In the literary world, a couple of respected publications are being questioned for their choice of content. In both cases, the writing itself was far from exceptional. In the first incident the publication is Kenyon Review's KR Online, which featured two poems by John Smelcer, “Indian Blues” and “Smoke Signals.” I’d link to them but they have been taken down by editor David Lynn. This was after a stink was raised on social media about Smelcer's appropriating indigenous … [Read more...]
News on SISMW contributors and friends & calls for submissions
Hello. Hope your Spring has sprung. Here in Chicago we have not quite gotten to warm weather yet. And the news seems to be that other areas of the country have also experienced a return to winter. I guess we should expect April to be harsh for as T. S. Eliot told us: "April is the cruellest month, breeding / Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing / Memory and desire, stirring / Dull roots with spring rain." BTW, Happy Poetry Month. Cuban-American author Margarita Engle has an … [Read more...]
Hopping to it . . .
Happy Easter! I'll be hopping away for a week and will be back April 3 to give you the latest on Solace in So Many Words contributors and other news. In the meantime, if you have something you'd like to share here, please send it to me at weighedwords at gmail.com Peace, love, and solace … [Read more...]
Happy Taxonomy Day!
I just learned that March 19 is Taxonomy Day (thanks to artist Lauren Levato Coyne). My Internet connection has been wonky lately, suffering fits and starts. So I didn't want to do a post with lots of links because it would take forever to write and post. But since I have a poem with the subtitle "Taxonomy," I'll post that instead. In 2003, it was awarded second place in The Twenty-Fifth Jo-Anne Hirshfield Memorial Poetry Awards, sponsored by the Evanston Public Library. … [Read more...]
Go vote (and then read this)
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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