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Happy Labor Day

09/01/2017 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Happy Labor Day

Hello there!  It'll be just a short post today as I don't think anyone is thinking too much about writing. It's the beginning of a long weekend, the last one of summer. Already in Chicago the nights are chilly, and yesterday I saw geese fly overhead. I wonder whether this means our upcoming winter will be a fierce one. Congrats to Solace in So Many Words contributor Elizabeth Kerlikowske; the Michigan poet was just awarded the Community Medal of Arts by the Arts Council of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Adam Morgan, Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, Chicago, Chicago literary, Donna Hilbert, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Ellen Wade Beals, Philip Levine, Poetry, Poets & Writers, Rattle, reading, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words, What work Is, writing

New books and writing tips

07/14/2017 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

New books and writing tips

Hey there. I have not been around because life got in the way. July got off to a rocky start. But here are some new books for you to investigate and some links to writing and reading. Daniel Chacón's latest book is  The Cholo Tree, published by Arte Publcio. Margarita Engle (the U.S. Young People's Poet Laureate) has a new book called Forest World. It comes out this August from Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Jen Cullerton Johnson (who is also a Kiss Me Goodnight … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Allison Joseph, amwriting, Anthology, Arte Publico, Daniel Chacon, Ellen Wade Beals, Forest World, Green Heroes, Jennifer Cullerton Johnson, Margarita Engle, Mary Cove, Matthew Zapruder, Megan Stielstra, new books, No Chair Press, Photography, Poetry, Poets & Writers, reading, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Surviving Artistry, The Chollo Tree, Understanding Poetry, US Young People's Poet Laureate, Weighed Words, writing

Literary news: light and dark

11/21/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Literary news: light and dark

It’s another chilly one, but before I can complain about Chicago weather, I only have to look at pictures from Buffalo, NY, where more than five feet of snow blankets the city and more is predicted.  That shuts me up. Besides I don’t really want to post about the weather but literary news. First about Solace in So Many Words contributors. Brent Calderwood is featured in  OUT Magazine (as one of OUT 100)—congrats! Kathleen Kirk’s poem “Daughter of Midas” has been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Bill Cosby, Black Lawrence Press, Brent Calderwood, Daniel Handler, Ellen Elizabeth, Ellen Wade Beals, Faithful and Virtuous Night, Gregory Sherl, Jacqueline Woodson, Kathleen Kirk, Lemony Snicket, Louise Gluck, Luna Luna, National Book Awards, Oprah, Parker Higgins, Phil Klay, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, Poets & Writers, Racism, Rape, Redeployment, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Sophie Katz, The Frisky, Ursula K. Le Guin, Weighed Words, William Giraldi

Yes, let’s

06/29/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Yes, let’s

Happy June 29th –hope your summer is going well so far. Here in Chicago I know it’s summer because the weeds are taking off and the skeeters are back.  And it’s the season of the Cancer birthdays. Meanwhile this must be a bumper crop year for the cottonwood trees because the infernal cotton is still blowing around. My friend Rochelle Distelheim (whose story "The Kiss-Me-Quick" appeared here in January) has a story "Talking About the Tango"  posted June 25, 2014  in Ascent, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Ascent, Control Literary Magazine, Dan Cleary, Daniel Cleary, Ellen Wade Beals, Glimpse of Solace, Kevin Nance, literature, Miles Klee, Poetry, Poets & Writers, Rhino poetry, Rochelle Distelheim, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, submissions, The Daily Dot, Weighed Words

Glimpse of Solace: Kevin Nance “Sunset”

05/11/2014 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Glimpse of Solace: Kevin Nance “Sunset”

  Kevin Nance is a Chicago-based art photographer, photojournalist and freelance writer. His work appears in the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago-Sun-Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Poets & Writers Magazine and other publications. You can follow him on Twitter at @kevinnance1 or visit his photo blog at kevinnance.tumblr.com. If you are Chicagoan, especially if you happen to live in the vicinity of the Berwyn CTA station, or have a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Edgewater Artists in Motion, Glimpse of Solace, Kevin Nance, Mother's Day, photograph, Photography, Poets & Writers, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Sunset, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Weighed Words

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