Poetry News:
- — “Poem for My Daughter Disparaging the Gossamer Depictions of the Women of Certain Southern Texts” By Adrian Blevins and a sh*tstorm of criticism LOL. Sheesh. If I ever start subbing poems again remind me to NOT send to Slate. Gee whiz. —
- — The first reading on this program, “What is Poetry,” is an excerpt from Debra Weinstein’s novel Apprentice to the Flower Poet Z, and touches on both creative ambition and pretension [MP3] —
- — State looks for a new poet laureate —
- — The Poem as Comic Strip #5 —
- — Through five collections of poetry, a short story collection and a nonfiction book, the author has celebrated the overlooked, the commonplace, the tossed-aside … —
- — Literary self-publishing and comic self-publishing are perceived very differently —
- — Amazon, Borders Launch Literary Contests [fiction only] —
The post- post- post- post- generation.
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