tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30381254206802647212024-03-21T15:36:46.428-05:00Red Morning PressRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-59147969741548921022008-04-17T08:43:00.005-05:002008-04-17T09:17:07.637-05:00What Did You Come Up With? (Vol. 1 No. 4)<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Exercise #0003:</span> "Write a poem in which you take a scientific discovery and relate it to something in another field."<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This week's featured writer is <span style="font-weight: bold;">Miles B. Waggener</span>. He sent us the poem below and received a free book from the Red Morning Press catalog.<br /><br /><a href="http://redmorningpress.blogspot.com/2008/04/interview-with-author-vol-1-no-4.html">Click here to read an interview with Miles B. Waggener.</a><br /></span></span><div style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marsh Hawk on the Paddock Bridge</span><br /><br />Over seamless fields, drainages to deeper water,<br />the eye and re-firing neural paths are<br />dove-rapt and hunting with feeding birds.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rictal breath visible in the cold,<span style=""> </span><br />primary coverts splay and mantle the dove<br />peppered in blood, liturgical as a curtain</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">now offered up on memory's rusted girder.<span style=""> </span><br />Tendons shimmer, fibrous and oblong gore.<br />Trace back the dove </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">leaving the safety of the maple's lattice<br />to slide its shadow across the snowy field,<br />as from an old source, from hippocampus through </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">limbic byways, relive the dove plucked on the wing,<br />accruing context through the cortex.<br />There are the rough-edged holes </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">where blood melts through snow<br />and leads to fallen aftermath, the hollowed-out reliquary,<br />as synapses make my tangled way, </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">where a dove is obliterated, restaged, rived<br />and steaming on the bridge.<br />Blood's metallic warmth, like rust </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">courses through the Papez Circuit, and I'm<br />cleaning game birds again, or my grandfather<br />is again in his wheelchair, staring at his hands</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">in disbelief.<span style=""> </span>As if they don't belong to him.<br />From hippocampus through cortex,<br />from the maple, dove shadow glides </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">out across the snow, back to hippocampus,<br />back to the disk-shaped face of marsh hawk.<span style=""> </span><br />Where within its eye-ring </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">the parabola sharpens, the circuit hollows<br />the cell that memory becomes, fovea from which<br />the heart, and not the eye, might see.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Retrace capturing and caught, re-travel synapses:<span style=""> </span><br />my head is on my mother's chest, her heart<br />beating through her blouse; my body draped </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">against my father, sweat and burbon, fried chop<br />and vinegar on his shirt, he's singing Deep<br />in the Heart of Texas.<span style=""> </span>Remember, and again </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">the news breaks, our child won't come to term,<br />blood before the ultrasound, fields and copses<br />the dove sees in the hawk's grip, </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">the doctor wants me to sit down, the bird<br />falls from its branch, and every stone I ever throw<br />is falling back to me.</span></p>RED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-77058666828846887732008-04-17T08:39:00.007-05:002008-04-17T09:20:58.719-05:00Interview With an Author (Vol. 1 No. 4)<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-DUozHCRHNtXcc5npJ9QAhVJ_K8IttdQpxsr-nVhFfnYc27V_XoqEpWKWbEd6_dMW5Dxip4-RJJQanBfKV0h1DCInVUIVbmfsKtzv2OagjliTPrzBlvY2nlG2a-iEHGejgs9xnPvmNk/s1600-h/miles+and+mable.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-DUozHCRHNtXcc5npJ9QAhVJ_K8IttdQpxsr-nVhFfnYc27V_XoqEpWKWbEd6_dMW5Dxip4-RJJQanBfKV0h1DCInVUIVbmfsKtzv2OagjliTPrzBlvY2nlG2a-iEHGejgs9xnPvmNk/s200/miles+and+mable.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190208705202775090" border="0" /></a> </span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br />Miles Waggener is a poet, translator, and essayist living in Omaha, Nebraska.<span style=""> </span>His book of poems, <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Suites-Miles-Waggener/dp/0915380528/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208439478&sr=1-1" linktype="undefined" track="on">Phoenix Suites</a></span>, was published by The Word Works and won the Washington Prize.