Geez, I’ve been busier than Satan at a church meeting. That’s why you haven’t seen many posts lately. It’s just frickin’ hard raising three children below the age of 7 and maintaining a full-time business. I need a sidekick. Or a maid. Or a second brain.
But I’ve managed to kick out two new book reviews [...]
Check out the latest issue of Hyperbole e-zine. The table of contents:
1. Poetry Video – Scary Poem
2. New And Updated Poetry Pages
3. Hyperbole Call For Submissions
4. American Life in Poetry by Ted Kooser
5. Exclusive Interview: Publicist Teresa Conboy
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Hyperbole and World Class Poetry is inviting guest writers to submit their original articles on poetry and poetics. No poetry, please. We are just taking submissions for articles, interviews, reviews, and discussions on poetics.
If you read the Hyperbole Submission Guidelines then you’ll get a pretty good idea of what I’m looking for. If you need [...]
I got an exclusive interview with publicist Teresa Conboy in the latest issue of Hyperbole e-zine. Questions I asked were:
What exactly is a publicist and what does she do?
Why does a poet need a publicist and how does a poet work with a publicist?
What is the going rate for a publicist and how is she [...]
Last week, I asked subscribers to my e-zine/newsletter Hyperbole to take a survey. Many did and I received some valuable feedback. Below are some of the results of the survey in general terms:
Roughly 60% of the survey respondents said they like the design vs. 40% who said it fell somewhere between liking it and it [...]
Hyperbole poetry e-zine hit the streets last night at 5 p.m. Watch a video of the late Hayden Carruth reading his poem “Ray” in honor of his friend Raymond Carver, and see the latest changes and updates to the World Class Poetry website. If you are not a subscriber, now would be the perfect time.
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I’d love to write on the urgent topic, 21st century epic narratives, which I’ve been planning for a few days now, but it’s going on pretty late and I’ve still got to put Hyperbole together. I’ll have to put the epic narratives off for another day or two. It will be a detailed topic and [...]