Archive for July, 2008
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
No Revising Once You Submit
This always seemed like an obvious courtesy to me, but maybe I’ve been sitting behind the editor’s desk too long. I had to add a note to the submission guidelines today. Far too many people have been submitting poems by email, then sending another note the next day asking if we can delete a line [...]
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
Back to the Future
I just noticed again that the opening poem to my book, “The Body,” contains the phrase, “back east,” which I remember struck me as odd, even as I typed it out on the page. The poem was written in 2003, a full year before I would unexpectedly move from New York to California to start [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in american fractal,pseudo-intellectual bs by Tim
Friday, July 25th, 2008
Folly to Be Wise
The initiation into knowledge will infect the learner with the virus of self-consciousness. –Tony Hoagland The dog ate my homework, but I don’t have a dog, and all work is homework when you like what you do. Though I’m only finding the time to post right now because I couldn’t fall asleep, I have been [...]
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
Sundry Strings
I’ve been feeling a little overwhelmed this week (a hundred emails and bucket of envelopes every day will do that to you), so while there are plenty of things I’ve wanted to post about — including our new Poet Laureate, who I love even though I think it’s about damn time for Marvin Bell to [...]
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Tadpoles
I think tapping off a quick post before hitting the sack is starting to become a habit. Maybe a good one. Anyway, since I’ve been so dedicated to upgrading and maintaining the Rattle website for the last two years — and maybe because I just like stats — I’ve become obsessed with monitoring referral data. [...]
