Reading THE COFFEE SHOP NE July 21, 2023 Intro: I Want Cake (bio) [see previous post of this poem] 1. There’s something about writing, about being a writer, you can’t retire from it, it’s got a hold on you despite the fact you might “want cake.” Once a writer always …
January 2023 I will be 75 years old. I’ve been writing since second grade. Fifth grade poetry club. Junior high editor of a mimeographed journal. High school creative writing club. College took the most serious turn when I wanted to read books about me, while at the same time being …
Dear Kandace,* Your latest post has gotten me to ponder my own “collective” musings. Including some quips regarding my most recent experience of buying and renovating an “as is” townhome I call t-Rex. I had given away almost all of my thrifted and gifted furnishings, art, etc. from my previous …
Modern History Press welcomes professors to request “exam” copies. https://www.modernhistorypress.com/exam-copies/ So-called “creative writing” classes are highly politicized spaces, but no one says so; to acknowledge this obvious fact would be to up-end the aesthetics, cultural politics (ideology) and economics on which most educational institutions are founded. How Dare We! Write, …
