Marilyn Kallet's Blog

• Thin Skin and How to Cure it

  January 8, 2009

  • I remember hearing May Sarton read for the first time.  She spoke about how vulnerable poets are, how this is who we are when we create, as we open ourselves to feelings that are often raw.

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• Being My Own Publicist for the Launch (What I Learned from the Pro)

  January 7, 2009

  • I had to let go of my publicist--too expensive!

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• Both the Temple and Synagogue vandalized in Knoxville last night.

  January 2, 2009

  • Just heard from our temple secretary that the stained glass windows in both Temple Beth El, and in the synagogue, Heska Amuna, have been badly damaged by rocks that were thrown.

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• O My Goddess! It's here!

  December 23, 2008

  • When I arrived home tonight, the best present ever was waiting for me on my front step.  Two big boxes!  I didn't dare hope.

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• How Can We Help Our Publishers Survive the Bleak Season?

  December 21, 2008

  • How can we help our publishers through this dark season of no-book-buying?  People are keeping their wallets in their pockets--and we understand that.

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• "Poems Are Always Moving Through More Than One Dimension of Consciousness"

  December 20, 2008

  • An interview with me by poet/songwriter Matt Urmy just appeared in a beautiful international journal, PUBLIC REPUBLIC.

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• Gravy

  December 19, 2008

  • More reasons to study with me in Auvillar this June:

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• My favorite French boy

  December 18, 2008

  • Aimable

    Stefane’s doggie doesn’t know he’s French,

    and I like him for that—no

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• Top Reason to Study in France With Me

  December 18, 2008

  • Your poetry will be enriched by savoring the delicious new experiences in Auvillar, a gem of a town.

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• France, Writing, and Soothsayer

  December 17, 2008

  • The penultimate reason to take the writing workshop with me in France this June:

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• France and you, your writing

  December 16, 2008

  • Where were we?  Reasons to go to France this June, and to take my poetry workshop in Auvillar.

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• Top Ten Reasons to Go With Me to France

  December 16, 2008

  • Number 10: You can buy 2005 Bordeaux at the supermarket in Valence d'Angens for about 4 Euros.  Some of these wines you will not find in the United States.

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• Come to France with me and Write, June 12-18th! Rev up the senses and the words!

  December 15, 2008

  • I'll be teaching a poetry workshop in Auvillar, France, June 12-18, for the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, my favorite artist colony.

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• Crush, Dangerous Ground

  December 9, 2008

  • One of my terrific women students gave me a poem to savor.  It's all surface, but it's good at what it does--

    "Crush"  by Beverly Rollwagen

     

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• The Poetry Chemical

  December 5, 2008

  • Some chemical in my brain seems to have kicked in yesterday, the first full day off from teaching at the university. Poems came flooding over me.

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