Post by moira on Jun 30, 2011 16:37:02 GMT 2
Wompo Publishers Newspaper
News this week from
1. Black Radish Books
2. Talking Writing
3. Tamam Kahn: completeword
4. Lesley Wheeler: The Cave, The Hive: Poetry and Community
5. B. Morrison, Monday Morning Book Blog
6. Beltway Poetry Quarterly
(back issues of the newspaper are archived at the Wompo festival of women's poetry here:
wompherence.proboards.com ).
1. Black Radish Books announces the publication of The Incompossible by Carrie Hunter.
Available at SPD:
www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9780982573136/the-incompossible.aspx?rf=1
2. Talking Writing (talkingwriting.com) is reading poetry during the month of July. This past year we have published work by Jessica Greenbaum, Amy King, Lucille Lang Day, Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Leslie Wheeler, and others.
Please send 4-6 poems (not more than 10 pages) in both the body of an email and as a .doc or .rtf to editor@talkingwriting.com.
3. Tamam Kahn: completeword.com.
completeword.wordpress.com/
West Chester University Poetry Conference, 2011
4. Lesley Wheeler discusses order, disorder, and Pacific poetry in her latest blog for "The Cave, The Hive: Poetry and Community"
(http://thecavethehive.wordpress.com/).
5. B. Morrison, Monday Morning Book Blog,
www.bmorrison.com/blog/
- Freddy and Fredericka, by Mark Helprin
6. Beltway Poetry Quarterly announces the Summer 2011 issue, now available for free online. Volume 12:3 is a special issue highlight First Books by authors with ties to Washington, DC. Contains a generous selection of poems from seven recently released, notable full-length first books by:
* Reginald Dwayne Betts, author of Shahid Reads His Own Palm (Alice James Books, 2010);
* Marcela Sulak, author of Immigrant (Black Lawrence Press, 2010);
* Holly Karapetkova, author of Words We Might One Day Say (Washington Writers Publishing House, 2010);
* Sonya Renee Taylor, author of A Little Truth on Your Shirt (GirlChild Press, 2010);
* Kathleen O'Toole, author of Meanwhile (David Robert Books, 2011);
* Landon Godfrey, author of Second-Skin, Rhinestone-Spangled Nude Souffle Chiffon Gown (Cider Press Review, 2011); and
* Kimberly L. Becker, author of Words Facing East (WordTech Editions, 2011).
Editor Kim Roberts writes of the seven featured authors, "while their backgrounds and writing styles are widely diverse, all have developed distinctive voices that make their books fascinating and highly recommended."
Beltway Poetry Quarterly can be found at www.beltwaypoetry.com.
News this week from
1. Black Radish Books
2. Talking Writing
3. Tamam Kahn: completeword
4. Lesley Wheeler: The Cave, The Hive: Poetry and Community
5. B. Morrison, Monday Morning Book Blog
6. Beltway Poetry Quarterly
(back issues of the newspaper are archived at the Wompo festival of women's poetry here:
wompherence.proboards.com ).
1. Black Radish Books announces the publication of The Incompossible by Carrie Hunter.
Available at SPD:
www.spdbooks.org/Producte/9780982573136/the-incompossible.aspx?rf=1
2. Talking Writing (talkingwriting.com) is reading poetry during the month of July. This past year we have published work by Jessica Greenbaum, Amy King, Lucille Lang Day, Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Leslie Wheeler, and others.
Please send 4-6 poems (not more than 10 pages) in both the body of an email and as a .doc or .rtf to editor@talkingwriting.com.
3. Tamam Kahn: completeword.com.
completeword.wordpress.com/
West Chester University Poetry Conference, 2011
4. Lesley Wheeler discusses order, disorder, and Pacific poetry in her latest blog for "The Cave, The Hive: Poetry and Community"
(http://thecavethehive.wordpress.com/).
5. B. Morrison, Monday Morning Book Blog,
www.bmorrison.com/blog/
- Freddy and Fredericka, by Mark Helprin
6. Beltway Poetry Quarterly announces the Summer 2011 issue, now available for free online. Volume 12:3 is a special issue highlight First Books by authors with ties to Washington, DC. Contains a generous selection of poems from seven recently released, notable full-length first books by:
* Reginald Dwayne Betts, author of Shahid Reads His Own Palm (Alice James Books, 2010);
* Marcela Sulak, author of Immigrant (Black Lawrence Press, 2010);
* Holly Karapetkova, author of Words We Might One Day Say (Washington Writers Publishing House, 2010);
* Sonya Renee Taylor, author of A Little Truth on Your Shirt (GirlChild Press, 2010);
* Kathleen O'Toole, author of Meanwhile (David Robert Books, 2011);
* Landon Godfrey, author of Second-Skin, Rhinestone-Spangled Nude Souffle Chiffon Gown (Cider Press Review, 2011); and
* Kimberly L. Becker, author of Words Facing East (WordTech Editions, 2011).
Editor Kim Roberts writes of the seven featured authors, "while their backgrounds and writing styles are widely diverse, all have developed distinctive voices that make their books fascinating and highly recommended."
Beltway Poetry Quarterly can be found at www.beltwaypoetry.com.