Of course there’s the couple dozen, or fifty, books I have but haven’t opened yet. Still, the appetite is strong. I look forward to Ghost Face by Greg Santos after having read his last two books. And a full book from Natalie Hanna. Since I’ve liked every poem I’ve seen from her, I look forward […]
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Favourite reads of 2019
Generally what lights me up are novels and memoirs that let me suspend disbelief and drop me into a timeless space. That’s magic to transfer mental images through squiggles. It’s not the subject but the resonance. Stories that model community and friendship caught me this year, accepting and rolling otherness into an us. Novels: […]
Year in Review: books read in 2019
I generally read a lot of memoir and science, but novels have foregrounded lately and poetry has dropped to less than half of my titles read in 2019. In my total I include chapbooks (27/111 titles) and YA and lids books, comic books, graphic novels and audio books. Still it adds up to over 18, […]
Short poems and editing poems classes
Want to get your poetry mind in higher gear this year? Have poems at an impasse that you want out the door before New Years? The classes have forums to share with fellow poets (closed to the public) and in each class you can send me 6-10 poems for direct feedback. As well, each has […]
Short Poem Class
Hello Poets, You asked, sometime since 2016, to be in the loop when my short poem class got up and running. We’re there! It will be 4 weeks long at a site for learning called Thinkific. It starts this week, where you can set your own pace. The space is open for 2 months. I’ll […]