The New York Times published this story on June 29. I’ve read about it in several other places since then.
I find this sort of thing to be rather interesting because we’re often told that the Internet and social media have “leveled the playing field” so to speak between the big cheeses and the “little guys”. [...]
I just wrapped up the finishing touches on the longest poem I’ve ever written. I’ve been tinkering with it now for about three years, off and on. Some of that time has been spent ruminating, not writing, which is still writing.
It’s the kind of poem that some people will read and say is too wordy. [...]
Guest Post:
By Elizabeth Kirschner
This is what I’ve been up to lately, mentoring poets of all ages and stages through a program called: Wise Eye: Creating Poetry That Soars. In this way I become the student of words that are not my own while seeking to kindle passion in those who [...]
The Internet has made self publishing a whole lot easier. In many respects that’s a good thing. Were it not for the ease of use of capable technology, financial accessibility of the platform, and the internal drive to pursue it, I would not be able to write and publish this blog. All poetry bloggers owe [...]
There’s an interesting article in the online version of Wired Magazine about the future of newspaper delivery. Nick Bilton, an editor in the New York Times research and development lab, who doesn’t even receive the newspaper at his home, believes that in the future, newspapers will all be delivered electronically. It’s really not a brilliant [...]
If you’re anything like me, you pine for ways to make money doing the one thing you love most – creating. If I could follow in the footsteps of Robert Service and make a million by writing and publishing poetry then I would. Heck, I’d settle for just making an honest full-time living at it.
But [...]
I love narrative poems, but they’re hard to write. Anyone who thinks narrative poetry is easy to write has obviously never tried to write one. The reasons I think narrative poems are difficult are many, but in a nutshell:
The struggle is in maintaining a balance between the narrative and the poetics
Too much narrative and the [...]
A very sweet lady who attends my church, a couple of weeks ago, asked me if I’d heard of Dana Gioia. Of course, as my regular readers know, I have. She wanted to know how I knew of him and I spent about 30 minutes filling her ear with the war between New Formalism and [...]
Who decides whether a piece of literature is good or not? Is there a committee somewhere that decides by a process of selection? Does it allow for vote by proxy? Is there a monarch or a king that raises his scepter in approbation? Perhaps all the people of the world can gather together and conduct [...]
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that most literary artists, poets included, try in some way to “write for the market.” But I think this is a sorry way to write literature. Beyond sorry. It’s inane.
While all literature is in a certain sense targeted toward a particular market – try writing [...]