Post by moira on Nov 3, 2011 8:47:44 GMT 2
Wompo Publishers Newspaper
News this week:
1. InkSpotting: Writing, life and the writing life
2. Intersections: Poetry with Mathematics
3. THE BOTTLE IMP
4. B. Morrison, Monday Morning Book Blog
5. Ellen Moody's blogs
6. DC WRITERS' HOMES
(back issues of the newspaper are archived at the Wompo festival of women's poetry here:
wompherence.proboards.com ).
1. Julene Tripp Weaver was interviewed by Betty Dobson, now published on her blog: InkSpotting: Writing, life and the writing life: bettydobson.blogspot.com/
2. The Wednesday November 2 posting for “Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics” at poetrywithmathematics.blogspot.com features “Higher Mathematics” by WOMPO Ann McNeal.
3. In the November issue of THE BOTTLE IMP (at www.arts.gla.ac.uk/ScotLit/ASLS/SWE/TBI/TBIIssue10/BookReviews.html ) , JoAnne Growney’s review of Brian McCabe’s ZER0 .
4. B. Morrison, Monday Morning Book Blog
www.bmorrison.com/blog/
- Winter's Bone, by Daniel Woodrell
5. Ellen Moody's blogs
Foremother Actress, Writer, Poet: Catherine Clive (1711-85):
reveriesunderthesignofausten.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/foremotherpoetactresscatherineclive1711-1785/
Prime Suspect 2 & 3: The Walking Wounded
ellenandjim.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/prime-suspect-2-3-the-walking-woulded/
A disappointment: on Women with Aspergers (with links to Bullying as women with aspergers experience it)
misssylviadrake.livejournal.com/62687.html
6. DC WRITERS' HOMES
A new online resource for lovers of literature and history has been launched in the capital of the United States. DC Writers' Homes, at www.dcwriters.org, celebrates the rich literary heritage of Washington, DC by mapping former homes of novelists, poets, playwrights and memoirists. Some authors remain famous, such as Paul Laurence Dunbar, Zora Neale Hurston, Sinclair Lewis, and Katherine Anne Porter. Others are rediscoveries.
Over 120 homes included on the website represent every major period of Washington's history and span the range of urban architectural styles. The earliest documented writers' homes include those once occupied by: Francis Scott Key, the lawyer-poet who wrote the lyrics to the US National Anthem; Horatio King, who served as Postmaster General during the Civil War and hosted a popular literary salon in his home; and Frederick Douglass, whose remarkable autobiographies remain deservedly beloved. The most recent include authors who passed away in the last few years.
The project was conceived, researched, and created by DC writers Kim Roberts and Dan Vera, who spent more than five years tracking down and photo-documenting house locations. Only authors who have passed away, and whose houses are still standing, are included. Most houses are privately owned and not marked by historic plaques. "We wanted to claim our literary forebears," Roberts states. "We don't want our history to be lost or forgotten."
The project is a collaboration among five groups that support or present the literary arts in the city. Split This Rock, whose festivals of "poets of provocation and witness" bring nationally-acclaimed authors to the city, is the sponsor. The Humanities Council of Washington, DC, provided funding. And three other organizations signed on as partners: The American Poetry Museum, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, and Poetry Mutual. Sarah Browning, Director of Split This Rock, calls DC Writers' Homes "an extraordinary gift to DC."
Authors are sorted by the geographical location of their houses, as well as by affiliations. Users can easily find authors, for example, who taught at or attended Howard University, served as US Poets Laureate at the Library of Congress, wrote on environmental themes, or were Latino. Every author is cross-referenced into at least two categories.
www.dcwriters.org
News this week:
1. InkSpotting: Writing, life and the writing life
2. Intersections: Poetry with Mathematics
3. THE BOTTLE IMP
4. B. Morrison, Monday Morning Book Blog
5. Ellen Moody's blogs
6. DC WRITERS' HOMES
(back issues of the newspaper are archived at the Wompo festival of women's poetry here:
wompherence.proboards.com ).
1. Julene Tripp Weaver was interviewed by Betty Dobson, now published on her blog: InkSpotting: Writing, life and the writing life: bettydobson.blogspot.com/
2. The Wednesday November 2 posting for “Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics” at poetrywithmathematics.blogspot.com features “Higher Mathematics” by WOMPO Ann McNeal.
3. In the November issue of THE BOTTLE IMP (at www.arts.gla.ac.uk/ScotLit/ASLS/SWE/TBI/TBIIssue10/BookReviews.html ) , JoAnne Growney’s review of Brian McCabe’s ZER0 .
4. B. Morrison, Monday Morning Book Blog
www.bmorrison.com/blog/
- Winter's Bone, by Daniel Woodrell
5. Ellen Moody's blogs
Foremother Actress, Writer, Poet: Catherine Clive (1711-85):
reveriesunderthesignofausten.wordpress.com/2011/10/28/foremotherpoetactresscatherineclive1711-1785/
Prime Suspect 2 & 3: The Walking Wounded
ellenandjim.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/prime-suspect-2-3-the-walking-woulded/
A disappointment: on Women with Aspergers (with links to Bullying as women with aspergers experience it)
misssylviadrake.livejournal.com/62687.html
6. DC WRITERS' HOMES
A new online resource for lovers of literature and history has been launched in the capital of the United States. DC Writers' Homes, at www.dcwriters.org, celebrates the rich literary heritage of Washington, DC by mapping former homes of novelists, poets, playwrights and memoirists. Some authors remain famous, such as Paul Laurence Dunbar, Zora Neale Hurston, Sinclair Lewis, and Katherine Anne Porter. Others are rediscoveries.
Over 120 homes included on the website represent every major period of Washington's history and span the range of urban architectural styles. The earliest documented writers' homes include those once occupied by: Francis Scott Key, the lawyer-poet who wrote the lyrics to the US National Anthem; Horatio King, who served as Postmaster General during the Civil War and hosted a popular literary salon in his home; and Frederick Douglass, whose remarkable autobiographies remain deservedly beloved. The most recent include authors who passed away in the last few years.
The project was conceived, researched, and created by DC writers Kim Roberts and Dan Vera, who spent more than five years tracking down and photo-documenting house locations. Only authors who have passed away, and whose houses are still standing, are included. Most houses are privately owned and not marked by historic plaques. "We wanted to claim our literary forebears," Roberts states. "We don't want our history to be lost or forgotten."
The project is a collaboration among five groups that support or present the literary arts in the city. Split This Rock, whose festivals of "poets of provocation and witness" bring nationally-acclaimed authors to the city, is the sponsor. The Humanities Council of Washington, DC, provided funding. And three other organizations signed on as partners: The American Poetry Museum, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, and Poetry Mutual. Sarah Browning, Director of Split This Rock, calls DC Writers' Homes "an extraordinary gift to DC."
Authors are sorted by the geographical location of their houses, as well as by affiliations. Users can easily find authors, for example, who taught at or attended Howard University, served as US Poets Laureate at the Library of Congress, wrote on environmental themes, or were Latino. Every author is cross-referenced into at least two categories.
www.dcwriters.org