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Debra Elisa: YOU CAN CALL IT BEAUTIFULNovember 27, 2023 - 2:57 am
YOU CAN CALL IT BEAUTIFUL, Debra Elisa. MoonPath Press, PO Box 445, Tillamook, OR 97141, 2023, 107 pages, $17.99 paper, http://MoonPathPress.com. I’m enthralled by this book of poems by Oregon poet Debra Elisa. My first impression was that her poems made a good contrast to mine, choreographed differently, her language distinct and pocked with color. But as […]
Raven Chronicles ReviewNovember 10, 2023 - 8:12 pm
When I was given a copy of Tele Aadsen’s What Water Holds (Empty Bowl Press, 2023), I knew I would want to review it. I’m so so grateful to Phoebe Bosché at Raven Chronicles for making room in their on-line forum for it. To read the review, click on this link: https://www.ravenchronicles.org/book-reviews/bethany-reid-what-water-holds. You can learn more about the […]
Blue Heron Review / Fall 2023November 1, 2023 - 3:32 pm
I honestly mean to do a short series of MoonPath Press reviews, in anticipation of the release of my book. But distractions abound! One of the best sort of distractions came in this morning’s email — a friend, Lisa Ashley — has a poem in the current edition of Blue Heron Review. I recognized some […]
Louise Glück, 1943-2023October 16, 2023 - 12:18 am
“Later I began to understand the dangers and limitations of hierarchical thinking, but in my childhood it seemed important to confer a prize,” she said. “One person would stand at the top of the mountain, visible from far away, the only thing of interest on the mountain.” —Louise Glück (from the New York Times, 10.13.23) I know […]
Hole in the Head ReviewOctober 9, 2023 - 6:41 pm
I’m buried in other projects (good ones!) and am woefully behind on all-things-bloggery, but wanted to share this beautiful cover from the newest edition of Hole in the Head Review. It knocks my socks off. You can click on the table of contents of any issue and take a peek at the contents. To see my […]
Everything Has Two HandlesSeptember 21, 2023 - 5:04 pm
Over the years, in my quest to keep learning more about the craft of writing, I seem to have subscribed to a number of self-helpery blogs. Usually I delete the notifications without reading. Occasionally I take the time to unsubscribe. This morning, this title caught my eye and I clicked on it and read all […]
To Be of UseSeptember 13, 2023 - 8:13 pm
My heartfelt thanks to all of you who listened to my radio interview and emailed or called. David Gilmour has to get at least half the credit, and Steve Nebel, sound engineer. I love it that you loved it. And my apologies for being so absent this past month. I had good intentions — definitely […]
RadioTacoma 101.9August 17, 2023 - 6:19 pm
This evening (August 17, 2023) at 8 p.m. PST, thanks to Radio Tacoma 101.9, and to Steve Nebel, you can hear me, reading my poems and in conversation with Sound Poetry host David Gilmour. No idea what our two hours together will be condensed to, so I’m eager to hear it, too. If you can’t […]
Rena Priest, “Sublime, Subliminal”August 6, 2023 - 3:52 pm
SUBLIME, SUBLIMINAL, Rena Priest, Floating Bridge Press, 909 NE 43rd Street, #205, Seattle, Washington, 98105, 2018, 48 pages, $10, paper, www.floatingbridgepress.org. This August I am once again not doing the #SealeyChallenge. I gave some thought to it—reading a poetry book a day for the month of August, then simply posting a picture to Instagram—but…I get […]
Reading in BellinghamAugust 2, 2023 - 2:26 am
Just a head’s up for my Bellingham friends.