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the real deal: a report from the 2008 awp conference
by January O’Neil Last month marked my fourth year attending the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference, this year in New York City. And because it was in the Big Apple, it...
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how do you: celebrate national poetry month?
by January O’Neil Ahhh, April — that special time of year when our thoughts turn to spring, Opening Day in baseball and National Poetry Month in the United States. So how do you mark what is supposed...
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napowrimo: mid-month check-up
by January O’Neil and Deb Scott Thirty Poems in 30 days. How has that challenge been for you? Let us know what you’re doing. As you cast about for yet one more inspiration, be sure to use the random...
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‘i, too, dislike it’: the art of revision
by January O’Neil Revision: the bane of my poetic existence. I dislike it so much that I titled this post after the opening line of Marianne Moore’s “Poetry” — a poem which started out as 29 lines when...
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report from dodge: what it’s like to attend the largest poetry festival in...
by January O’Neil First thing’s first: The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival is not the time to try and sell your manuscript, to network or to book your next gig (but I’m sure some level wheeling and...
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what is it with 30-day months?
by Deb Scott Seems November is another time to commit to writing every day. Some folks take it up as a simple blogging exercise. Others do the write-a-novel-in-a-month thing. (I think that is crazy,...
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some assembly required: putting together your first poetry manuscript
by January O’Neil This is it. You’ve spent years polishing your poems. You’ve shared them in workshops and at readings, even published a handful of your best work in a few journals. Now it’s time to...
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wanted: poet. responsibilities include …
by Ren Powell Not that many years ago, I tried to start a discussion with the members of our local writers’ group regarding writers’ responsibilities. They threw spitballs at me and called me a...
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read write goals? resolutions? are you crazy?
by the Read Write Poem Staff It’s that time of year again, when many of us are reviewing the year that was and are looking forward to the year that will be. Some of us clean out closets, donate to...
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