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Summer reading (or what contributors are up to)

05/30/2012 By Ellen Beals

Summer reading (or what contributors are up to)

Looking for something to read this summer? Everyone--Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist-- is excited about Solace in So Many Words contributor Joe Meno's new novel Office Girl. Published by Akashic Books, it is due out July 3. Ann McNeal ("Faith") has a new book too. Published by Nuthatch Press, it is called The Spaces Between.  BTW, if you have attended a reading of Solace in So Many Words, chances are you have heard me read "Faith." The poem sums up a lot of my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: "Nasty Stuff", Akashic Books, Ann McNeal, Anthology, Contributors, Crack the Spine, E. Michael Desilets, Ellen Wade Beals, Faith, J. Scott Smith, Joe Meno, Kattywompus Press, Midwestern Gothic, Office Girl, Patty Somlo, Penduline Press, Poetry, Pushcart Prize, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, The Spaces Between, Weighed Words

Contributors have been busy — Smith, Somlo, Hilbert, Meno, Kirk, Kerlikowske, Miller, Bass and Swist

03/23/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Contributors have been busy — Smith, Somlo, Hilbert, Meno, Kirk, Kerlikowske, Miller, Bass and Swist

J. Scott Smith ("Heartbeat") has a new story "Silence" in Luna Station Quarterly, which is a magazine focused on speculative fiction by up and coming women authors. Patty Somlo ("Starting to Breathe") has a new story "Where He Took His First Breath"  in The Write Room. Donna Hilbert ("Flowers" and "In Quintana Roo") has a new guest blog on NEXTV's ALL LIT Up blogpost by James Goertel.  I also wrote a guest essay  ("In Service of Poetry") for ALL LIT UP.  Many thanks to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: After Hours, Anthology, Berkshire Media Audio, blossombones, BMA, Contributors, Donna Hilbert, Dorianne Laux, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Ellen Bass, Ellen Wade Beals, Esalan, Highland Park Poetry, Intentional Walk, Isa Spoerry, J. Scott Smith, James Goertel, Jennifer Dotson, Joe Meno, Joe Millar, Kathleen Kirk, Lake Efffect, Luna Station Quarterly, NEXTV's ALL LIT UP, Open Meadow, Pamela Miller, Patty Somlo, Pearl Magazine, Poems & Plays, Poetry, Poets/Artists, Randy Becker, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, The Chicagoan, The Medulla Review, The Write Room, Wally Swist, Weighed Words, Writing and Knowing

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

More on contributors–Swist, Malone, Boyle, Meno, Somlo

01/09/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

More on contributors–Swist, Malone, Boyle, Meno, Somlo

I'm glad never to be caught up to date on reporting the news from Solace in So Many Words contributors because that means they are getting new publications every day.  But it also could mean I haven't paid attention to all my emails and news. So last week when I said I gave you the latest, well, I missed a few things.  At the reading at Woman Made Gallery I spoke with a woman in the audience and she said "March Wind" by Wally Swist was her favorite poem, and I could see why. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Anthology, appreciation, book, Cirque Literary Journal, Connotation Press, Contributors, Crab Orchard Series Open Poetry Competition, Ellen Wade Beals, Huang Po and the Dimensions of Love, Iraq vet, Joe Meno, Mike Burwell, Office Girl, Pamela Malone, Patty Somlo, Poetry, San Miguel, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, T. C. Boyle, Wally Swist, Weighed Words, When the Killing's Done

Pioneer Press: Meditations on the nature of Solace

07/14/2011 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

This week (July 14)  Solace in So Many Words got coverage in the Pioneer Press papers; our story ran in the first page of the Diversions section.  Here is the link from the Glenview Announcements for the article "Meditations on the nature of Solace" by Lilli Kuzma. The Pioneer Press papers (Glenview Announcements, Winnetka Talk, Wilmette Life,  Lake Forester, Evanston Review, and others) are owned by Sun-Times Media.  Here is a highlight of the article: “Solace In So Many … [Read more...]

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