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The Power of the Lightning (by Laura Orem)
This was going to be a post about the sanitization of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but the events in Arizona have altered its focus. Saturday's tragic shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 19…
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Under a Certain Little Cloud
I’ll begin with an apology to Szymborska and her translator Joanna Trzeciak for borrowing, then stamping my snow boot all over one of my favorite poems, “Under a Certain Little Star.”This is what poets…
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Leslie McGrath, Guest Blogger January 9-22
This week we welcome Leslie McGrath as our guest blogger. Leslie’s poems have been widely published in the US, as well as in England, Ireland and Japan. Her literary interviews have appeared in the Writer’s Chronicle and…
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Meet the Press: Nin Andrews interviews Kathleen Rooney and Abby Beckel, founding editors of Rose Metal Press
Kathleen Rooney (L) and Abby Beckel, founders of Rose Metal Press (photo by Martin Seay) NA: How would you best describe Rose Metal Press? In other words, how long has the press been in…
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Quote of the Day
"Losing a parent is something like driving through a plate-glass window. You didn't know it was there until it shattered, and then for years to come you're picking up the pieces." Saul Bellow, Letters. …
