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http://www.guernicamag.com/daily/nan-levinson-mad-bad-sad/ A new flash fiction of mine called “Modern Day Symphony” is published at Midway Journal. Thanks editor Ralph Pennel! http://www.midwayjournal.com/Oct12_Fiction-ModernDaySymphony.html Here is a great interview with Gloria Mindock, fantastic poet and editor at Cervena Barva Press. It appeared at Levure Litteraire: http://levurelitteraire.com/gloria-mindock-2/ Also, Two Colors of the Soul: The Selected Poetry of Dmytro Pavlychko is available at Cervena Barva Press: http://www.thelostbookshelf.com/cervenabooks.html – Two%20Colors%20of%20the%20Soul And, this from editor, Gloria Mindock: http://www.facebook.com/notes/gloria-mindock/cervena-barva-press-announces-two-colors-of-the-soul-the-selected-poetry-of-dmyt/10150345693844953 Len Kuntz takes on theme of Fame at Pure Slush with “Fame Like a Drug”: http://pureslush.webs.com/famelikeadrug.htm Terry Lucas brings us a poet he encounters in The Widening Spell” Best American Poetry 2012: James Kimbrell at The Party: http://thewideningspell.blogspot.com/2012/11/best-american-poetry-2012-james.html Lynn Melnick’s If I Should Say I Have Hope at YesYes Books: http://yesyesbooks.com/store/book/0000015/ John Penner writes about Poet Jack Gilbert’s time of triumph and loss. R.I.P. Jack, and thanks for your many influences: http://touch.latimes.com/ – section/-1/article/p2p-73271613/  (Thanks Dorianne Laux and Sara Commito for the link!) And here are two Gilbert poems, originally published at Granta: Two poems | New Writing | Granta Magazine Joani Reese flashes with a little poetry at Pithead Chapel, edited by Keith and Molly: http://pitheadchapel.com/jp-reese/ Matthew Sherling reads his own work at SPACES: http://spaceslitmag.com/2012/11/12/sherling/ Bonnie Zobell throws down her vast knowledge about chapbooks at Flash Fiction Chronicles: Chapbooks « Flash Fiction Chronicles Polari Magazine has an interesting piece, 2400 Years of Homosexuality in China By Christopher Bryant: http://www.polarimagazine.com/features/queer-history-imperial-china/ Claudia Smith brings it at Wigleaf with “Hula”: http://wigleaf.com/ Roxane Gay and xTx mix gender pieces at HOBART: http://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/brief-encounters-with-famous-women-famous-men-fictional-men There are rare moments in a writer’s life, when a feeling of accomplishment fills one with satisfaction. I had this sense yesterday, when my copy of Estuary: A Confluence of Art & Poetry arrived. My poem, “Levitation,” is included among such gorgeous, stunning art images and moving, stellar poems. Kudos to the editors, Agnes Marton and Harriette Fowler. Here is a photo, and you can find out more about it here: Estuary: A Confluence of Art & Poetry by Harriette Lawler: Arts & Photography | Blurb Books So we’re sliding toward the holiday season at a vast clip. What can you do to stay balanced for the next month? What’s one thing you can do for yourself that might help?]]>