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Women and Poetry
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Alternate Beatles- brilliant
If you love the Beatles at all, or enjoy their music- go read this.
It's cogent, and nostalgic and hopeful and wonderful and a heck of a good story.
Surprised that none of the commenters mention Liverpool Fantasy: A Novel
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Talk Like a Pirate and Drink Beer Silliness
As many of you know: I write about Beer Pairings for Examiner.com
And it's Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Go! Read! Tell your friends.
Need I say more?
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Back To School (Poetry Friday)
Since it's Friday, there's poetry at Women's Voices For Change, a website that employs me as an editor. This week's poem gives me massive poetry envy. I wish I'd written it. "Trigonometry of self"--- what a turn of phrase!
Go- read it!
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I just started a new writing gig. I'm the Beer Pairing Examiner for Examiner.com.
It's true! I get to write about something I was probably going to do anyway: think, and take notes about the beer I'm trying, and puzzle out what food would pair well with it.
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Poetry Friday- I get to have fun at poetry readings and call it work!
I wrote the headliner for Women's Voices For Change, with an assist on photos from the talented decibel60The night at Central Park SummerStage was outstanding fun. I was already familiar with Elizabeth Alexander and Sharon Olds, but hearing them read gave their poems a new richness and wonderful glee. (The evening's celebratory mood came in part from the ( Read more... ) -
Writing that Sings at WVFC
This week's off to a great start at WVFC, with two writers I admire (as word-crafters and people) taking the stage.
Dad tipped me off to the launch of Kathleen O'Brien's blog about her diagnosis of breast cancer, "We'll Know More On Monday."
And I asked her to cross-post to WVFC.
I've been reading her column in the paper for years. And.... she ( Read more... ) -
Poetry Friday goes out dancing
Poetry Friday at Women's Voices For Change is always fun, but this week is spookily apt.
Great prose poem about dancing with abandon went up today.
The morning after I had a late and lovely night doing just that at a Hold Steady show.
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WVFC: Poetry Friday- Karen Alkalay-Gut
A good villanelle makes me deeply happy. And discovering new poets is one of the most fun parts of my Women's Voices For Change gig.
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What I Want For My Birthday
My birthday’s coming up. Hooray for me!
And I want something from the blogosphere:
Leave one of the following in the comments.
The name of a book you have read more times than any other.
A book you have read recently and really loved.
Your favorite poem.
Your favorite joke.
Your favorite recipe.
I will reciprocate, in a few days. Though picking ( Read more... )
