Poetry News:
- — “Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing.” —
- — In the case of After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events, edited by Tom Lombardo (Sante Lucia Books), poems have been chosen to help readers to recover from subjects such as war, abuse, addiction, death, and more. —
- — Mark Roper’s lightness of touch captures the poise and beauty of this peculiar bird —
- — Wellesley’s Dan Chiasson named poetry editor of Paris Review —
- — Samuel Beckett, William Burroughs, Sylvia Plath and … Marie Osmond. UbuWeb is a weird and wonderful treasure trove of the avant garde —
- — Georgetown Welcomes Award-Winning Poet Carolyn Forché to Faculty —
Just in time for Halloween, I am sporting an eye patch. Aaaarrrrr. Still trying to figure it out - seeing a specialist next week. The eyeball is like 80% collagen, so … spooky. (My body makes messed up collagen.) My regular eye Dr. spent almost 2 hours with me yesterday. She’s great.
ps. taking a break until I can see straight.
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