OK, some announcements.
First order of biz, look for my new Twitter chapbook coming soon. I’m seeking permission for cover art and should have it by tomorrow (I hope). Irreverent Twits will make you want to pick your nose.
Secondly, if you’d like to be an ARTbundance coach, Marney Makridakis of Artella Words and Art is having [...]
For Christmas, Artella Land is getting creative with its pricing structure. They’re giving 55% off discounts on poetry e-books, art supplies, vintage ephemera, and other creative joys. Oh boy!
In the spirit of full disclosure, this won’t be for everyone. I find some of the artwork a little disconcerting and even some of the poetry. It’s not [...]
In business it is a common practice to read biographies to learn how other successful people approached their challenges and “rose to the top.” Is it possible to do the same with literature? Can you read all the great books of the past and learn how to write one yourself? If you read every Puschart [...]
Russian novelist, Alexander Solzhenitsyn is dead. Very significant. I don’t know that we have a modern equivalent unless it would be Gore Vidal. But Solzhenitsyn leaving this world is a real deadening event for soviet culture – and for the world.
Jim Murdoch writes about poets and art.
I still have not seen The Dark Knight.
Reginald Shepherd [...]
I just returned from an art exhibit in which I was the featured poet.
Rich Hemmings is a friend of mine who runs one of the best poetry readings here in South Central Pennsylvania. The poetry reading is in York, Pa. and his name for the venue is Poetry Brew. They meet twice a month at [...]