Hello! I’m Tom Speaker, a senior at Miami University. I am currently doing an independent study with Catherine Wagner about how women’s poetry blogs are affecting notions of gender in literature and society. I was wondering if you are interested in answering some questions pertaining to this subject? It’d be much appreciated, and if you […]
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Book Launch, Readings
In my ambiant soundstream comes architect Max Huut saying, “have to be quiet. I have no time to be in a hurry.” I’m duly reminded. Good to stop and collect thoughts. The Sage Island book that has its Ottawa launch today impressed me. Stories featuring strong female characters who are athletes are rare. Although set […]
Kinda neat
Desk Space a look at authors and the physical work space they live in. Latest up is David McGimpsey .
How to Make a Manuscript
Easily the biggest laugh I’ve had today. How to make a poetry manuscript. First you need to know upfront that this process may take an hour, up to a week even. At least the difficulty level is set at “hard”. Later on about.com mentions that you should stack your poems and then type them. Warning, […]
Dreck-o-meter Flooded
Several years ago I hears the words come out my mouth “I’m yelling at you because I care” (the follow-up realization that it wasn’t the case, that I’d had my hot buttons successfully pushed is another story of that ex-friend) however there’s some truth in that what makes one angry, what one is reactive about […]