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• The Working Poet

  November 15, 2009

  • The Working Poet: 75 Writing Exercises and a Poetry Anthology has just been released by Autumn House Press. Edited by Scott Minar, the book gathers together 75 poetry prompts contributed by 52 poets, one of whom is me! The exercises are divided into 9 sections: Form and Structure, Word Play and Thought Experiments, Metamorphoses, Art to Art, The Personal Poem, Prosody and Rhetorical Strategies, ...
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• Poet du Jour: Patricia Fargnoli

  November 8, 2009

  • Here's good news: Patricia Fargnoli's third poetry book, Then, Something, is now available from Tupelo Press which published her last book, Duties of the Spirit. This new collection moves naturally and gracefully beyond the earlier one; it is both a continuation and an expansion.We find some of the same motifs that Fargnoli has explored before—aging, nature, family. But this collection is ...
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• Reading at Tulipwood

  November 6, 2009

  • I'm reading this Saturday, November 7, at Tulipwood, 1165 Hamilton St., Somerset, NJ, at 2:00 PM. My co-reader will be Charles H. Johnson. I'm very much looking forward to the reading as it's in the restored Victorian house you see above. What a beautiful venue!Above is the side view of the house which was built in 1892 and purchased by the Township of Franklin in 2003 for Historic Preservation. ...
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