I cannot say enough about the generosity of Dayna Patterson, not to mention the incredible quality of her beautiful poetry. I am honored to share her review of A Godless Ascends just published by Mom Egg Review. If you are not familiar with Patterson’s work, please visit her […]
Maybe, like me, you’ve had productive stretches as a writer, but for whatever reason—boredom, changed circumstances, lost confidence —you’ve hit a fallow period. You’re not writing, and the longer you go without writing, the harder it is to start again. In graduate school, I wrote prolifically, but from […]
I found transformation through poetry. I remember reading poems that literally changed my life. Like, after reading them, I could breathe again. I found self-acceptance, worth, and hope in the breathtaking sadness of Kim Addonizio’s “To the Woman Crying Uncontrollably in the Next Stall”. I went on to […]
From the Barrelhouse Submission page: “Selected manuscripts will be published by Barrelhouse Books in an initial run of 1,000 copies. Authors will receive $500 at the time of publication and royalties later on.” Manuscripts can include previously published individual poems, but the collection itself needs to be unpublished, […]
