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Funny Woman #5: Ms. Passover 2012, Rachel Shukert
My nonpoet friend, D, was over the other night, watching videos of her favorite adult film star, Manuel Ferrara, and flossing her teeth at my desk. “Who’re you interviewing on Friday?” she asked over…
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NaPoWriMo Poems Day #5
Are your hands getting tired yet? Today's prompt: write a poem in honor of baseball's Opening Day! I'd write one about how my head must have a ball magnet inside of it, because no…
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This Just In . . . “The Poet and the Poem” Audio Podcast with Emma Trelles
If you haven't checked out the "Poet and the Poem" audio podcasts from the Library of Congress lately, you will be astonished and the impressive archive that Grace Cavalieri (left) has put together over…
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Speaking of Funny Women: Time to Buy Nin Andrews’ “The Secret Life Of Mannequins” from Kattywompus Press
If you've been following this blog, you've read Nin Andrews' Meet the Press feature for which she interviews the unsung editors of small pressses. But if that's all you know of Nin, you are…
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NaPoWriMo Poems Day #4
NaPoWriMo’s up to 800+! This thing's totally out of control. Maureen’s prompt on Day #4: write the blues, but first, live the blues. Onto NaPoWriMo!
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Funny Lady #4: Sommer Browning is Whole Ass
Conceptual comedian Steven Wright and poet Sommer Browning walk into a bar. “Is it weird in here or just me?” Wright asks. Browning listens to the silence. He hands her a screwdriver. The two…
