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?]]>
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SO PROUD of you and that book! Congratulations!!!! And as always thanks for the Humpty Hump dance of information. xoxo