1– I am at a party, sitting in the middle of someone's bedroom floor, holding a plastic cup and crying, because being a writer is a lovely, terrible thing, and I cannot articulate, to myself or anyone else, why I want so badly for my stories to be […]
Rob Carney presents his readers with a poem entitled “Poetic Justice” to reflect on the recent political environment in his November blog post for his series Old Roads, New Stories: A Blog Series on Terrain.org. This blog post includes an audio recording of Carney performing this politics-meets-history-meets-geography-meets-myth poem. I’ve always been intrigued […]
Big thanks to Melissa Crockett Meske for publishing my lyrical essay "Why I Write" on her blog back in May. Premier Provo Poet Trish Hopkinson, co-founder of Rock Canyon Poets, has stopped by for a visit. For those of you who know Trish, you won't want to miss […]
Big thanks to Melissa Crockett Meske for publishing my lyrical essay "Why I Write" on her blog back in May. Premier Provo Poet Trish Hopkinson, co-founder of Rock Canyon Poets, has stopped by for a visit. For those of you who know Trish, you won't want to miss […]
Noble Gas Qtrly is an online literary journal that “accepts original, unpublished works of literature and visual art that explore artifice and discovery--and any interstice that might divide those two--revel in juxtapositions of the high- and lowbrow, and is conscious of its place, its time, and its place in […]
Noble Gas Qtrly is an online literary journal that “accepts original, unpublished works of literature and visual art that explore artifice and discovery--and any interstice that might divide those two--revel in juxtapositions of the high- and lowbrow, and is conscious of its place, its time, and its place in […]
Oft when on my vacant couch I lie (to borrow from Wordsworth) I visualize three diverse voices chart thoughts about my favorite art form. In his verse dedicated to the exemplary W.B. Yeats, a mercurial, nuanced position was taken by W.H. Auden, "Poetry makes nothing happen". I hear […]
I am honored to have my poem “A Leveling” included with so many amazing and powerful women poets in this important anthology of poems published by Sable Books. Please consider purchasing one of these beautifully printed books or request it at your local library. All proceeds will be directed to the […]
I am honored to have my poem “A Leveling” included with so many amazing and powerful women poets in this important anthology of poems published by Sable Books. Please consider purchasing one of these beautifully printed books or request it at your local library. All proceeds will be directed to the […]
The article “What Is Considered Previously Published Writing?” on Writer’s Relief does a great job explaining all the nuances of determining if your work should be considered previously published. For example, is the original publisher still online? Is the issue out of print? Do blogs and social networking posts […]