<span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span>A chapbook of newer poems, Portents Aside, is forthcoming from Two Dogs Press. A recipient of an Arizona Commission on the Arts fellowship, Waggener recently joined the faculty of The Writer's Workshop at the University of Nebraska Omaha.<span style=""> </span></span> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span>In this interview, Waggener discusses his poem <a href="http://redmorningpress.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-did-you-come-up-with-vol-1-no-4.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"</span></a></span></span><a href="http://redmorningpress.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-did-you-come-up-with-vol-1-no-4.html"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marsh Hawk on the Paddock Bridge."</span></span></a></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />What are your thoughts on the use of science-language and metaphor-in poetry? </span><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I like reading and writing poems that work with the nomenclature of more than one field or sphere of knowledge.<span style=""> </span>Of course poetry is ravenous for new diction and new modes of expression.<span style=""> </span>And Amy Holman's assignment is a great opportunity to build a conceit, an extended metaphor.<span style=""> </span>But such a process demands attention to the fields being compared, and sometime I fail at this.<span style=""> </span>In my hands, an extended metaphor can easily erode into an analogically flat poem, where neither the extended vehicle nor the tenor get much stage time.<span style=""> </span>I've written bad extended metaphors that end up being instructional and binary (gawd-offal and preachy).</span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Working with a new kind of subject and diction certainly invites a fresh approach.<span style=""> </span>In fact, the hope of the submitted poem was to fuse or braid narratives together, rather than give, say, the science of memory a more figurative role, and ornithology a literal one.<span style=""> </span>I tried not to make one field a crutch for the other.<span style=""> </span>I'm grateful to have been given this assignment, for it reminded me to loosen my grip on the subjects.</span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">How did you interpret this assignment? What were your first thoughts on<span style=""> </span>what it asked you to do? How did that guide your composition?<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">As mentioned above, I first thought about the hope (and dread) of an extended metaphor and past attempts (train wrecks) at making them.<span style=""> </span>Then I tried to think up a way to weave two fields together.<span style=""> </span>I then turned to Donald Murray's idea of the dialectical notebook, which involves drawing a vertical line down the center of three or four notebook pages.<span style=""> </span>The left sides of these pages were reserved for the science of long term memory, and the right sides were for the marsh hawk, the unlucky dove, falconry, and ornithology.<span style=""> </span>I knew that I was going to make a mess and hoped for the best.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">This poem relates the science of memory with the field of ornithology. Which came first during the writing process-the language of memory or the birds?</span><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The birds came first.<span style=""> </span>I had a larval/crummy draft of a poem about the hawk that was going nowhere, and I could draw from that.</span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What did you find challenging about writing this poem?</span><span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">While it was liberating to proceed and not know where I was going, there came a moment late at night when all I had were columns of scratch and an empty head.<span style=""> </span>Finding a form and a voice to channel the poem was difficult.<span style=""> </span>I'm not convinced of the poem's form as submitted... but I probably shouldn't say this.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What do you like most about the poem you wrote?</span><span style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I like the verb "to mantle," when a hawk spreads its wings, fans its tail and arches over prey to hide it from others.<span style=""> </span>I've never used that verb before and want to use it again.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What are you reading right now?</span> </span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I'm reading Port Trakl by Jaime Luis Huenún, which is translated by Daniel Borzutzky, a great poem sequence from Action Books.