Robyn Sarah is Writer in residence at U of O for fall 2010.
watch me edit: introducing yourself is the latest post into Gillian’s editing process.
Interview with Nomados. Good to get more background. They have 30 titles out already. Huh.
Tiny books of 8 small pages from one sheet, and Favorite 500 words tiny books. [via the Serif]
“if you make one ironic gesture in a poem, people write the rest of the poem and book off as mere irony. Which is ridiculous, of course. And there are poets whose only tonal register is irony, and nothing is more boring, because nothing is risked.” ~ Matthew Rohrer
derek beaulieu now has a site as well as speechless
Been inspired by Ontario Petroglyphs? There’s a writing contest call for that…
I was glad to sell 5 chapbooks and give away 4 and go tradsies on one more.
Gerry, Brenda and Heather had some things to say about their feelings on the Sage Hill Experience. (Mine coming, maybe tomorrow.)
Publishing has been flipped on its head, said the Hidden Brook Press presentation on the future of publishing — the model is inverted. it used to be a publisher had a ready loyal audience and that is what a publisher brought to the equation but not it is the writer who builds the audience and sells that leverage of ears to the publisher as an asset.
Sweet Cuba: the building of a poetic tradition: 1608-1958 = forja de una tradición poética: 1608-1958 by Manuel de Jesús Velázquez and John B Lee (Hidden Brook Press, 2010) I only saw the shrink wrapped copy but seems like an intriguing project.
Literary Database of Quebec English-Language Authors
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on Sage Hill, Pearl. Was it fruitful?
(thanks for the mention too)
I have to look up those petroglyphs..
I saw a lot when I was hiking in Arizona.