Readings & Such

This in from Cara Adams:

The first Salon will be held this Saturday, February 24, at 11 am. By popular demand, we'll be discussing publishing.

We've assembled a panel of editors in fiction, nonfiction and poetry -- Simmons Buntin, editor of Terrain; Jamie Poissant, former fiction editor of Chattahoochee Review and current co-editor of Sonora Review; and Morgan Schuldt, editor of CUE -- to give us the lowdown on how to get in the
game.

Date: Saturday, February 24

Time: 11 am

Location: 1004. N. 6th Street
Susan Simpson's house
(at the intersection of 6th Street and 3rd Avenue)

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POG
POETRY IN ACTION
Presents

Alice Notley
Saturday evening, February 24
7 pm

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
545 S. 5th Ave

Admission $5; Students $3

co-sponsored by
Chax Press
and
The University of Arizona Poetry Center

Congratulations

Welcome to the world little Lucas Seyler Horosky. And congratulations to Mark and Miriam! The godfather feels like a father, too, tonight!

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Congratulations, too, to Adam, though I can't say why, just yet.

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In other news, since blogger has shifted platforms to a google-based service, I can no longer post from my own computer due to some sort of virus that blocks my access to all things google. If anyone has any idea as to how to fix this problem, or if anyone knows other blogging platforms that are better than blogger, drop me a comment. Until I get this fixed, my blogging will be much more sporadic. Apologies to all.

Another Great Epigrammatic Moment in American Literary History

"The religions of the world are the ejaculations of a few imaginative men."

-Ralph

Go Wahoos

The Virginia Cavaliers, yes, my Virginia Cavaliers, are #1 in the ACC. Damn right!

Great Epigrammatic Moments in American Literary History

". . . man's life is but seventy salads long . . ."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Official Announcement

The press release for Verge (and the other Free Verse selections for 2007) is now available over at the Parlor Press: Free Verse Editions website. Click on the PDF.

I wonder who wrote that crazy description . . .


Hmmm...

Boyer Rickel

I'm over my boredom--all this week Mr. B's got new prose poems debuting over at No Tell Motel. Best check it out.

New from Kitchen Press

Thanks for Sending the Engine, by Elisa Gabbert

A sample poem here.

Book Launch & Reading

Hotel Congress Lobby
w/ Charles Alexander
Monday, February 5, 6pm

To Celebrate the launch of Charles Alexander’s new book of poetry, Certain Slants, just published by Junction Press (New York).

Reading to follow with Dan Waber & Sheila E. Murphy
8pm in Club Congress

New Free Verse

Ms. Sommer Browning and yours truly have new poems up over at Free Verse. And if you haven't done so already, check out Sommer's comix here.

TUCSON LITERARY GROUPS PRESENT HOT READING FOR THIS YEAR'S AWP IN ATLANTA

University of Arizona Poetry Center, Kore Press, Cue, Sonora Review and Casa Libre

present a reading at the Midtown Tavern (link) on Thursday, March 1, 2007 from 7 to 10 p.m. ish.

We've joined forces to bring the AWP crowds THIS AWESOME LINEUP:

Jena Osman

Charlie Jensen

Joshua Marie Wilkinson

Michael Rerick

Diana Delgado

Deborah Bernhardt

Sandra Lim

Elline Lipkin

Deborah Fries

Ann M. Fine

AND Sonora Review Readers: TBA

COME IN FREE, BUY A COCKTAIL OR BEER, PULL UP A CHAIR AND LISTEN UP!

Casa Libre and the clan above are going to the AWP (Associated Writing Programs) Conference in Atlanta Georgia and this amazing lineup of talented poets has agreed to read for the organizations listed above. The reading was organized to help stimulate awareness and bring attention to our burgeoning literary scene here in the beautiful southwest desert. Tucson has a unique scene that continues to attract the attention of our nation's brightest literary stars, and we aim to keep it that way!

Directors of each literary group sponsoring the reading will be there to chat with folks about what they do in Tucson. We'll all be happy to also speak on behalf of organization's who could not send a representative this year, such as POG, Chax Press, The Tucson Poetry Festival, and others. Tucson literary organizations have been working together for the first time ever since as far back as April of last year. They are making a dedicated effort to join forces, cooperate with schedules and audience sharing, cosponsor each others' events and support each others' projects by volunteering and helping advertise.

We invite the AWP conference attendees to come hang out with us at the Midtown Tavern in downtown Atlanta, only six blocks walking distance from the Hilton. Here's the Midtown Tavern's web site for directions and contact info: Midtown Tavern in Atlanta GA.

Remember to visit our tables in the AWP bookfair too! We will all be in the same area.

Call Ann or Kristen for more information 520-325-9145