{"id":7675,"date":"2014-12-29T18:49:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-29T18:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=7675"},"modified":"2014-12-29T19:03:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T19:03:39","slug":"news-of-contributors-poniewaz-hilbert-levine-miller-somlo-and-the-nelson-algren-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2014\/12\/news-of-contributors-poniewaz-hilbert-levine-miller-somlo-and-the-nelson-algren-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"News of contributors: Poniewaz, Somlo, Hilbert, Miller, Levine, Subprimal and Nelson Algren contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I was sorry to read at various sources that <\/strong><\/em>Jeff Poniewaz <\/strong>recently passed away. He was currently serving as Milwaukee\u2019s Poet Laureate. Known as an eco-poet Jeff taught Literature of Ecological Vision via the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee since 1989. His book Dolphin Leaping in the Milky Way<\/em> was awarded the Discovery Award from PEN in 1987.<\/p>\n

Submission letters and his bio always came with this note: \u201cHis last name is pronounced POE-nYEAH-vAHsh and is Polish for \u2018Because.\u2019\u201d Here’s a link <\/a><\/strong>to an appreciation of Jeff Poniewaz in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHearing My Prayers\u201d<\/strong> which Jeff Poniewaz<\/strong> contributed to SISMW <\/strong><\/em>is dedicated to his parents and ends this way: “My soul to keep my soul to take. \/ Now I lay me down to wake. \/ My goodnight kiss, this gentle gibberish. \/ I tuck you in, lay my hand on your heads. \/ Close your eyes, peer into the darkness. \/ Don\u2019t be afraid. You will find each other, \/ you will love each other, and I will be born.\u201d Rest in peace, Jeff Poniewaz.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cStarting to Breathe\u201d is the creative nonfiction piece written by Patty Somlo<\/strong> which appeared in Solace in So Many Words.<\/strong><\/em> She wrote to say she has placed the essay in Ray’s Road Review<\/em><\/strong> (Winter, 2015)<\/a>. Congrats. I\u2019m always glad when a good piece of writing gets picked up again (and again).\u00a0 Patty has been on a roll, placing lots of her writing lately. It’s great. You can read: her essay on teaching writing to the homeless “Sam Jones”\u00a0 in FLARE<\/em><\/strong>,<\/a> the Flagler Review<\/em>; her creative nonfiction piece “Snapshots”\u00a0 in A Common Thread<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, the student literary journal from Valparaiso University; and her short story “Sanctuary”\u00a0 in the Winter Solstice issue of Loud Zoo<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Donna Hilbert’s<\/strong> poem “Philosophy” appears on The New Verse News (<\/strong><\/em><\/a>December 23, 2014).<\/p>\n

Pamela Miller<\/strong> has three poems up at Olentangy Review<\/strong><\/em><\/a>; they are: “This Much We Know,” “Makeovers by Fatima,” and “The New Generation of Creative Writing Students Reads the Work of a Sixty-Year-Old Poet.”<\/p>\n

Philip Levine <\/strong>has two poems in the most recent Poetry<\/strong><\/em>. \u201cInheritance\u201d is about a Bulova watch, and the poet describes my favorite number in such a way that I want to plunk some money down on it at the roulette table: \u201cI treasured the sense of community \/ it offered, the beauty of certain numerals– \/ the seven especially, the way it leaned \/ into its subtle work and never changed, \/ and signified exactly what it was \/ and no more.\u201d The other poem is titled “Froggy Frenchman.”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I\u2019m proud to say I have a photo up at Subprimal Poetry Art,<\/strong><\/a> t<\/em>he journal of “Thought-provoking poetry and other art.” My photo (“Outside”) was taken at Hilton Head Island and is part of Issue three on “Doorways and Revelations.” Thanks to Victor David Sandiego <\/strong>for sharing my photo.<\/p>\n

Fiction writers should know the Nelson Algren Short Story contest<\/strong> is open for submissions now until January 31. It is sponsored by the Chicago Tribune–here are the details<\/a>. In 2003 SISMW contributor Joe Meno<\/strong> won this award for his story “Midway.”<\/p>\n

Peace, love, and solace<\/strong><\/p>\n

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