Archives for 2015

Year-end news: Boyle, Meno, Levine, Somlo, Cleary, Newman

12/31/2015 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Hey there. Hope your Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus was wonderful. The end of the year always brings out the "best of" lists. Solace in So Many Words contributors made a few of these T. C. Boyle’s novel The Harder They Come was named the best novel (700 pages or shorter) by Newsweek. It was also named one of the best books of the year by The Express, by the San Francisco Chronicle, and other publications. Also this year, T. C. Boyle served as guest editor for The … [Read more...]

Misty’s “Gift of the Wild”

12/22/2015 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Gift of the wild On Christmas, a coyote came to our fence and ever since my dog has been visited by dreams of running with the pack, almost able to catch up but never quite there, lagging, and so her back legs push off as she sleeps in her bed, her eyes squint as if to see between the pickets, beyond the slats shadowed on the ground. She wants to stalk the ducks in the creek, no leash tugging like a conscience, to tip over garbage cans or to rustle among the … [Read more...]

Glimpse of solace: Five apples

12/14/2015 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

These beauties were in a holiday gift basket. Hope your Monday is as good as an apple. … [Read more...]

Submit locally . . .

12/10/2015 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

If your holiday activities don't overrun your schedule, consider these local calls for submissions. C. J. Laity of ChicagoPoetry.com is doing another anthology: JOMP 19: Poetry of Protest. Here are the details. Deadline is 2/28/16. Measure, Cleave, Silver -- these are the three elements needed in your submissions to be considered for the Spring issue (#10) of 3Elements Review. Submission guidelines are here. Whitney Scott's Outrider Press in affiliation with … [Read more...]

Glimpse of solace: Tis the season

12/04/2015 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Does the news these days make you want to lose it? Me too. And like the other week when I posted after the Paris terrorism, I really don't have anything brilliant to add to the discussion. Too many people are quick to chime in but their comments don't add anything to the situation. I'll tell you one thing. And this is not earth-shattering but I hope it makes you feel better. I have been doing Classical Stretch with Miranda Esmonde -White and my favorite routine is the … [Read more...]