Final |
I can now announce that my manuscript, Glossolalia, was named as a finalist for the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry. This now sets the book prize finalist tally at 3: Beatrice Hawley/Alice Jame...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:27:00 GMT |
Busy Busy |
Why I (+PLR) have been slow to respond to emails, submissions, and/or phone messages and why you can expect more of this slowness:Me with my (paternal) birth-grandmother:Me with my (paternal) birth-gr...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:06:00 GMT |
Linebreaking (again) & News |
More news from the manuscript front: my manuscript was named as a semi-finalist for the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. This makes the second time (ahem, third, but that's goi...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 13:50:00 GMT |
Linebreaking |
You can read my poem, "Poem for the Adoptive Mother" this week on Linebreak, as read by Chloë Honum. Linebreak is a great new online poetry journal and has recently featured work by Bob Hicok, Doriann...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:43:00 GMT |
Jason Shinder (1955-2008) |
The community of the Writing Seminars at Bennington has lost another member of its faculty. Jason Shinder, who edited numerous anthologies and texts, including The Poem That Changed America: "Howl" Fi...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:19:00 GMT |
News! News! |
I haven't blogged in forever -- I've been so incredibly busy with finishing my lecture and creative thesis for Bennington (I'm graduating in June!). I also got hired to teach comp classes at Lone Star...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:14:00 GMT |
Linebreak |
You can find my recording of Daniel Nester's poem "Stardust Memories" at Linebreak, the new online literary journal created and run by Ash Bowen. Be sure to view the archives for poems by Bob Hicok, D...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:10:00 GMT |
Vote APR Sung Coin |
I just got back from voting today and the polls here in Texas are swamped! Funny thing, there were virtually no voters on the Republican side. Gee, I wonder why. Even my dad, who voted R in the last 2...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:38:00 GMT |
This is what my Thursday night looked like |
After dinner @ Chuy's with the hubby & then meeting friends for drinks @ Poison Girl, we left the bar (with the intent on giving said friends Elvis masks I scored @ Chuy's), I found that my car ha...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:49:00 GMT |
AWP Wrap-Up |
This was the busiest, craziest AWP I've attended to date and I (mostly) loved every minute of it! The PLR table was such a success: we sold most of the 200+ copies we brought. It was great to see our...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:26:00 GMT |
