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Ithaca NY Takes the Cake
The good news is that Ithaca, NY was rated the smartest city in America. The bad news, well, it isn't really bad news, but wait till you examine the criteria used — and consider…
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Patti Smith Takes the Bowery in Celebration of Lorca (in a Designer Pajama Top) [by Alissa Fleck]
Patti Smith at the Bowery Ballroom. Photo (c) Alexander Ruas Federico Garcia Lorca—a poet without freedom in his own country where his homosexuality was never accepted—has a story that still resonates on many levels…
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Tina Kelley: Missing the Red-Eyed Millions
I miss the cicadas. Is anybody with me here? I miss the last, most beautiful, garish, carnagey stage of them the most. I miss the mullioned wings, with the orange edges, that lay on…
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Tina Kelley: An Interview with WordTech Communications
For today's post, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin Walzer, whose WordTech Communications poetry press has six imprints: Cherry Grove Collections, CW Books, David Robert Books, Textos Books, Turning Point, Word Poetry and WordTech Editions. They have published my two poetry…
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Tina Kelley: One Fruitful Poetry Workday
Some days the poetry goes fine, some days not so fine, but one recent day was a gold mine, thanks entirely to the internet. Though there are times I just turn off the wireless…
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Tina Kelley, Guest Author June 24-28
This week we welcome back Tina Kelley as our guest blogger. Tina Kelley’s second collection of poetry, Precise, was published by Word Press in January 2013. She is the co-author of Almost Home: Helping Kids…
