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”. [...]
After surveying the poetry blogosphere I’ve settled on there being about 5 different types of poetry blogs online today. There are different variations of the 5, but I think we can settle on placing them into 5 categories and I’ll outline those for you with some recommendations on which are the best blogs to read [...]
As promised, I’ll discuss the two poetry markets and how to reach them. It’s quite simple, really, but here goes anyway.
The two poetry markets, and neither is really better than the other, are the academic market and popular market. By academic I do not necessarily mean institutional. I simply mean the journal and small press [...]
Found in the margins – what musicians read.
Is Billy bowing out?
Relief from the pain of war.
John Updike on American Art.
Poetry for the joy of God.
Out of the mouths of babes.
$4 per gallon gasoline and a poem on a train.
Debauchery rules.
On the state of writing careers.
A rich bitch a la carte.
Should writers be marketers?