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Cheryl L Snell's Blog
August 19, 2009
- Sometimes I write a poem about Hindu culture for my Brahmin husband. It feeds his vague nostalgia for festivals like this weekend's Ganesh Chaturthi. Members of a Hindu household worship a clay murti of the mathematician god Shri Ganesha, and then submerge it at an immersion site. Neighborhoods compete with each other in building the biggest murti, and there are pujas and other rituals. A sweet ...
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August 8, 2009
- ...is a poem from Nanette Rayman-Rivera's new collection, shana linda ~ pretty pretty, proudly brought to you by Scattered Light Publications, my new micro press. And the first review is in! http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65074480 why I am now a bird Something rudimentary’s across the river, nothing I figured before I was married and frightened of blood and sky ...
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July 28, 2009
- This article,excerpted from http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/aug/18us2.htm ,reminds me of the first time I met my husband's nephews--one called himself Given Name Surname, while his brother used the more traditional Surname, Given name. "Last name first, First name last, Middle initial," said the inspector. "What seems to be the problem?" "Sir, I am having a little ...
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July 27, 2009
- That's the name of fellow Red Roomer Nanette Rayman Rivera's new poetry book. These intense, rich, wild, moving poems have just been published by my fledgling micro press, Scattered Light Publications. I'd be happy if you'd take a look: https://www.createspace.com/Customer/EStore.do?id=3393377
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July 20, 2009
- Here's an excerpt of a new review by Grady Harp, and another from Nanette Rayman Rivera .The subject is my sister's and my new poetry and painting book, MEMENTO MORI.A Cache of Fireflies and other Joys 'Memento mori' is another term for still life which is another way of describing observed carefully arranged items worth remembering, Memento mori is a particularly apt title for this collection ...
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July 11, 2009
- I'm trying out Scribd's new store. I uploaded both my new books, Prisoner's Dilemma and Memento Mori there.http://www.scribd.com/my_docs#tab:sellableThey tell me this is a good marketing move, although I keep hearing the echo of my mother, talking about cows and milk and freebies.
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July 7, 2009
- Today I was consumed with the idea that I needed a proper website for my sister's and my latest chapbook, Memento Mori. I thought it would be nice to showcase our several collaborations, but of course neither one of us wanted to pay for it. We tried out a couple of free web sites--the former FreeWebs, Wetpaint, and something called Squidoo. The ads bugged us. Then we stumbled on Microsoft ...
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July 3, 2009
- It's called Memento Mori. Don't groan--it's not all that dark. It's got plenty of gorgeous color, in fact, provided by Janet Snell's intriquing oil paintings, including the one on the cover. The bookend poems and the one at midpoint touch on her childhood obsession with lightning bugs, but not to worry, the chap is not all in-jokes. Here's a sample. (Pardon the estrogen power-surge): Skin Hunger ...
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July 1, 2009
- Red-Roomer Rosy Cole has posted a thoughtful and discerning review of my Prisoner's Dilemma today on her blog. Please take a look---and thanks so much, Rosy!
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June 28, 2009
- For the next few months of Sundays, I'll post scenes from my new novel, Rescuing Ranu, at http://shivasarms.blogspot.com If multicultural fiction is not your cuppa, scroll down to take a sneak peek at my new poetry collection, a collaboration with my sister Janet-the-artist. I'll leave it up for a week or so, and then pfffttt.And, in case it's anyone's b-day or anything, here is one of my ...
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June 24, 2009
- It means the messiness of the householder stage, and this week it was all around me. The publisher of my new book, Prisoner's Dilemma, folded. Back to square one? Think outside that box folks are always talking about, I told myself. So I bought an ISBN (Congratulations! You're a publisher! the email said) and hoisted the book up on Lulu, at http://www.lulu.com/content/7186565. The dust has a ...
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June 19, 2009
- I've tried two e-publishing platforms to date: Issuu and BookBuzzr. Bookbuzzr allows for information and links right on the widget, but it's still in Beta. When I checked this morning, my links did not work.Issuu works. It's a bit slippery to control, but that's probably just me, as they say in the workshops. You can keep your project private while you experiment. This is one I did yesterday. I'm ...
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June 14, 2009
- The man behind PostSecret, Frank Warren, will have a show of posted musings at Hillyer Art Space this month. He's already published four PostSecret books, with another in the offing. His site is here: http://postsecret.blogspot.com/The late great supplement to the WaPost, Book World, has been brought back for the day. Lots of goodies--one article asks novelists what fictional character they'd ...
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June 3, 2009
- Our own Marilyn Kallet serves as a poetry editor at NWR, where I'm lucky enough to have placed five poems: http://www.new-works.org/snell.html.Thanks, MK, et al.
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May 30, 2009
- Far More Than A Poetic Experiment By Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) MULTIVERSE by Cheryl Snell is a short collection of poignant poems that edge the idea of a MULTIple universe replacing the concept of a simple UNIverse. But lest the reader be afraid that the scientific ...
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