cook aka Zylphia "Black Taffy" Coo.

Yep, that's my Poet Whore name.

See more at the Chicago Poetry Bordello website here -http://www.chicagopoetrybrothel.com/content/schedule

And if you are on facebook, find out even more by viewing the invitation to this special event here - https://www.facebook.com/events/564309997025539/

Knightmares of Poetry!

Me reading at the Lava Lounge, October 25 (as part of the Knightmares IV: Writing Knights Press poetry reading - and as part of LevyFest). 

Reading from my latest chapbook - RED DEMOLITION (Shirt Pocket Press, 2014) - available for perusal and/or purchase here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/201202952/red-demolition-by-juliet-cook-new-2014?ref=shop_home_active_3

POETRY READINGS in Tremont Ohio TODAY/TONIGHT for LevyFest

TONIGHT at 7:00 P.M! A reading featuring Juliet Cook AND Serena Castells AND Gaz The Comedian AND Jason Baldinger at Lava Lounge.THEN right after that reading, there's ANOTHER reading at Lava Lounge, all the way until midnight!Both readings are part of this weekend's LevyFest - and you can see more details about LevyFest here- http://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/levyfest/2014/

Another New Review of They Talk About Death

Another new review of Alessandra Bava's "They Talk About Death" (Blood Pudding Press, 2014)!

Thank you to AJ Huffman and Sein und Werden.

"Bava opens every vein she can find for us."

Read the review here - http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/bava.html

Partake of more details and/or purchase the chapbook from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/195585261/halloween-they-talk-about-death-by?ref=shop_home_feat_2

New Review of They Talk About Death!

"Alessandra Bava's They Talk About Death, the Italian poet and translator's American publishing debut, is a visually stunning piece of art. The book is handmade, ribbon-bound, and is crafted with brightly colored and textured paper. Erin Wells' cover art, "Yellow Carousel Horse," marches lockstep with the content of the collection, resembling, in skull form, a mash-up of Sylvia Plath's portrait and the horse her greatest work is named for, Ariel."and"They Talk About Death also takes risks in that it may seem to glorify suicide in lines like, "Suicidal Light demands worship" from "Our Lady of Napalm," a violent re-imagining of Anne Sexton. This worship, which gestures back to the old trope of a woman's beauty being perfected in death, dates to Hamlet's Ophelia and even further. The book borrows from history in this way, and is merciless at times in its treatment of subjects; while in mourning, the author simultaneously praises and curses figures for dying at their own hands. Salome is cited as an example of a woman who is a murderer rather than a victim and Bava praises her for it: "One day, when [John's] head will turn to skull, she'll make a lamp of it for her own enlightenment and write chiaroscuro poems."A few samples from Sandy Marchetti's in depth new Review of "They Talk About Death" by Alessandra Bava (Blood Pudding Press, 2014).Read the review in its entirety within the new Menacing Hedge (and while there, read more of the new Menacing Hedge innards too) here - http://www.menacinghedge.com/fall2014/review-marchetti.phpThen consider purchasing Bava's chapbook from the Blood Pudding Press shop here - https://www.etsy.com/listing/195585261/halloween-they-talk-about-death-by?ref=shop_home_feat_2(P.S. It is not too late to receive a special discount of 25% off this chapbook and other Blood Pudding Press offerings. Just enter Coupon Code HALLOWEEN25 when you make your purchase.)