Announcements
If you have a literary announcement to make, please contact the CPC at rwendellking@comcast.net (Bob King, Colorado Poets Center)
New Pilgrimage Anthology
In lieu of new issues of Pilgrimage in 20099, the press has put together an anthology, Telling It Real: The Best of Pilgrimage Magazine. Visit their website to purchase: http://www.pilgrimagepress.org
New [i]Anti-[/i]
Anti-, Feature #9, is now available at http://anti-poetry.com. It features two collaborative poems by John Cotter and Shafer Hall.
New Article on Poetry
Too much poetry being published? Too many university-connected poets? Is the Best American Poetry series the best American poetry? Check out David Alpaugh’s contrarian views in his article “The New Math of Poetry” in the recent Chronicle of Higher Education. View the comments in reaction.
http://chronicle.com/article/The-New-Math-of-Poetry/64249/
Poetry Show Now One Hour
Dona Stein's "The Poetry Show" now airs every other Sunday for an hour, a new format, 6-7 p.m. on KRFC, 88.9 fm, from Fort Collins. Outside the listening area, go to http://www.krfcfm.org and hit the "Listen Now" button. Consult "Readings (Radio)" for each program's schedule
Poetry on the Marquee
Five short poems by Colorado poet Ayaz Daryl Nielsen, of Longmont, were “published” in a unique way during the week of Feb. 15-21. The Shreve Memorial Library in Shreveport, Louisiana, ran them on the electronic marquee outside the main library as well as on its website. (Go to http://www.shreve-lib.org and click on “services,” then “poem of the day”).
Other Colorado poets might want to check this out. Send 5-10 poems of 50 words or less (do not need to be haiku) and suitable for the general public to: ccolon@shreve-lib.org.
Call for Submissions
The Green Fuse Press has issued a call for submissions for IMPROV 2010. They are accepting rubaiyat and ghazals for the third annual journal. Please send 3-5 poems to Greenfusepress@yahoo.com. The deadline is March 15th.
Seven-Line Story Contest
Opium magazine has a contest for a 7-line Story, i. e. a story or prose poem that is seven lines or less (8.5” x 11” with 1” margins). Deadline Aug. 2, 2010. $10 for a single entry. Cash awards. Amy Hempel judges.
See http://www.opiummagazine.com/contest.aspx
Chapbook Competition for Women Poets
“dancing girl press” has a chapbook competition for women poets. The next contest is June 1-Aug. 30. The website is: http://www.dancinggirlpress.com/guidelines.html
Uschuk Review
You can read a review of Pamela Uschuk’s book of poems, Crazy Love, at: http://womenwritersgettogether.squarespace.com/crazy-love-by-pamela-uschuk/
Hernandez Book Release
Tim Z. Hernandez will be at the book release party for his American Book Award novel Breathing, In Dust, at the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, 772 Santa Fe Drive, Denver (‘heart of Denver’s art district’) from 7-9 on Wednesday, April 7. Guest authors and music. Free to the public. http://www.ttup.ttu.edu/americas.html
Northern Colorado Writers
For information on the Northern Colorado Writers Conference March 26-7 at the Fort Collins Hilton: http://www.northerncoloradowriters.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=33&Itemid=128
San Miguel Writers Conference
The San Miguel Writers Conference will be held from Feb. 19 to the 23rd. in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. One of the sessions features Colorado poet Art Goodtimes and San Miguel poet Judyth Hill. The conference includes sessions on memoir, publishing, and screenwriting. For more information:
http://www.sanmiguelwritersconference.org/index.php?lengua=eng&pagina=main&subseccion=1256042430
Audio on Poets' Coop
Hear Jared Smith’s “This Poem” (and find others) from the Internet Poets Cooperative:
http://www.poetscoop.org/media/ThisPoem2009.mp3
New Perigee Archives Access
Perigee, an on-line literary magazine, will no longer provide free access to their archives, but will make them available to “donors”. The actual donation may be modest. But its current issue is still available on-line for free. Find it at: http://www.perigee-art.com/
Michele Harvey Website
Poems by Michele Harvey and a monthly featured artist may be found on her website: http://www.micheleharveypoet.com/
Best of the Blogs
Joe Hutchison, who keeps literary things going with his daily blog, The Perpetual Bird, has started writing articles for a website called Suite 101. In the current article he suggests 13 literary blogs that poets and readers might check out, including Don Wentworth’s “Issa’s Untidy Hut,” Ron Silliman’s blog (2.5 million visitors for his link-rich essays), and a group gathered around Best American Poetry. Most of the blogs let readers post comments on the entries, and, Joe says, “as a rule the comments are lively and intelligent.” His article is currently at:
http://resourcesforwriters.suite101.com/article.cfm/poetry_blogs_a_bakers_dozen_of_the_best
Visit Art from Ashes?
