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February 7 2010 - In: Poetry, The Writing Life autumn
They’re here!
This week, I debuted my first set of poetry postcards/broadsides at my reading in Elkins Park. I designed four unique cards (4×6 inches) featuring four different poems, using word art, images, and ink stamps. I’m really happy with how they came out, and people seemed to like them (they bought them!) so I was [...]
February 4 2010 - In: Books, Fiction, Poetry, The Greater Good, The Writing Life autumn
So, I was just flipping through my most recent issue of Poets & Writers (a mag with which I’ve had a several years love/hate relationship), and I saw a little blurb about Madras Press. Madras is a new press that publishes stories in individually bound editions… so fiction writers don’t have to cut their stories [...]
February 3 2010 - In: Poetry, The Writing Life autumn
Phew! I knew this blog was badly out of date… every week I think of new things I want to blog about- things I’m baking, reading, listening to, etc. And then… well…
But tonight I had a great reading at the Elkins Park Free Library and a few people, including a very generous spirit named Ruth, [...]
June 10 2009 - In: The Writing Life autumn
One of the things that makes me crazy about blogs in general, and poetry blogs in particular, is one of the same things that makes me crazy about alot of contemporary poetry: “I I I I I….” Clearly, I’m a hypocrite, because I’ve already used 4 personal pronouns in 2 sentences. Although it is not [...]
May 19 2007 - In: Poetry, The Writing Life autumn
On April 28th, I began teaching a course through the Mt. Airy Learning Tree, called Poetry as Memoir. When I started, I was sure that I knew what I meant by “Poetry as Memoir” — but the question usually comes up at least once each week, so I continue to reflect and refine my [...]
December 7 2006 - In: Fiction, The Writing Life autumn
I write poems. That’s pretty well-established at this point. In fact, I agonize over poems. I’m one of the slowest poets I know, which can often be really demoralizing.
But a few weeks ago, a line of dialogue popped into my head — the opening of a short story. Now, [...]
November 27 2006 - In: A/V, Books, Domestic Prowess, Events, Fiction, Movies, Music, Philly, Poetry, Politics, The Writing Life, memes autumn
Welcome, one and all, to my brand new website. After allowing my old site and blog to flounder, I’ve decided to hop back in the saddle and take the internets by storm (employing as many puns & cliches as possible in the process).
Some folks may be familiar with PoetryClass, an old blog that I’ve [...]
