Archive for August, 2008
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Fractal Artist Extraordinaire
While it seems I’ve been waiting ages to put a cover of my book up on the header and make this post, it’s been only two months since Stacy Reed agreed to let me use one of her fractal images. This cover isn’t the real deal — I recently had to make up a mock [...]
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
The Last Blurb
The other day I received what I hope is my last blurb ever, and from perhaps my favorite poet in the world, Bob Hicok. Reading Bob’s work, particularly his most recent, you get the sense that there’s this perpetual stream of poetry flowing through his head 24/7, and that whenever he feels like it, he [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in american fractal by Tim
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Behind the Scenes: Rattle Poetry Prize Final Math
Entries to the contest have finally all been logged. Here are the totals: 683 hardcopy entries 477 email entries 1,160 Total Entries in 2008 My target goal was 1,200 entries, so we fell a bit short, but with the economy in the tank, I can’t help but be pleased. Last year we received 991 entries, [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in rattle rubbish by Tim
Friday, August 8th, 2008
A Request for Interview Requests (plus 2 notes)
We’ve have some unfortunate scheduling issues in the last few months, and have had to postpone a few planned interviews, so as soon as this winter’s conversations with Robert Pinsky and Natasha Trethewey come out, we’re tapped. With the way the production schedule works, I really need to arrange interviews with at least two poets [...]
35 Comments » - Posted in random riff-raff by Tim
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Behind the Scenes: Rattle Poetry Prize Selection
Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. –Abe Fortas, Supreme Court Justice (resigned in disrepute in 1969) I assume everyone’s heard the urban legend about the college admissions coordinator, who, maybe drunk or stoned or just sick of his life, decides that it’s too [...]