If you’re unfamiliar with the work of this Denver-area group and its focus of “empowering youth through poetry and other creative therapies,” check out their website which includes workshop announcements and poems by young poets. http://www.artfromashes.org
Free Spoken-Word Poetry
Listen to over 800 free spoken-word poetry MP3s at http://www.poetscoop.org. 86 new audio files just posted (12/09) from the Internet Poets Cooperative Open Reading Series. Poets include Jared Smith, M. D. Friedman, Katherine West, Diana Royce, Ray Foreman, and Gordon Holladay. You may also visit the special studio-recorded selections at http://www.mp3poetry.com featuring internet poets from around the world.
Green Fuse Books at the Mandolin Café
Green Fuse Poetic Arts Association announces that its published books, currently available from their website (http://www.greenfusepoeticarts.org), will also be available at a mini-bookstore in the Mandolin Café on 4th St. in downtown Loveland.
Heartlodge Closes
The Colorado magazine HeartLodge has closed until further notice due to a variety of other literary projects the staff are working on. Andrea Watson is now the editor and publisher of HeartLodge: Honoring the House of the Poet. The press may be reconfigured as a book publisher in the future. If you have a project you believe might be of interest, from chapbook to book, you may contact Andrea at heartlodgepoets@gmail.com. Also, keep an eye out for future publications or projects.
The Poetry Victims
Volume 6, Issue 13, of Poetry Victims is now online (featuring visual art by Cesar Ivan and poetry by Belinda Subraman). The Googlegroup site is presided over by zzbaggins, the nom de plume of a Colorado poet on this site.
See it at: http://www.poetryvictims.com/
Mini-Book Reviews of Yours?
Joe Hutchison informs us that Crab Creek Review will be featuring mini-reviews called “Editor’s Choice”. If you’d like your book to be considered for review, send them a copy or have your publisher do so. There’s no guarantee your book will be selected for review but at least it would be listed under Publications Received. Send to: Crab Creek Review, PO Box 1524, Kingston, WA 98346
David Mason Interview
Hear an interview with David Mason about transforming his verse-novel Ludlow into an opera on Colorado Matters, comatters_pay.m3u via I-Tunes. Nov., 2009.
Website for Interviews
The Joe Milford poetry show at blogtalk.radio.com offers a variety of interviews with such poets as Bob Hicok, C.D. Wright, Stephen Dunn, Russell Edson, Rae Armantrout, Gregory Orr, C.K.Williams and Mark Strand. Archives at: http://joemilfordpoetryshow.com/archives.php
Marginalia Moves
Marginalia, says Mark Todd, has separated from Western Sate College: the URL is now http://www.marginaliajournal.com.
Willow Springs Interviews
Willow Springs posts its interviews with writers, from Marvin Bell to Robert Wrigley, on their site. The most recent are Mark Childress, Lynn Emanuel, Dorianne Laux, and Thomas Lynch. Go to: http://www.ewu.edu/willowsprings/interviews.html
David Feela's new website is http//www.feelasophy.blogspot.com
Poetry Corner in Aspen
The Aspen Daily News has a new feature, “The Poets Corner,” which will appear every Friday. Suzanne Bronson’s piece was the first one selected. Read it at: http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/entertainment/137225
Statement, the Journal of the Colorado Language Society, is interested in poets’ articles on teaching poetry K-12 as well as original poems, “any topic and any style,” sent to Jim Hobbs, 621 S. Paris St., Aurora, CO 8 0012.
Check the CLAS website at http://www.clas.us for information about themes and deadlines. Inquiries to editor Mike Wenk, at mjwenk@hotmail.com.
The latest issue of editor Steve Schroeder’s on-line Anti- is now up, featuring Lee Ann Roripaugh. http://anti-poetry.com/
Sandra Dorr’s book of poems, Desert Water, is available from the author ($9.95, 48 pp. perfectly bound, $12 shipped), by sending a check to Sandra Dorr at 2529 Grand Overlook Drive, Grand.Junction, CO 81507. You can also order it from http://www.lithicpress.com.
James Tipton’s Washing Dishes in the Ancient Village/Lavando platos en el pueblo antiguo, is a collection of 100 short poems--in both English and Spanish--about Mexico and Latin America. Some of the poems are humorous, some are erotic, all very human. One critic calls these "haiku on testosterone". The book is available for $10.95 plus $3.00 shipping and handling through Bread & Butter Press, 1150 S. Glencoe, Denver, CO 80246.