<span style=""> </span>And I just finished Anne McLean's translation of Julio Cortázar's Autonauts of the Cosmoroute, which was wonderful.<span style=""> </span>In fact, I've been buying copies of the Cortázar book for people.<span style=""> </span>And, I've been reading student poems.<span style=""> </span>Lots of student poems.<span style=""> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" face="arial"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What can you say in terms of writing advice, opinions on the writing process or lessons learned?</span></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Again, I'm grateful for Holman's assignment, which renewed my commitment to taking on new processes and subjects.<span style=""> </span>The assignment made me listen to my drafts more carefully.<span style=""> </span>It was important to remember that in the messy process of drafting a poem, an impasse can turn into a gate.<span style=""> </span>It was good to work through the inertia and confusion, as hard as it was at the time.<span style=""> </span>I need to remember to work through it.<span style=""> </span>(I don't know if this will be of any use to others.)</span></p>RED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-442372003062879922008-04-08T10:16:00.003-05:002008-04-08T10:24:43.563-05:00Haas and Schultz Win PulitzerPoets Robert Haas and Philip Schultz were awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry yesterday. Haas won for his collection <span style="font-style: italic;">Time and Materials</span> and Schultz for his collection <span style="font-style: italic;">Failure</span>.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-3499879843809092252008-04-02T07:59:00.003-05:002008-04-02T08:03:38.665-05:00Bredle Reviewed in The Boston ReviewCharlie Clark reviews <span style="font-style: italic;">Standing in Line for the Beast</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Pain Fantasy </span>by Jason Bredle in The Boston Review's March/April issue. To read the review, click <a href="http://bostonreview.net/BR33.2/microreviews.php">here</a>.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-40234543409181372802008-03-31T08:21:00.000-05:002008-03-31T08:22:59.835-05:00The Next Big Writer—A Review<span style="font-weight: bold;">Part One</span> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>I found the NextBigWriter while surfing the internet for information about writing classes and workshops. I’ve been missing the camaraderie and energy of a workshop environment, so I thought maybe there was some kind of forum online that I could join.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>I was attracted to this site because of its format. Before you can post writing to be reviewed, you have to review other people’s writing. By giving reviews, you earn credits. You spend credits when posting your own writing. It virtually guarantees you will receive feedback on your writing. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Of course, not all feedback is equal. The big question in my mind was whether I would get any useful comments on my writing. I decided to give it a try. You can sign up as a Review Member for free, which means you can read and comment on writing but not post your own. I joined as a Writing Member and paid for a year subscription, which cost around $50. You don’t have to join for a year if you just want to test it out, but the per month fee is higher. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>The process of setting up an account is pretty easy. You have to give yourself a pseudonym, which becomes your screen name. I chose Barrington Greene as my pseudonym, in case anybody is looking for me on the site. I ignored the warning about not being able to change your pseudonym once you entered it, and I regret that. In retrospect, I should’ve just used my real name, but the site seems to encourage anonymity. Maybe it’s so people will feel more comfortable giving tough feedback? Fine with me.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>The first thing I did after getting my account set up was check out the Site Forums. The topics include categories like “Writing Tips and Advice” “Getting Published,” Self-Publishing” “Writing Contests, Challenges, Prompts and Games,” and “ Reviewing Tips.” I clicked on the “Reviewing Tips” forum and read some of the posts. Here’s when I started to think maybe that I made a mistake with the year-long subscription. Most of the posts in this section are complaints from people who thought they were reviewed too harshly. Quite a few posts argue that poetry is subjective and therefore shouldn’t be criticized too harshly. I read the poems by some of the people who posted, and the reviews. The reviews were not wrong. The poems needed a lot of work. