Tag: poetry
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Draft of the Week, #4.
I was unable to have my laptop repaired today, though I’ve been promised Tuesday — I warned him that if I continue to have to use it at a 45 degree angle or less I will soon develop a humpback. You try it and tell me how it feels. Everything takes longer this way, but…
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My Current Reading List.
Besides the stack of literary journals that have been arriving in my mailbox demanding to be more than flipped through (The Café Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, Weave Magazine, Bateau, Tar River…off the top of my head), and in addition to the Tupelo Press books I am joyfully immersing in, there are a clutch of…
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Draft of the Week, #2.
I don’t think it’s ever happened that I’ve written a first draft straight through before beginning revisions. I don’t know enough about where a poem’s headed to get it all down right away. Which is probably one reason the blank page is such a daunting prospect. Yet, when you sit down, neglect your family and…
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Honesty vs. Truth in Poetry.
I was reading The Bloomsbury Review the other day — the new issue (May/June/July 2009) just arrived in my mailbox — and came upon something that caught me more than a little off-guard. The cover story is an interview with Greg Kuzma (“Poet, Critic, Editor, Publisher, Teacher, Mentor, & Screenwriter’), someone whose work I was…
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Draft of the Week.
I’m already warming to this new poem project. Makes me feel all purposeful and productive. I guess I respond best to deadlines. Remains to be seen if this will be a plus or not. This draft will probably remain up until Sunday, as we’re going to visit my mum for the weekend. {poof!}
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A Draft a Week, She says.
I’ve never posted by any particular schedule here, no deadlines, no real structure to speak of. When I still worked at the bookshop, I wrote about forthcoming books, new books of poems or books about poems, books that excited me. With the bookstore gone, I still do that, but to a lesser degree: I don’t…
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I Heart Erin Belieu.
Back years ago when I did try and send out a few things, the first time I got rejected I nearly beat the mailbox to death. Seriously, I kicked it till the post broke. And I’m pretty sure that’s a felony. Okay, as the owner of all 3 of her books, I was predisposed to…
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Moses Supposes a Rose is a Rose is a Rose.
I’ve had a lot more visitors here than usual. While I hoped they came by to check out my chapbook (which is now available for pre-order…) (HA!), based on their Google searches, they arrive in search of Gene Kelly. At first I was distracted, wondering what it is I’m missing out on, that suddenly so…
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Collected Poets Series: July Ed.
This Thursday, July 2nd, at 7:30pm, the Collected Poets Series features Dara Wier, Lesle Lewis, and Elizabeth Hughey. This will be our last reading until October, so don’t miss out! Dara Wier‘s books include Selected Poems, Remnants of Hannah, Reverse Rapture, Hat on a Pond, and Voyages in English. Awards include American Poetry Review’s Jerome…
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Now Available for Pre-Order!
I’ve created a new page for all things Hunger All Inside: click the link up there on the toolbar, or just click here. I am so excited & grateful & can’t quite believe that in a few short months my poems will be in your hands, yes, your hands! If you please. I hope. Hooray!
Marie Gauthier 