Robert Cooperman has his new website up now at http://robertcoopermanpoet.com.
Arda Collins, of Denver, was one of five poets wining the first series of American Academy of Arts and Sciences Poetry Prizes, honoring “emerging poets of exceptional promise and distinguished achievement.” Collins was the winner of the Yale Younger Poets Series in 2008.
A very busy Mary Crow has had translations accepted by Chelsea, Hawaii Review, and Visions International. Her poems have appeared, or will this year, in Appalache Review, Freshwater Review, Poetry East, The Dos Passos Review, Wisconsin Review, Tipton Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, Gingko Tree Revision, Visions International, A Public Space, Eclipse, Midwest Quarterly, and Oracle. She’s also been nominated for a Pushcart Award.
A new issue of Sugar Mule, a Colorado Springs “literary magazine with eccentric Buddhist leanings” edited by M. L. Weber, is now on-line at http://www.sugarmule.com
Editor Stephen Schroeder, of Anti-, presents Rebecca Loudon in issue #19, available at http://anti-poetry.com
Reading Series in Norwood
The Norwood Writers’ Guild, in conjunction with Talking Gourds, has initiated a monthly reading series for poets and writers in the lower San Miguel Basin. It will be held on the first Monday of each month at Two Candles in Norwood at 7 p.m. Bring short pieces to read, share, and discuss.
Contact Art Goodtimes for more information at or call 327-4767
There’s an interview with and material about Colorado poet Art Goodtimes in “Telluride Inside…and Out”, available at: http://www.tellurideinside.com/2009/01/doers.html#more
58 new audio files (MP3) from the Loveland Poets Cooperative series, including poems by Katherine West, Deborah Russell, Stewart Warren, M. D. Friedman, Amy Irish, and many others are available at http://www.poetscoop.org
The Green Fuse poetic community has changed their web address. The new address is: http://www.greenfusepoeticarts.org
Becoming a non-profit, Green Fuse Community Press has changed its name to Green Fuse Poetic Arts Association. The new web address is: http://www.greenfusepoeticarts.org
Phil Wood's Original Mind has just appeared from Turkey Buzzard Press.
The Green Fuse Poetic Arts Association in northern Colorado has begun a quarterly member-written newsletter. The first issue features a Letter from the Editor by Katherine West, “Notes from a Poetry Workshop” by Pat Maslowski, “Ballads and Blues” by song-writer/poet Jeff Hoffman and a review by M. D. Friedman of Amy Wray Irish’s Creation Stories, published by Green Fuse Community Press in 2008. To be put on the mailing list, contact them at http://greenfusepress.yahoo.com.
Contact Joe Hutchison to be put on his regular e-mail-delivered literary blog, “The Perpetual Bird”: joe@hwriter.com.
New Colorado poet Jared Smith has a website of information on his work. See http://www.jaredsmith.info
Jeffery Bahr has a lengthy list of poetry publications, with website links, name of poetry editor, submission periods and more at: http://www.jefferybah.com/Publications/defualt.htm. His “whimsical weblog on poetry, cuisine, politics and whatever captures his fancy” is at http://www.whimsyspeaks.com
Joe Hutchison brings a new poetry magazine to our attention. They’re looking for submissions: http://glass-poetry.blogspot.com/
Joe Hutchison’s blog address has been changed to http://perpetualbird.blogspot.com.
Joe Hutchison passes on this website containing poetry and bios and “other good stuff” from 21 countries: http://international.poetryinternationalweb.org.
Poetry West poets, “the largest community of poets and writers in the Pikes Peak region,” meet from September to May on the first Saturday of the month, usually at the Worner Center on the Colorado College Campus (corner of Cascade and Cache La Poudre). They also publish The Eleventh Muse. For more information see the Poetry West web site: http://www.poetrywest.org.
Pam Uschuk’s Scattered Risks, published by Wings Press (San Antonio) was recently nominated by Ploughshares for the Zacharias Book Award. Good reviews of that collection are in current issues of The Asheville Poetry Review (winningwriters.com) and The Café Review.
Copper Nickel is now reading submissions year-round and selecting for two issues at once, so they are inviting poems and stories for consideration. All submissions should be in Microsoft word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf). Send poetry to poetry@copper-nickel.org and fiction to fiction@copper--nickel.org. Complete submissions guidelines are at http://www.copper-nickel.org
Laurie Wagner Buyer's Across the High Divide from Ghost Road Press is now available from Ghost Road Press. An interview with Laurie can be found at www.ghostroadpress.com.