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>On the other hand, there were some good posts about reviewing. One reminded people that we give our writing up to review because of how subjective our own readings are. Most of us have loved a poem we’ve written unconditionally and it took someone else’s reading to make us reconsider.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>Overall, I got the feeling that there are some reviewers who review many things quickly because they just want to earn credits and post their own work. That didn’t seem to be the majority, though.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>I was ready to start reviewing and posting my own work. In the next issue of The Writing Assignment (April 14), I’ll chronicle what happens and tell you whether or not The Next Big Writer is the next big thing.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>--AB</p>RED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-73755227402566171692008-03-19T08:20:00.002-05:002008-03-19T08:37:36.410-05:00SmallpressapaloozaIf you didn't know, March is Small Press Month. (And don't forget--April is poetry month). To celebrated small and independent presses, <a href="http://www.powells.com/">Powell's</a> is hosting Smallpressapalooza. If you're in Oregon on March 20, stop by. If not, read at least read about it <a href="http://wweek.com/editorial/3419/10678/">here</a>.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-28669229071332354522008-03-17T14:59:00.002-05:002008-03-17T15:03:14.115-05:00Interview with Ivy Alvarez and Lee Herrick: Part TwoThe Boxcar Poetry Review publishes part two of an informal conversation/interview between poets Ivy Alvarez and Lee Herrick. Click <a href="http://www.boxcarpoetry.com/013/conversation_alvarez_herrick_2.html">here</a> to read. Click <a href="http://www.boxcarpoetry.com/012/conversation_alvarez_herrick_1.html">here</a> for Part I.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-37228811789439863752008-03-17T13:45:00.002-05:002008-03-17T13:47:25.425-05:00Issue Two of The Writing AssignmentThe second issue of RMP's newsletter "The Writing Assignment" is now available. This week's issue features a new writing exercise, as well as a poem and interview with Amy Holman.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-19108940654775058442008-03-14T10:46:00.002-05:002008-03-14T10:50:24.830-05:00Poetry in Your PocketMore accurately, it's poetry on your phone. The Academy of American Poets has launched a mobile poetry archive that you can download. Check out the press release <a href="http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/404">here</a>.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-62387570671207275582008-03-13T08:05:00.001-05:002008-03-13T08:08:08.655-05:00Write Drinking Poems for Prizes<p class="MsoNormal">Your beer-related poem can win tickets to TapNY 2008. Check it out <a href="http://beerblog.genx40.com/archives/2008/march/contestmore">here</a>.</p><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal">--AB<br /></p>RED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-88470390291621131382008-03-03T11:40:00.003-05:002008-03-03T11:44:11.197-05:00Call for SubmissionsRed Morning Press is now reading manuscripts for publication. Send your complete poetry manuscript via email to <span style="font-style: italic;">submissions@redmorningpress.com. <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><br /><br /></span>Submission guidelines can be found at <span style="font-style: italic;">www.redmorningpress.com</span><br /><br /><br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-70218686332884723922008-03-03T11:36:00.002-05:002008-03-03T11:40:13.986-05:00RMP Newletter Re-LaunchedWriting Assignment, a newsletter by Red Morning Press, is being re-launched to coincide with the re-opening of our reading period.<br /><br />Writing Assignment features a bi-weekly writing exercise, poetry news and occasional reviews of books on writing and publishing. To sign up for the newsletter, send your email address to andy@redmorningpress.com, with "Newsletter" in the subject line.RED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-68720344720610947012008-01-22T12:43:00.000-05:002008-01-22T12:46:43.822-05:00The 2008 National Poetry Month PosterHere's an <a href="ttp://www.mediabistro.com/unbeige/graphic_design/poetry_in_motion_spotco_designs_national_poetry_month_poster__75483.asp">article and photo</a> of the 2008 National Poetry Month poster. The article also includes links to the American Academy of Poets site, where previous years' posters are displayed.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-69263104332478212332008-01-22T12:40:00.000-05:002008-01-22T12:42:58.275-05:00Poetry's Contribution to the MarathonHere's a neat <a href="http://www.newsday.com/features/booksmags/ny-hsfitbox225546711jan22,0,1882317.story">article</a> about how a Robert Browning poem is tied to the origins of the modern marathon.