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E. Ethelbert Miller, Guest Blogger March 7-13
This week we welcome back E. Ethelbert Miller as our guest blogger. Ethelbert is a literary activist. He is the board chairperson of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). He is a board member…
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Robert Hershon Presents a Poem by Jeni Olin
This poem by Jeni Olin will appear in her new collection, Hold Tight: The Truck Darling Poems, which will be out from Hanging Loose Press this spring. DEPAKOTE I felt most at home on…
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Bejeweled Blitz [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, Overachiever? Married to one? I'd like to tell you about a new way to get yourself or your spouse to stop producing so much verse. Ready? Just write on your Overachiever ™…
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This Just In . . . . News From Turkey
Our friend Anastasia Ashman writes from Turkey about novelist Elif Shafak who has embarked on a US tour to promote her latest novel, The Forty Rules of Love , in which an unhappy housewife is…
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Night Owls and Early Risers [by John Lane]
Has anyone done research on the differences between poets (or anyone else) who get up early and those who stay up late? A friend of mine once gave me advice that’s worked for me:…
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Where the Wild Things Are
photo (c) Anne Caston Back in January we posted poet Anne Caston's wonderful photo essays from her recent trip to Alaska, where she's is a member of the core faculty in the University of…
