Howdy! Hope you visited your polling place or have plans to do so today. How lucky we are to live in a country where we have a vote--don't let it go to waste. This weekend I learned about two great literary things in Chicago. The first is Open Books, which has West Loop and Pilsen locations. The organization collects and then re-sells used books in its bookstores to fund the various writing programs and workshops it hosts for Chicago youth. Are you spring cleaning? … [Read more...]
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Yesterday all the talk was about the super moon. So I had to get my camera and try to capture its beauty. Take a look at Glimpse of Solace to see how I did. Meanwhile, the poetry world is upset with a recent article ("Poetry Slam, Or, The decline of American verse") in July Harper's by Mark Edmundson. Because the article is behind a paywall and I am not a subscriber, I was not able to read it entirely. But I have been reading all the articles about the article. One of … [Read more...]