Three poets read in Peekskill, including our own Susana H. Case, and Karren LaLonde Alenier:... Read More
book binding begins with needle & linen thread, stitching together a group of pages and don’t forget the knot!... Read More
One in forty-five children in the U.S. live on the streets, in shelters, or in motels. ARTS (A Reason To Survive) is a San Diego nonprofit “dedicated to providing, supporting, and advocating for creative arts programs that heal, inspire, and... Read More
Last night’s reading at Mac’s was a tide of wonderful poetry. Thanks to all the poets who read and the poetry lovers who made it a party. Sometimes poetry of witness wakes us up. Sometimes it simply gives voice to... Read More
Saturday, April 28, 2012 This evening at 7, Night under Footsteps: Eric Anderson, Nin Andrews, Robert Miltner, and Karen Schubert. Chaps by Andrews, Miltner, and Schubert, Anderson’s handmade full length book; an exaltation of other wompus chapbooks, artist’s books. Refreshments will be... Read More
Poetry month gives me the heebie-jeebies. Events too jammed together (extroverts must love it), and the implication that the other eleven months are not poetry months. Nevertheless, a lot of good stuff gets out for an airing in April. Here... Read More
A brilliant little comic strip from illustrator and cartoonist, Grant Snider. Happy Poetry Month!... Read More
At AWP David Rigsbee gave me a copy of his 2011 collection, The Pilot House, on the cover of which is Jill Bullitt’s ghostly painting, “War Dead.” No wonder this book took the Black River Chapbook Competition. The poems within... Read More
I went to an off-site reading this evening given by an MFA program and two small presses, New Rivers and White Pine. It was at Blackie’s bar not far from the conference hotel and the readers were wonderful. The crowd... Read More