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-30510648844879146692008-01-21T08:50:00.000-05:002008-01-21T08:51:59.066-05:00First Book Poets in ConversationIvy Alvarez and Lee Herrick discuss their first books in Boxcar Poetry Review. Click <a href="http://www.boxcarpoetry.com/012/conversation_alvarez_herrick_1.html">here</a> to read Part I of the conversation.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-44363594141165466882008-01-21T08:48:00.000-05:002008-01-21T08:50:37.064-05:00Craig Perez Reviews MortalCraig Santos Perez reviews Ivy Alvarez' Mortal for the Boxcar Poetry Review. He says, "Alvarez resists the poetic tendency to simply name-drop mythic characters in the hopes of giving a banal poetic moment mythic quality. Instead, Alvarez gives the mythic characters personality and depth, setting them in modern-day situations."<br /><br />Click <a href="http://www.boxcarpoetry.com/012/review_ivy_alvarez_perez.html">here</a> to read the entire review.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-67015314557581754172008-01-04T16:05:00.000-05:002008-01-04T16:08:11.181-05:00AWP Sold Out!AWP is reporting that they've sold 7,000 registrations for the conference in New York. I think the past attendance has been more like 1,000. I've been to quite a few AWP conferences, and never would I have anticipated this many people showing up. I wonder if that means we'll be conferencing in New York more often...<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-52821258492841082752008-01-03T12:06:00.000-05:002008-01-03T12:07:37.059-05:00All Four RMP Authors to Read at AWP<tt><tt><pre class="message-text-plain">The What: Switchback / Sarabande Books / Red Morning<br />Press / Red Hen Press Reading<br /><br />The Who: Ivy Alvarez, Thomas Heise, Peggy Munson (via<br />DVD!), Liz Bradfield, Brandi Homan, Sean Norton, Jason<br />Bredle, Charles Hood, Eva Saulitis, Nickole Brown ,<br />Cate Marvin, Jen Tynes, Monica de la Torre, Simone<br />Muench, and Caroline Noble Whitbeck<br /><br />The When: Friday, February 1st @ 7:00 pm<br /><br />The Where: 11th St Bar (<a href="http://webmail.redmorningpress.com/index.cgi?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.11thstbar.com&timestamp=1199379930&md5=IOIH49e6YiH7kXFaMVH6eA%3D%3D" target="_blank"><span class="message-text-plain-http-link">http://www.11thstbar.com</span></a>), 510<br />E. 11th St. (between Avenues A & B), New York, NY<br />10009, Phone: 212-982-3929<br /></pre></tt></tt>RED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-79343365586394995562007-12-06T17:09:00.000-05:002007-12-06T17:14:17.017-05:00What Amazon's Kindle Means to Self PublishersI'm a big fan of the Publishing Basics newsletter. This month's issue just landed in my inbox, and one of the stories is about Kindle, Amazon.com's new e-book reader.<br /><br />Amazon.com is positioning itself to compete with Lulu and other print-on-demand companies, so you should read <a href="http://blog.selfpublishing.com/?p=226">this article</a> if you're a publisher or self-publisher who uses these services.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-42502536998100872522007-12-05T09:54:00.000-05:002007-12-05T10:51:11.853-05:00Trends in Publishing<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I spend every day reading and writing about the printing industry, so I’ve heard it all from both sides. It’s either “Print is dead,” or “Print will never die.” As with most things, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. What prompted this post was an article I saw from the <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g4aOK0HuId1Q6oWOGzIM5h9Rtf_QD8TARQMG2">Associated Press about E-Books</a>. What interested me is that the article doesn’t say e-books are great or e-books are bad. It says that e-books are great for some things and not as good for others. For example, one company featured in the article published PDFs of role-playing texts. Why is the format popular for these types of books? Because the print books are thick, heavy tomes that players have to carry them to each game. The books are for reference, so the players need them, but in electronic form, they’re easier to transport. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Print books are a medium. E-books are a medium. Websites are a medium. Billboards are a medium. Television is a medium. CDs are a medium. The lesson here is that each medium has distinct advantages and disadvantages. The success of each medium depends on the kind of content it transmits. Print books and magazines still have advantages over an e-books and magazines and vice versa.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >What's This Got to do with Poetry?