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Dustin

I Was Born Doing Reference Work In Sin

About Me

I am a student, poet, activist, and workshop leader. I've had work has appeared in numerous online journals, including SubtleTea, ToasterMag, and Atlanta Rainbow Muse. My blog has made it to the floor of the Georgia Senate; I more than happy to keep elected officials on their toes. I've been featured at various venues including: Outwrite; Humpus Bumpus Books; First Annual Arts in the Park at Historic Oakland Cemetery; and Naked, Pagan, & Unscensored at 7 Stages Theatre. I'll be thankful that I have been able to train with a number of distinguished poets.Currently, I am working hard preparing the first issue of my new online magazine, LIMP WRIST . If youIf you have a minute or two, visit my website .

My Interests

creative writing, poetry, poets, writing, politics, politicians, Dolly Parton, education, books, reading, food, blogging, walks, and of course America's past time: under water basket weavingPOETS: Marilyn Nelson, Denise Duhamel, Beth Gylys, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Cecilia Woloch, Thomas Lux, Dorianne Laux, Stephen Dunn, Anne Sexton, Rita Dove, Margaret Atwood, Kim Addonizio, Maureen Seaton, Sharon Olds, Mark Doty, Elizabeth Bishop, Maya Angelou, Heather McHugh, Jane Hirshfield, Yusef Komunyakaa, Alan Shapiro, Maxine Kumin, Frank O'Hara, Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet Margaret Atwood , Kim Addonizio , and of course Dolly Parton.At one point I had Denise Duhamel listed, but I met her at the 3rd Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival Gala. Not only is she a talented writing but an overall lovely person giving off great energy.

Music:

Dolly Parton & Melissa Etheridge - Bring me some water

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Movies:

Fried Green Tomatoes, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias, Ever After, The House of Yes, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Closer, Crash, 9 to 5, Hotel Rwanda

Television:

I'm an online rental kind of guy.

Books:

Barrel Fever by Sedaris, A Widow for a Year by Irving, Valley of the Dolls by Susann, The Color Purple by Walker, The Complete Poems: Anne Sexton, Bodies that Hum by Gylys, Morning in the Burned House by Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale by Atwood, Kinky by Duhamel,

Heroes:

Anne Sexton, Dolly Parton, my best friend Chris

My Blog

iTunes Instructions

Download "Better Get to Livin" by Dolly on iTunes.  You won't regret it.
Posted by Dustin on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:06:00 PST

"Cinderella" ~ Sexton

CinderellaYou always read about it: the plumber with the twelve children who wins the Irish Sweepstakes. From toilets to riches. That story. Or the nursemaid, some luscious sweet from Denmark who ca...
Posted by Dustin on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:09:00 PST

Don’t Forget--- 8/14/07

Dustin Brookshire & Aida Rentas present POETRY NIGHT @ GRASS ROOTS INSTITUTE   Date:  Tuesday, August 14, 2007 Time: 8:00pm-- (light refreshments will be available at 7:30pm) L...
Posted by Dustin on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:10:00 PST

Analysis: GOP hopefuls seek space from Bush (from MSNBC)

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Republican presidential candidates walked a delicate line in their latest campaign debate, seeking some distance from President Bush and an unpopular war in Iraq while offering ...
Posted by Dustin on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:36:00 PST

Exciting News (Or At Least I Think)

Report: Dolly Releases CD On Her Own In Feb.,World Tour To Start In March Dolly will release her next CD herself in February, supporting it with a new world tour next year, her manager announced via B...
Posted by Dustin on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:22:00 PST

New Poem--

"Black Out"
Posted by Dustin on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:04:00 PST

Need Limp Wrists

It is SIMPLE.... I need limp wrists.... so take pictures... your limp wrist... your boss's limp wrist (don't get yourself fired)....... a cousin's limp wrist... OK.... I am sure you get the pictu...
Posted by Dustin on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:20:00 PST

Sharing an Older Poem, "Dearest Anne"

DEAREST ANNEYour words sealed to page, brick to brick by concrete create you: a woman with coffee hair placed on top a tall, straw like bodya camera's desire. Housewife, mother, best remembered as...
Posted by Dustin on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:48:00 PST

LW on Myspace!

www.myspace.com/limpwristmag ADD LIMP WRIST AS A FRIEND!...
Posted by Dustin on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:48:00 PST

"Please Don't Sit Like A Frog, Sit Like A Queen" ~ Denise Duhamel

Here is a villanelle by the talented Denise Duhamel:     PLEASE DON'T SIT LIKE A FROG, SIT LIKE A QUEEN   ~ graffitit inside the cubicle of a ladies' bathroom in a university in the Phi...
Posted by Dustin on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:50:00 PST