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What Is Poetry? Review of TO THE MAN IN THE RED SUIT by Christina Fulton

Dr. Maureen Goldstein — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 05:57:51 +0000

To the Man in the Red Suit by Christina Fulton Review by Dr. Maureen Goldstein What is poetry? This age-old question spans from the Ancients to the millennium, and in most cases, the answers will vary according to the literary period. Poetry may convey emotions/attitudes on any given subject ranging from philosophy, social consciousness, to […]

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She Is Fierce: Collecting Women’s Poetry

Ana Samspon — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 17:58:36 +0000

It’s an exciting time for poetry. Slams and performances are attracting huge audiences; book sales are booming; some of today’s biggest online superstars are poets. Women are at the forefront of this movement: winning prizes, headlining festivals, topping bestseller lists and connecting with thousands of readers in digital spaces. It has not, however, always been […]

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Why Do You Write?

Sweta Vikram — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:17:58 +0000

We’re giving away two copies of Sweta’s SARIS AND A SINGLE MALT this month, TELL US WHY YOU WRITE in the comments for a chance to win! How many times have you, the writer, been asked “Why do you write?” How often do we believe that we know why we write? But if you mindfully ponder over […]

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Novelist Or Poet?

Katherine Towler — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 06:49:52 +0000

When I was thirteen years old, I announced that I was going to be a poet when I grew up. I had already been writing poetry for years – since the age of 10 – and both my fifth grade teacher, Mr. Alexander, and my sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Melchior, had encouraged me. Mrs. Melchior, […]

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Interview with Linda Gray Sexton

Emma Eden Ramos — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 13:00:49 +0000

Linda Gray Sexton is a novelist and memoirist who lives and writes in San Francisco. In 1994, she published her first memoir, Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton, in which chronicled her experience growing up as the daughter of poet Anne Sexton. In her second memoir, Half in Love: […]

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The Gatekeeper

Sweta Vikram — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 04:34:50 +0000

On the morning of Friday, May 30, my husband and I got a call from India: my mother was in critical condition and hospitalized in New Delhi. I thought it was a bad joke because (a) My Mom wasn’t sick. I had barely spoken with Mom two days ago and promised to cook, Kalam Polow, a […]

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The Poetic World of Emily Brontë

Laura Inman — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:51:26 +0000

We have all read a novel or poem at one time in our lives, maybe in high school or college, and then read it later in life and experienced the work in a different way — usually finding meaning that was absent the first time around. For example, I read Catcher in the Rye in […]

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Doris Lessing’s little known Poetry

C. Elizabeth Murray — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 14:32:07 +0000

There Will Always Be Singing; Doris Lessing 1919-2013 Fable ‘When I look back I seem to remember singing. Yet it was always silent in that long warm room. Impenetrable, those walls , we thought, Dark with ancient shields. The light Shone on the head of a girl or young limbs Spread carelessly. And the low […]

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Do You Write Poetry and Prose?

Women Writers, Women's Books — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 04:00:29 +0000

Do you write poetry and prose? When we write both prose and poetry, how do these different ways of writing inform each other? Is poetry your first love? How does it inform your prose? Is prose your primary style, but you sometimes write poetry? What do you notice in shifting forms? Would love to have […]

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Poetry and the Art of Choosing Favorites

LL Barkat — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 04:00:24 +0000

I do not have favorite women poets. There, it’s out. I do not have favorite men poets either, so it’s an even deal. What could this mean? After all, I am a poet, a poetic author (I’ve been likened to Jane Kenyon and Annie Dillard), and the owner of T. S. Poetry Press. Oh, and […]

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