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Archives for February 2012

Untitled by Anonymous

02/28/2012 By Ellen Beals

Untitled Anon, before 1530   Western wind, when wilt thou blow The small rain down can rain. Christ, if my lover were in my arms, And I in my bed again.   The poem seemed familiar as I read it again, at the suggestion of Hilary Mantel (the English novelist, short story writer and critic, who in 2009, won the Man Booker Prize for her novel Wolf Hall). She offered this anonymous poem as her answer to The Guardian UK’s question: What is your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Slice of Solace Tagged With: Hilary Mantel, Love poem, Man Booker Prize, Wolf Hall

Tower

02/28/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Tower

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Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: Anthology, Ellen Wade Beals, Glimpse of Solace, Poetry, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

Contributor update: Kirk, Hilbert, McConnell, Powers and more

02/28/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Contributor update: Kirk, Hilbert, McConnell, Powers and more

Before I head off to downtown Chicago to the Bookfair of the AWP (Table C6 ), I'd like to give a wrap-up of some of the wonderful things the wonderful contributors to Solace in So Many Words have been up to lately. Kathleen Kirk ("The Solace of Reading: How to Survive Hormonal and Spiritual Upheavals of Midlife," "Postoponing a Response to the Fact of Mortality" and "The Heartbreak House") has a new chapbook!  It is called "Nocturnes" and is hot off the presses of Hyacinth … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Anthology, Arthur Powers, Being Human: Call of the Wild, Crack the Spine, Donna Hilbert, Edition Bibliotekos, Ellen Wade Beals, Hip Mama Magazine, Hyacinth Girl Press, Kathleen Kirk, Michael Constantine McConnell, Nocturnes, Poetry, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, The Boiler, The Green Season, Weighed Words, World Parade Books

Celebrate Poetry Month with us at Book Stall in Winnetka

02/28/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

I went to a reading of "A Light Breakfast" a unique collection that is edited by Arlyn Miller and features a sackful of great poems  including ones by Solace in So Many Words contributor Carol N. Kanter ("Her Best Medicine," "Alternative Eulogy," "The Advanced Course"). I was lucky enough to meet with Roberta Rubin, owner of The Book Stall (and friend to books, readers and small presses) and I just so happened to have a copy of Solace in So Many Words to show her. So, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Anthology, Carol Kanter, Ellen Wade Beals, J. Scott Smith, Joan Corwin, Pamela Miller, Poetry, Roberta Rubin, Solace, Solace celebrates Poetry Month, Solace in So Many Words, Teresa S. Mathes, thanks, The Book Stall, Weighed Words

Laissez les bons temps rouler — AWP here we come!

02/21/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Laissez les bons temps rouler — AWP here we come!

Weighed Words is super excited to be going to the Associated Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair February 29 to March 3 at the Chicago Hilton and Palmer House, and we hope you will stop by.  Our table is C6 and we are sharing it with Hyacinth Girl Press and Arsenic Lobster Journal.  The keynote address will be given by Margaret Atwood.  Another presentation we are stoked to see features U. S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine (who contributed to Solace in So Many Words) and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Anthology, Associated Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair, AWP, Ben Tanzer, Carol Ann Duffy, Contributors, Ellen Wade Beals, J. Scott Smith, Joan Corwin, Joe Meno, Margaret Atwood, Philip Levine, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, thanks, This Blog Will Change Your Life, Weighed Words

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