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poetry mini interview (part two)

I am up at poetry mini interview again (Very short interviews with poets, Conducted by Thomas Whyte), where poets offer 5 short answers to 5 short questions, one per week.
Here's my part TWO answer - http://poetryminiinterviews.blogspot.com/2019/04/juliet-cook-part-two.html

NEW in Octopus Review #7 - some of my art!

Delighted to have some art up in the new Octopus Review #7, along with art by Chandra Alderman, poetry by Pris Campbell, Matt Borczon, and Jennifer Behling and more! Thank you very much to Vin Whitman for creating another new Octopus!

https://theoctopusdiary.blogspot.com/2019/04/octopus-review-7.html?fbclid=IwAR12nwfkHvtaWjlyGh6hZph_xXWo4cj9aqnMrKRZwUPrQbt5uCTnmepSbKM

Blood Pudding Press will be at a book fair, April 28!

~Sunday April 28 - Book Fair for National Poetry Month at Coffee Coffee Coffee - 2-4 PM
(4193 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH. 44109)Juliet Cook’s small indie press, Blood Pudding Press will have a table at this event (and Juliet will have some of her own poetry books from other small presses available for sale too)

a dream in which food is way more interesting than me

Didn't sleep well last night. Had a small series of oddly bothersome little dreams involving me and poetry and people I'm involved with.In one dream, my sister, who has only ever been to one of my poetry readings, told me that all of my poetry was like the same poem on repeat, like boring hospital food or like repeatedly watching some class on feminine hygiene products.In another dream, I was sitting in an airport or mall restaurant with two people who had chosen to visit me there a little bit before I had to head to work. I had about 15 minutes, so I figured we were just going to sit there and talk, but instead they both bought big fancy sandwiches and started eating them in front of me, even though I didn't have time to eat anything. I got upset that in the limited amount of time we had together, they were both more focused on eating than on listening to me, I said something about that, the man acted like it was no big deal, and said his daughter was always hungry. I told him that he had a sandwich too, it was right in front of my face, and I might as well just leave and go to work. He casually said okay. Then I got in front of the woman's face, called her a hog, and left.So I guess my dreams were insinuating that in some people's minds hospital food is more interesting than my poetry and me - sandwiches are more interesting than anything I have to say - and I might as well just shove feminine hygiene products into my mouth and spit them out on repeat.Oh and if I get upset at a man for acting thoughtless and careless, then I'll call another woman a hog. 

poetry mini interview (part one)

Starting today, I'm up at poetry mini interview (Very short interviews with poets, Conducted by Thomas Whyte) where I offer 5 short answers to 5 short questions, one per day. Here's part one - http://poetryminiinterviews.blogspot.com/2019/03/juliet-cook-part-one.html

NEW in Winedrunk Sidewalk: Shipwrecked in Trumpland - "Hansel and Gretel 2019" by me and j/j hastain

"A needle pulling thread through the back
of children's heads is hoping
to replace brain waves
with tiny new fingers for the maggots."inside j/j hastain and I's poem, "Hansel and Gretel 2019", which is day SEVEN HUNDRED and NINETY EIGHT at WINEDRUNK SIDEWALK: SHIPWRECKED IN TRUMPLANDread more HERE - http://winedrunksidewalk.blogspot.com/2019/03/day-seven-hundred-and-ninety-eight.html

Me reading at The Poetry Forum at Bossy Grrls Pin Up Joint, March 18, 2019

photo of my face reading poetry, taken by Darryl Shupe
photo of my legs reading poetry, taken by Darryl Shupe

This Monday, March 18th at The Poetry Forum!

This coming Monday, March 18, starting at 7 PM, I will be the featured reader at The Poetry Forum's monthly poetry reading!It takes place in Columbus,Ohio at Bossy Grrls Pin-Up Joint
(2598 N High Street, Columbus OH 43202).I'll be reading some poems from my new full-length poetry book, "Malformed Confetti" (published by Crisis Chronicles Press, 2018) and from my new chapbook,"From One Ruined Human to Another" (published by Cringe-Worthy Poets Collective, 2018).I also plan to read a few very new, as-yet unpublished poems from an in-progress collection with Purple in its title.So if I have any Columbus area (or nearby area) poetry friends who might be interested in hearing me read some weird poetry Monday... http://www.columbuspoetryforum.com/schedule.html

A NEW Poetry Interview!

A new poetic interview with my poetry collaborator j/j hastain and I on Ppigpenn! Thank you to Catfish McDaris for inviting us to share some parts of us!

Juliet Cook's Upcoming Poetry Events (2019)

~Wednesday March 13 - at Mac's Backs-Books in Coventry - 7 PM (1820 Coventry Rd, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118)
Featured readers Sara Minges and Juliet Cook
See more information here - https://www.facebook.com/events/392503011507124/
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~Monday March 18 - The Poetry Forum at Bossy Grrls Pin-Up Joint - 7 PM (2598 N. High St., Columbus, Ohio 43202)
Featured reader Juliet Cook 
See more information here - http://www.columbuspoetryforum.com/home.html
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 ~Thursday October 10 - Broadsides and Ephemera at Loganberry Books - 7 PM (13015 Larchmere Blvd., Shaker Heights, Ohio 44120)
Featured reader Juliet Cook
More information closer to the time of the event here - http://www.loganberrybooks.com/?fbclid=IwAR0Ir9tA2UZm0Ye1m1sV1uXHijBJ47n0HNBoqXcqZigzpdtUqdjAyzb_qzs