by Ryukan | Feb 24, 2013 | Blog
How does one communicate the essence of three decades of conducting interviews? I have had to do that, and quick, as a grant deadline is approaching and I save the worst of the grant writing process for last. I decided on a medley of some of the moments in those last...
by Ryukan | Feb 24, 2013 | Blog
From Tammy Robacker: CALL FOR POETRY—South Sound Poets WRIST Magazine Announces Special ALL-POETRY Issue for April 2013! Write about your sorrows, your wishes, your passing thoughts, your belief in anything beautiful. –Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young...
by Ryukan | Feb 17, 2013 | Blog
(From Alison Jennings): POETS SEEKING POETS A poetry writing group in the North End near Mill Creek is now open to additional members. We are a small group of poets whose goal is to create poems of publishable quality through is pfizer viagra available in india honest...
by Ryukan | Feb 6, 2013 | Blog
Peter Munro has graciously invited me to feature at his Wedgwood Ale House open mic on Monday Feb 11, 2013. Showtime 8:30P. I was hoping to have my book of essays, Organic Poetry, out in time, but no luck. News on canada online pharmacy propecia that release coming...
by Ryukan | Feb 6, 2013 | Blog
From Graham Isaac: Hi! It’s been about four years since the last one, but I’m pleased to announce that I’ve finished a new chapbook, called Filthy Jerry’s Guide to Parking Lots, out this month on Babel/Salvage. (it didn’t take four years...
by Ryukan | Jan 27, 2013 | Blog
One of the more interesting, non-affiliated poetry programs in the country is in my hometown. Check this out and support if you have even $10: CSoP offers compelling poetry classes without the MFA time commitment, pressure, or price tag. (Fear-free) What is CSoP? The...
by Ryukan | Jan 25, 2013 | Blog
From Al Filries: Dear Paul Nelson, I am thrilled to announce that we are now taking enrollments for the second running of ModPo. Here’s the link: https://www.coursera.org/course/modernpoetry We start on Saturday, September 7. Ten weeks plus two days later, on Monday,...
by Ryukan | Jan 16, 2013 | Blog
I was delighted when Greg Bem sent me a link that led to Michael McClure featured in the New Yorker, of all places. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/01/poetry-questions-michael-mcclure.html His poem Mephisto 20 is published there, though you need to be...
by Ryukan | Jan 15, 2013 | Blog
From Jeanne Heuving: There are still a few weeks left to apply to the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics program at the University of Washington Bothell. Our MFA is dedicated to helping each student develop their creative work through a course of study that...
by Ryukan | Jan 14, 2013 | Blog
ORDINARY MADNESS INAUGURAL AUDIO CONTEST The winning entry will be featured as its own episode on www.ordinarymadness.org and iTunes. The author will receive a prize pack featuring books by past guests and will be invited to be a guest on the show. Deadline: February...
by Ryukan | Jan 14, 2013 | Blog
9 flash fictions and a flash drama done in tweeting and texting lingo, hosted by Lyn Coffin. Lyn Coffin is an American poet, fiction writer, playwright, translator, non-fiction writer, editor.
by Ryukan | Jan 12, 2013 | Blog
From Alex Bleecker: hey you effing fabulous sparkle-monkeys! are you as glad to be alive as we are? yes? no? well the good news is – it doesn’t matter – ’cause you are! so why not join us for the breadline 2013 kickoff this wednesday for a...
by Ryukan | Jan 7, 2013 | Blog
The 3rd buy diflucan online Five Alarms Lit Crawl happens Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Greenwood, featuring: Aaron Kokorowski, Amy Billharz, Morris Stegosaurus, Aaron Kemply, Arlene Kim, Theo Dzielak, Molly Mac, Emily Wittenhagen, Queequeg, Doug Nufer, Tessa Hulls,...
by Ryukan | Jan 2, 2013 | Blog
DEADLINE & THEME FOR RAVEN CHRONICLES’ VOL. 18, #1-2, SUMMER, 2013, ISSUE THEME: “WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO.” Theme: human behavior, rather than animal or plant behaviors, boils down to action, to human activity: “Why We Do What We Do.”...
by Ryukan | Dec 29, 2012 | Blog
From Leaf Press: Newborn Anthology: Leaf Press is gathering poems for an anthology about the newly born, the almost born, the journey in-between. We are interested in thresholds and liminal states; in moments that transcend global cultures. We welcome poems from all...