</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />I think this discussion is relevant to poetry in a lot of ways. The internet certainly has made it easier to distribute poetry to more people. Digital printing has made it easier for authors to fund their self-publishing efforts. In terms of e-books specifically, I wonder when poetry publishers will start to really take advantage of the technology, by which I mean incorporate it into a viable business model. There are quite a few presses, journals and individuals who offer work electronically, but it's more often out of necessity than conscious strategy.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">I wonder if and when, for instance, a publisher will have an ITunes model, where people pay to download their favorite poems. Another</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" > characteristic of successful e-books, according to the AP article, is their perceived disposability. Harlequin now sells short stories for 89 cents each. Why can't a publisher or writer do something similar?<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;">--AB<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; font-family: arial;"><span style=";font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></p>RED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-77279958510697060522007-12-04T13:57:00.000-05:002007-12-04T13:59:50.072-05:00Tynes Published in Tarpaulin SkyNew work by RMP author Jen Tynes appears in the first print issue of <a href="http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Fall07/index.html">Tarpaulin Sky</a>, a literary journal.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-41451586779657949052007-12-03T14:25:00.001-05:002007-12-03T14:26:54.654-05:00Missouri to Get Poet LaureateTurns out that Missouri also is getting a poet laureate. Too late for Missourians to apply--the deadline was Dec. 1. For an update, click <a href="http://publicbroadcasting.net/kcur/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1191145&sectionID=1">here</a>.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-30180185454477779992007-11-30T10:45:00.000-05:002007-11-30T10:54:08.735-05:00Toledo to Get Poet LaureateThe Toledo Free Press reports that Lucas County in Ohio is planning to create an (unpaid) poet laureate position. I know what you're thinking...they didn't have one already? :)<br /><br />If you live in Toledo, maybe you can throw your hat into the ring. Read about it <a href="http://www.toledofreepress.com/?id=6807">here</a>.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-12660386151731046102007-11-28T14:20:00.000-05:002007-11-28T14:39:58.695-05:00Call for Submissions: Poetry CalendarThe Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets is accepting submissions for its <a href="http://www.wfop.org/calguide.html">2009 Poets' Calendar</a>. Although you need to live in Wisconsin to be considered, there's no reason why you couldn't start a poet's calender in your own state. Here's what you need to do it:<br /><br />1. Poems<br />2. A friendly designer<br />3. Money<br /><br />You can find lots of calendar printers online who will do the job for you at competitive prices. Here are a few I know about. I'm not endorsing them, but check them out: Some have instant quote calculators so you can get an idea of how much it costs.<br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.printplace.com/printing/calendar-printing.aspx">PrintPlace</a><br />2. <a href="https://www.printingforless.com/calendars.html">Printing for Less</a><br />3. <a href="http://www.vistaprint.com/vp/desk_calendar_stock/multiproduct.aspx?mk=Printing+Calendar&ad=broad&gclid=CJ%5FWwY2lgJACFRQyZAodzGX4sg&GP=11%2F28%2F2007+2%3A36%3A54+PM">VistaPrint</a><br /><br />If you have questions about why some cost more than others even though they offer the same features, let me know. One piece of advice: Always ask a printer for samples before you commit a job to them. They should happily send you some so you can see examples of their work. If they refuse, don't use them.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038125420680264721.post-14664975548408914082007-11-27T09:21:00.001-05:002007-11-27T12:10:31.317-05:00MiPOesias Raises the BarI encourage everyone to check out the latest issue of <a href="http://mipoesias.com/">MiPOesias</a> and not just because RMP author Ivy Alvarez' beautiful shining face adorns its pages. You should check it out because it has production values, by which I mean it was designed by someone with talent.<br /><br />Most literary journals do not look like they are professionally 'designed.' They tend to value page after page of text. Discussions about design revolve around what fonts to use. MiPOesias asks: Why not have photos? Color? Cover lines? Captions? It's designed like a consumer magazine, which I think is great.<br /><br />Bonus points because the issue is offered as a PDF download OR you can buy a hardcopy at <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/1500577">Lulu.com</a>.<br /><br />--ABRED MORNING PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15446274729540140654noreply@blogger.com1