Hey all. Can July speed by any faster? Here’s what I got for you. Check out Kathleen Kirk’s review of Dave Bonta’s book of poems called Ice Mountain on Escape Into Life. I bet you’ll want to read more of Dave Bonta’s work and the archive of Escape into Life. As you know, Kathleen Kirk is a SISMW contributor. Way back in October 2012 Dave Bonta’s poem “Ode to Scythes” was published here. Creativity is curative. Read Mark Brown’s "Arts can help recovery from illness and … [Read more...]
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...]
New writing, new calls, found beauty
June has been flying by. Hope you have been soaring. Here’s some news. Congrats to Kerry Langan who has a new book of short fiction—My Name is Your Name and Other Stories, published by Wising Up Press. BTW, Wising Up has a call for submissions -- Longer Than Expected: Adulthood After Life Threatening Childhood Illness. You may be bewitched by Donna Hilbert’s new poem “Domestic Arts” in Verse Virtual. Looking for something to listen to? Daniel Chacon’s Words on a … [Read more...]
Some summer diversions
Hey there – happy summer! I am happy to start the season with a cover shot. My photo “Petal Perfect” is the cover of the latest Olentangy Review. Thanks so much to Melissa and Darryl Price for choosing my work. Here’s some stuff I found interesting these past weeks. For Mockingbird, June 2, Sarah Condon wrote “Self-Righteousness at Home in the Twenty-First Century” and it has stayed on my mind. The subject matter is pertinent (“Because self-righteousness cuts a clear … [Read more...]
Donne, Wright, Calls for submissions
Howdy. I saw a tornado of cottonwood on my deck today. It’s that time of year. The lawn is edged in white. The news of the world and my country’s official take on those news events have left me without adequate words. Fortunately a Facebook friend named Bob Dixon-Kolar made a couple posts that caught my attention this week. One is this passage by John Donne, which is taken from Meditation 17, from Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions. Donne wrote it in prose in 1624, but … [Read more...]
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