I can say I’m reading at 7th Annual Battle of the Bards, following in the Ottawa footsteps of Sandra Ridley and Christine McNair. 4 BookThug authors are up this year. The 20 established and upcoming poets selected to grace the IFOA stage this year are: David James Brock, Claire Caldwell, Elizabeth Greene, Kate Hargreaves, Laurence […]
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Make an Instant Poem, Win a VERSeFest Day Pass
Write a mashup! Win a book! Win a day pass! Win bragging rights to a brilliant Beastie Boys/Al Purdy masterpiece! Mash it Up! The Flaming Lips meets Dionne Brand. Katy Perry meets Mary Pinkoski. Choose it. Hum it. Write it. Write a mashup of that song that’s been stuck in your head all day and […]
the pet radish, shrunken
Real as a page. My author copies of the book have arrived, an early crop 3 days sooner than expected. Order from BookThug. Or get from me. Or in person at Versefest‘s bookstore. See events for other where and whens.
Selling it in the streets
“I don’t have energy to write poetry. Writing a poem is like giving birth.” Sitting in a small nondescript room in the marriage bureau that he runs, Ali explains why he started Thopudubandi, which is Telugu for pushcart. “Poets pull their hair apart to drop a word on paper. And then they give out their […]
almost to press
Just a few more signing off on proofs and a dozen chocolate poems will come to roost on a page near you.