Month: February 2008
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Cave Wall 2.
I did at last receive my rejection from Cave Wall (www.cavewallpress.com), and I have to say, if I weren’t already happily married with child etc, I would totally fall in love with the editor. Seriously. That was the single greatest rejection ever! — loaded with comments & praise — subscribe now, Rhett (the editor) is […]
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Snow. Falling. Down.
That’s how Vincent speaks, one word, full stop, then the next. And no more than three words in a row. But we understand each other, and that’s a constant revelation: we look at each other in utter astonishment several times every day. So it’s snowing again, very hard, much much snow. It’s been snowing since […]
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Elle est arrivée!
Welcome, Mazarine Jade McKenzie, born February 24, 2008, at 4:12pm! Mazarine Length: 21 in Weight: 8 lbs, 5.25 oz. Congratulations, Marianne & Andrew!
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Graywolf Press
I’m sitting in bed with my new laptop, cat at my feet. Vincent’s asleep, Lance went for a walk — silence but for the ticking clock. Serene winter evening. Let’s hope it doesn’t all go to hell. * In terms of small presses, Graywolf Press is practically a venerable graybeard. It’s been around a while […]
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FYI: Soap in mouth=yucky.
Vincent is much calmer this evening, sitting at the table eating his blueberry “ee-gurt” (i.e. yogurt), but last night was an entirely different story. Among another unspeakable acts, he decided to eat a chunk of soap — I guess it looked creamy & delicious to him — but oh, the reaction once it was in […]
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University Press Round-up 3.
I expect this will my last post on university presses, unless I discover I’ve missed something particularly glaring, because I really want to start focusing on small presses. But there are still a few exciting books to mention from the university presses: University of Iowa Press Women Poets on Mentorship: Efforts and Affections, edited by […]
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The Accidental Pugilist.
Vincent and I decided to go for a walk today before the big storm arrived, and, as is customary, we ended by heading for the Glacial Potholes. Vincent was carrying a large chunk of frozen snow that he was keen to pitch into the rushing water, and I let him because, well, he looked so […]
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Super-Power Delusions.
I’m a Buffy fan, and once in a while, not often, but once in a while I have these dreams — don’t we all have these unspoken assumptions, when watching shows like Buffy or Heroes that we would be one of the strong ones, whatever the struggle, we’d triumph & survive. So sometimes I have […]
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Kimberley Rogers.
As promised, I have a poem by Kimberley Rogers, she who so recently graced us with a powerful reading at the Collected Poets Series, to share. I love this poem, and not just because I am done done done with winter. Its verve is infectious and just plain fun! Enjoy: Neon Daisies #8 Neon daisies—dozens […]
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Cave Wall.
The Winter/Spring 2008 issue of Cave Wall (http://www.cavewallpress.com) arrived in my mailbox today. This issue’s contributors include Charles Harper Webb, Tracy K. Smith, James Harms, and Jennifer Grotz, and art by Hector Ruiz. I really like this new poetry journal (this is their 3rd issue), it’s one of the many I subscribe to. The poems […]
Marie Gauthier 