Ellen T. McKnight is a Chicago-area writer who's been a supporter of Solace in So Many Words from the beginning. "I wanted to share this picture of my recently retired horse, Skye. She and Rain touched noses the moment they met, and they've been inseparable ever since. I guess you never know when love might come into a life." Skye is the gray horse on the left and Rain is on the right. BTW, Ellen will be reading her flash fiction at the After Hours reading at … [Read more...]
New reading events!
We have been busy planning new events. Mark your calendars! On Monday, December 5 at 7 pm, Evanston contributors Joan Corwin, Paula W. Peterson, Carol Kanter, Pat Rahmann, and Susan Spaeth Cherry will be featured readers at Evanston Public Library, 1703 Orrington Avenue, Evanston. Joining them will be Pamela Miller, D. J. Lachance, Kathleene Donahoo, J. Scott Smith, Ellen Wade Beals and others TBA! On Sunday, December 11, from 2 to 4, we will be reading at Woman Made … [Read more...]
Chi Clouds
This image was taken by Victoria Dekoker who I met when there was a Solace in So Many Words reading event at the bookstore where she is the events planner and marketing director, Barbara's Bookstore at UIC. Then one day LinkedIn, that more biz-oriented social networking site that I hardly pay attention to, connected us. I visited her website and found this picture and asked if I could share it. Make sure you look at the other photographs on her website and her … [Read more...]
Can Poetry Matter?
As I have said in earlier blogs, I always knew I wanted to be a writer. (And I feel fortunate that my path seemed so clear for me.) One article that helped me to think about being a writer, a poet in particular, was Dana Gioa’s “Can Poetry Matter?” which first ran way back in May 1991 in The Atlantic Monthly. The essays begins: "American Poetry now belongs to a subculture. No longer part of the mainstream of artistic and intellectual life, it has become the specialized … [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...]
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