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Good news; Exit from the Monkey House [by Jennifer Michael Hecht]
Dear Bleaders, We’ve got a white sky here, no snow on the ground, but the air so cold the leaves all look ashen green which somehow comes off looking like another shade of sky-white.…
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Miscellany: Gender Disparity in Publishing, the Gift Economy, Envy [by Megin Jimenez]
Not much time to blog tonight, but I will share some assorted tidbits while I have the chance. The Count, 2011 VIDA: Women in Literary Arts just issued The Count for 2011, a breakdown…
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What Copywriting Taught Me About Poetry [by Megin Jimenez]
A few years ago, when I was working as a Freelance Everything (writer, editor, translator), I spent some time as a copy writer at Victoria's Secret, two days a week for about a year.…
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The Readers and the Writers [by Megin Jimenez]
At the reading last night, I heard several people talking about this big conference coming up. Perhaps it will be of interest to readers of the blog. It's called something like "AWB"? Yes, yes,…
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Notes on readings, becoming a creeping Internet creep [by Megin Jimenez]
A few notes on poetry readings (gotta make it quick today): Reminder to NYC poetry people/poetry people in NYC that we are hosting Martha Rhodes and Lynn Emanuel at KGB Bar tonight, 7:30. Here is a taste of Lynn Emanuel:…
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Bet Your Bottom Dollar You’ll Lose the Blues: BAP at AWP Chicago – We’ll be there, will you?
We hope to see you at these events next weekend in Chicago: Saturday, March 3, 12:00 noon-1:15 pm: Anthologizing the Canon: Five Editors Discuss the Role of Annual Anthologies in Contemporary Literature.…
