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Top Ten Questions Writers Ask
Posted in Commentary on August 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
AHA! POETRY
Posted in Commentary on August 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
“The fact that the smallest literary form – haiku – has the most rules never ceases to amaze and astound. The only real comfort one can find in this situation is the concept that this affords a wider range of rules from which a writer can pick and choose. You cannot follow all of the [...]
Shedding writer’s block
Posted in Commentary on August 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
“Retreating to the confines of a tiny shed is the first step for many writers in freeing their imagination.”
Noel C. Paul, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
November 21, 2001
Has internet publishing hit a plateau?
Posted in Commentary on August 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
“Internet publishing has hit a certain plateau. As a field, it’s come a long way—larger and broader readership accessed, in general better and better work being published. That said, I think that internet publishing has reached a stage where if we, internet publishers and authors invested in the internet as a publishing venue, don’t come [...]
Howl turns 50
Posted in Commentary on November 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The fall of 1956 saw the publication of Allen Ginsburg’s Howl and Other Poems. Visit the City Lights Books site dedicated to this landmark event, including a History of Howl, Howl on Trial, and a list of Howl celebrations.
http://www.citylights.com/His/CLhowl.html
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