I gotta lotta reasons for not writing the blog recently. Summer is ending. A household project is starting. The conventions are on. But you know the real reason is that sometimes I am just lazy. But contributors to Solace in So Many Words haven't been lazy. T. C. Boyle has a story "Birnam Wood" in The New Yorker (September 2, 2012 issue). Joe Meno is interviewed in TriQuarterly (June 17, 2012). Philip Levine has a poem "How to Get There" in February issue of Poetry, and … [Read more...]
Wrap up the old and unwrap the new
I've been putting off writing this blog, concentrating instead on the holidays and goofing off. But I wanted to tell you what the contributors have been up to because they have been busy. And, I wanted to tell you the latest about Solace in So Many Words even though I haven't been busy, exactly. First to tell you about my busy contributors. Arthur Powers ("Jardim Zological") emailed me back in November to say his short story "Thom" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by … [Read more...]
Contributor updates: Levine, biadaszkiewicz, Kirk
There's a great article on Philip Levine ("Songs," "Waking in Alicante"), our new U.S. Poet Laureate, titled "A Poet Laureate from the Proletariat: An Appreciation of Philip Levine" written by Bill Morris in The Millions. Bill Morris, who also provides a sketch of Phil, says he has committed to memory the last stanza of "This New Day," which is: And what we get is what we bring: A grey light coming on at dawn, No fresh start and no bird song And no sea and no … [Read more...]
Updates, late September
I can't believe it's late September already. I love Fall and want to make it last. Already there is less than week left of September. E. Michael Desilets who has two poems ("Archangela Bautistsa" and "Faithful Departed") in Solace in So Many Words is a contributor from Los Angeles who I met only through correspondence until I got on Facebook and he "friended" me. It is great because I get to keep up on his news and posts and have gotten to know him. He sent me an … [Read more...]