Bits and Pieces

A shout out to Jennifer Jean’s intro creative writing class at Salem State College. I had the great pleasure of sitting in last night. I read from Underlife, and we talked a lot about my poems, poetry in general, and the book publishing industry. Very fun.

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Results from my completely unscientific blog poll, Who Would You Like to See Become U.S. Poet Laureate Someday.

The top vote-getters:

Naomi Shihab Nye 31%
Mark Doty 17%
Nikki Giovanni 11%
Martin Espada/Li-Young Lee 8%
Elizabeth Alexander/Cornelius Eady/Gerald Stern 6%

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Have you read Dan Nester’s series of articles "Behind the scenes at The Great Paris Review Poetry Purge of 2010"? Read what it’s like to be de-accepted from The Paris Review.

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Hear audio of poet Jarita Davis on WOMR’s Poet’s Corner.

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Aimee Nez is blogging at Ploughshares.

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One word: Storyland!