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Reading AroundSeptember 16, 2022 - 4:28 am
I read a number of book- or writing-related blogs, including CrimeReads and LitHub, not in any orderly way (you understand) but sort of when they hit my email at the right time and when I’m of the right mind. Just now I am between big deadlines. (What does that mean?) Last week I turned in my […]
Farnaz Fatemi’s Sister TongueAugust 26, 2022 - 3:39 pm
Just a note to let you know my book review of Fatemi’s Sister Tongue is now posted at EIL. Book Review-Sister Tongue by Farnaz Fatemi
In Your Previous LifeAugust 24, 2022 - 4:21 am
In a previous life, I was a waitress…before that, a farm girl. I spent a lot of my farm-girl childhood pretending to be a horse named Stormy. I think somewhere in time I was a tree. In my next life, I’d like to teach a class called “Writing YOUR Memorable Poem,” and this is one […]
Rejection CityAugust 16, 2022 - 2:35 am
So this is a blogpost about rejection. I was talking to a friend — a brilliant poet — and she told me that she had a big set-back earlier in the year. She had submitted several poems to a magazine she felt she had a personal relationship with, and the editor wrote back and said, […]
Review of Ada Limón’s ‘The Hurting Kind’July 9, 2022 - 4:33 am
I join good company in reviewing poet Ada Limón’s The Hurting Kind — reviews have appeared on NPR, in The Guardian, and The New York Times. I’m honored that EIL (Escape Into Life) offered me an opportunity to add my voice. To read the review (and visit the wonderful EIL site), click on this link: https://www.escapeintolife.com/book-reviews/book-review-the-hurting-kind-by-ada-limon/ You can read […]
I have been writing up a stormJune 22, 2022 - 7:55 pm
…taking a Creative Non-fiction class, working on a big revision, writing book reviews and poems (everything but blog posts). And I’ve been sending things out — here’s proof: https://www.escapeintolife.com/poetry/birds-in-poems/ At EIL you’ll find several poems about birds (scroll down to find mine). And gorgeous images.
Upcoming ReadingsJune 13, 2022 - 9:26 pm
I admit, Everett Poetry Night keeps slipping away from me — but there it is, at Sister’s Cafe, every Thursday at 5 p.m. This week I’m the featured reader, and I would love to see you there. And, on July 14, I’m trekking to Chimacum to help celebrate the third edition of The Madrona Project. It’s an awesome […]
As Music Isn’t Just Notes on a PageJune 1, 2022 - 2:04 am
I love this quote, which I found over at The Poetry Department, so I’m sharing it with you. I’ve been working on a new book of poems, many of which touch on music in some way — a result, I’m certain, of taking piano lessons for the last several years and practicing daily. (No, I […]
New Issue of Calyx JournalMay 18, 2022 - 4:16 am
CALYX Journal, Vol. 33:1 Cover art “Flamingo” by Leah Kosh Featuring new work by thandiwe D. Watts-Jones, Kamal E. Kimball, Bethany Reid, Meredith Starr, and more Order your copy or subscribe and save! CALYX Journal Vol. 33:1 has arrived and is overflowing with beautiful and empowering new poetry, prose, reviews, and full-color art from a wide […]
May Swenson (1913-1989)May 11, 2022 - 5:26 am
“The poem is an eyehole to a kind of truth or beauty that is finally unnameable.” –May Swenson Last week I visited Washington University in St. Louis, MO, and, among other pleasurable tasks, I spent two mornings in the Special Collections section of the Olin Library, pawing through the May Swenson archives. These are an […]