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I’ve got a short piece published today in the latest Rumpus Readers Report on the theme “Misery Loves Company.” Check it out here, among the others. Thanks to Susan Clements for taking my piece.
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This headline passed through my inbox this morning from Poets & Writers. It’s referring to this great essay from Joseph O. Legaspi about what a poet is, or better said, how he makes his life as a poet and how that is his identity.
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This just appeared in my in-box from PEN Poetry Series, and I had to re-post for National Poetry Month and the advent of spring. I love it. Vague When in Spring The trees grow vague With blossoms the vague pink I don’t seek To Know What trees They are
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Sackett Street Writers’ Reading Series at BookCourt Monday, May 6th 7pm NICK DYBEK (When Captain Flint Was A Good Man)JILL DI DONATO (Beautiful Garbage) JULIE SARKISSIAN (Dear Lucy)AMY SHEARN (The Mermaid of Brooklyn) Join us for reading, wine-sipping, book-signing, a book raffle & general merriment in celebration of these Sackett instructors, all with recently released debut novels. RSVP through FacebookTHIS…
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I just discovered Poets Off Poetry on Coldfront’s site, where you get a poet’s take on some music they like, and one of their poems. National Poetry Month here in April seems like a good time to get caught up on reading all of it. Check it out here.
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I just read a bit of advice about “writing what you know” from John Wray over at The Center for Fiction, and it rang true. Here’s an excerpt: It’s fine to ground one’s fiction in known, lived experience—it’s a kind of shortcut to authority, an absolute necessity for all effective writing—but it’s just as important…
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The news about the demise of The Boston Phoenix has hit me hard this week. I hadn’t read it much since leaving Boston, but the fact that it’s no longer there, along with WFNX’s shutdown, makes me feel empty inside. I’ve always had a soft spot for alternative papers and alternative media, starting with The…
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Brought to you from the folks at Electric Literature.
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He’s the first rock musician and an honorary inductee as of Wednesday. Jacket Copy had the scoop.
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Read his article here in The New Republic.
Joe Sullivan 