There are two reasons I’m announcing the Rattle Poetry Prize numbers a full week later than I did last year. First, our editorial priorities had to be adjusted to fit with Alan’s travel schedule, as he’s going to be gone for much of September. But the bigger issue was the volume of submissions we received. …
I assumed KPFK would rather have me send listeners to their website, so I only posted a clip from this last week. Quite the contrary, host Lois P. Jones asked if I’d post the whole thing, so it has a permanent home. I just posted the first segment, with Peggy Dobreer. Here’s the second, with …
Yesterday’s post to this blog inadvertently included a well-known, copyrighted image of Charles Bukowski and Georgia Peckham, which has since been removed. Photo credit should have been given to Joan Levine Gannij. Because the blog where I found the image didn’t list a credit, I didn’t either, a lazy and careless oversight that I truly …
Above is a 3-minute teaser from the 25-minute interview. To listen to the whole thing, visit the KPFK archive, and click on “Poetry and Culture” at noon (Wed., July 22nd). Mine is the second segment, halfway through, following an enlightening interview with local poet Peggy Debreer. Since it’s the first time I’ve ever heard myself …
The party last night was great — I’m not a party person, but we made it out alive, without crying in a corner or spilling beer on a rare book, so chalk it up as a win. I didn’t think to bring a camera, so there will be no pictures, unless Red Hen posts them …