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Judy Joy Jones Show presents Ishmael Reed;, Author, Poet, Playwright, & Redroom Author!
On Eleventh Street
- About a year after I divorced my first husband, I met Jack. I was working in what was called a "fern bar" in Chico. La Salles was designed after Henry Africa's in San Francisco. Henry
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Poetry Is To Money As Ice Cream Is To Mud
Words you can chew
Dale's blog about the Scot word "peelywally" inspired me to poke around for some others. The tidbit below sidetracked me.
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SUBJECT TO WRITER'S BLOCK/LACK OF ROYALTIES
Check Out Scott Holstad's site on Red Room
New to Red Room is poet Scott Holstad (www.redroom.com/author/scott-c-holstad). His take is very different than mine, but I have always admired his lean lines, emotional honesty, and grittiness.
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The Power of Titles
As an author I prefer, and practice, selecting a name for my work that is somewhat enigmatic and generates maximum curiosity in the mind of the browser or grazer of bookshelves or online inventories.
Being a wordsmith, I respond strongly to language, especially in the wording of titles. (Yes, first impressions do count for me.) Regrettably, the language of our contemporary culture has been whittled down to the most basic vocabulary and the most semantically empty sound bites.
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The dynamics of being a creative nomad
Gone are the days of deadlines, exhaustive (and exhausting) research, scholarly discipline, operating within rigid outlines, assembling bibliographical references and inserting pesky footnotes... I am POET now, see me roam!
Writing poetry affords me the ultimate freedom of mobility and I love it. The dynamics of seeking out ever-changing locales for writing enhances the flow of my poetry from my pen onto the pages of my notebook.- Continue Reading » 3 Comments
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