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Critique Group Ethics: How Should Poets Help Each Other?

Getting a late start tonight. Was at a critique group I hadn’t been to in a while. We went a little later than usual. It was a good night.
I found myself in the unusual position of defending a piece written by a young college-bound woman who was new to the group. It’s not unusual that [...]

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When Is A Manuscript Ready For Publication?

Every time I think I’m finished with Rumsfeld’s Sandbox I find something else I don’t like. Many of the poems in the book are finished. I’m happy with them. But there are a few that I can’t stand to look at. I’m torn between removing them from the book entirely or spending more time revising [...]

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