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Oysters, Pure and Simple (by Damon McLaughlin)
When my mother and I were recently, briefly in Boston, she wouldn’t try oysters. We’d been in New Hampshire at Toad Hall (see previous post), and that day Legal Harborside was our final destination…
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Thank You, Brenda Hillman (Damon McLaughlin)
I was listening to a lecture at the Poetry Foundation the other day when I jotted down this little Brenda Hillman tidbit: “For the lover of poetry, there is a disequilibrium between himself and…
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Damon McLaughlin, guest blogger September 18-24
Damon McLaughlin lives in Tucson, Arizona where he helps adults earn a GED by day and fronts the rock band Red Star Rebellion by night. His poems appear widely in print and in online…
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Aggressive Swans and ‘Squirtier Turkey Basters’: Reports from Two Readings in Atlanta by Daniel Nester
Greetings from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where I am waiting for my flight to the Motor City, where I will connect to my flight home to Albany International Airport, where I will be…
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One poor corr. plus two, two, hard two find, equals seven [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, I've been 1 poor correspondant and I been 2, 2 hard 2 find, but that don't mean that you ain't been on my mind. Everyblogger flaggs in her faithful log flogging eventually…
