Poem from I Want to Make You Safe (Litmus Press, 2011) Featuring (in order of appearance): Annie Finch Saeed Jones Daniel Nester Patricia Spears Jones Cole Swensen R. Erica Doyle Cate Marvin Brent Cuningham Danielle Pafunda Jamaal May GC Waldrep Ryan Doyle May James Yeh Matt Hart E. Tracy Grinnell Brenda Iijima Molly Gaudry Sina…
BlazeVOX [books] & Its Poets: An Offsite, Really Hip, unAWP Reading: Thursday, March 1, 2012 6:00 pm until 8:30 p.m Revolving Door presents a spectacular sampling of BlazeVOX poets … setting out to dazzle 100% of the masses–that’s 99% + 1%. Among the poets who will prove themselves worthy sparks of divinity are: Amanda Auchter…
Read more 2012 AWP Annual Conference – Readings, Panels & Tables
While people like Cate Marvin, Susan Schultz, & Craig Santos Perez have queried similarly in the past, speculating on a variety of causes for rejection, proposal applicants are still left wondering at the end of the process each year, where we went wrong. Did bias play a role? Are the panelists and I not noteworthy…
Poetry Events and Calendars in your Town or City [Please post addt’l venues in comments to be added!] ~~~ AL Alabama — http://www.writersforum.org/ ~~~ CA California / West Coast — http://www.poetryflash.org/ Bay Area, California — Spoken Word Listings Glendale, California — http://www.poeticresearch.com/ Los Angeles, California – http://mommymommyreadingseries.blogspot.com/ Venice, California — http://www.beyondbaroque.org/ Northern California — http://www.coloredhorse.com…
Chicago Poetry! I was in Chicago once for AWP. I liked the place. Wish I had more time to explore. Lots of great poets there too. I’m thinking aloud here due to recent incidents that have brought Chicago and its poetry scene to my attention. If you’re actually interested in just how asinine one tiny…
AMY KING 