Post by shayepoet on Nov 7, 2008 2:30:26 GMT 2
Cauldron: Festival of Women's Poetry Newsletter Nov 1, 2008
AT THE FESTIVAL!
BOOKSTORE
Visit Our Newest Author!
Blood Memory by Neile Graham
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New authors soon!
CHAT:
**New posts...**
Catch up with other Wompos here!
Share links to your favourite pages!!
Meet new Wompos!
Urge friends to visit your websites!
INTERNATIONAL:
Lousa's 30 Canadian poets, some with author videos!
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INTERVIEWS
Ann Fisher-Wirth
has a wonderful interview on-line!
"What is There to Do in Mississippi?"
Read it here!
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MOTHERS' DAYS:
Provided by Ellen Moody
Foremother for Nov 4th!
Vittoria Colonna (1490/2 to 1547)
Foremother for Nov 5th!
Marie de France (fl 1160 -1215)
Foremother for Nov 6th!
Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549)
LETTERS TO THE WORLD
New entry by Rosemary Starace
"Letters in Chocolate"
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OASIS: WOMPOS POETRY DAILY...
Read Aleida RodrÃguez for Nov 4th
Read Ann E. Hostetler for Nov 5th
Read Cherryl Floyd-Miller for Nov 6th
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OUT LOUD
If you enjoy listening/watching Alicia Ostriker do her magic, this is a link you must visit!
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An amazing collection!
PAPERS AND PANELS:
Have you read: SUFFERING LOVE: The Calvary Poems of Emily Dickinson by Theresa Ann White?
It appears in Elizabeth's "From the Classrooms: Women's Poetry from the Academy".
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POEM-A-DAY:
Visit Georgia's 30 days of Womponies' favourite poems!
Nov 4th
Presque Isle
by Louise Gluck
submitted by Ann Fisher-Wirth
Nov 5th
Nevertheless
by Marianne Moore
submitted by Kim Roberts
Nov 6th
The Soul Selects Her Own Society
by Emily Dickinson
submitted by Alicia Ostriker
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(Scroll down to Poem-a-day.)
PUBLISHERS' TABLES
Journals now on-line!
E-Zines:
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Print:
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Book Publishers:
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SUDDEN INSPIRATION WRITING GALLERY:
Ekphrastic challenge for the day!
Nov 4th **new posts**
Becoming by
Rita Duffy (b. 1959 -)
Nov 5th
basket with lid by
Elizabeth Hickox (1857 - 1947)
Nov 6th
Duality Umbrella by
Cynthia Tom (b. 1958 - )
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**New posts -- 1st, 2nd, 3rd**
The discussion begins in Ann's Ecopoetry! **New post**
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Questions posed, waiting for input:
Who do you think are the influential contemporary women eco-poets?
Do you think that women inherently have a different relationship/stance regarding the natural world than men - or are we all just individuals in the big scheme of things?
Discussion continues in Christina's Journal workshop! **New posts!**
Audre Lorde: We Rise from War
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Why keep a journal and not a diary?
Moira's Renga Room poem thriving! **New posts**
**Collaberative renku in progress!**
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SONNETS! **new post**
New link posted in the sonnet section!
WE ALL WIN!
November 4th
Today's book/journal giveaway winner is Saly Dunn, who will receive a copy of Renee Ashley's The Revisionist's Dream.
November 5th
Ellen Moody is today's winner, and she will receive a copy of Meena Alexander's collection Quickly Changing River..
November 6th
madcapmaggie will receive a copy of Peggy Miller's collection What the Blood Knows...
WEEKLY ON WOMPO
If you missed them, new on-line:
Gazette - Diane Lockward
Weekly Blog Digest - Ann White
Please feel free to link your blog and/or webpage to FEST .
We'd like as many people as possible stopping by and checking out our poets and their work.
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If you have not registered to participate in FEST 2008, click on the Register & Create New Account link and fill out the info. You'll receive a confirmation code by e-mail. Enter your code at the site and that will activate your account. Thank you and enjoy the sections visible to registered members!
Submissions are no longer being accepted with the exception of POETRY OASIS.
HAPPENINGS AND UPDATES APPEARING DAILY ON-LINE!
To make announcements in the festival newsletter:
wompofestnews@gmail.com
We'd like as many people as possible stopping by and checking out our poets and their work.
wompherence.proboards82.com/
If you have not registered to participate in FEST 2008, click on the Register & Create New Account link and fill out the info. You'll receive a confirmation code by e-mail. Enter your code at the site and that will activate your account. Thank you and enjoy the sections visible to registered members!
Submissions are no longer being accepted with the exception of POETRY OASIS.
HAPPENINGS AND UPDATES APPEARING DAILY ON-LINE!
To make announcements in the festival newsletter:
wompofestnews@gmail.com
Shayla Mollohan
On Behalf of FEST Team, Nov 2008
shayepoet@bellsouth.net
wompofestnews@gmail.com
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