Face Painting at Amazon
You can find my poetry collection, Face
Painting in the Dark (Dos Madres Press, 2014), on Amazon. A friend found a copy at Barnes and
Noble—which, for me, was like turning onto Hollywood and Vine! If you love your annograms and enjoyed Face Painting, please write a brief review
on Amazon
or Goodreads.
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| The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. |
Johnson speaker
at Martin Luther King Jr. service
Poet J. Chester Johnson gave the MLK Jr. sermon today
at Trinity Wall Street Church;
past speakers have included Andrew
Young, Jesse
Jackson, Marion
Wright Edelman and Calvin
Butts. Johnson’s writing on civil
rights is archived at Queens College which Andrew Goodman
attended before being martyred in Mississippi, with James Chaney and Michael Schwerner. You can hear Johnson’s extraordinary story of
hatred and reconciliation across generations here.
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| Sarah Bracey White |
MLK Jr. Breakfast featuring Sarah Bracey White
Memoirist Sarah Bracey White, author of Primary
Lessons (Cavan Kerry Press, 2013), will be the keynote speaker at the
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast held by the Village of Hastings on
Monday, January 19 at the James
Harmon Community Center. Breakfast
will be served 9:30 – 11 a.m., and the event ends at 12:30 p.m. Adults $15 and children $5. Read Sarah’s reflections on how she came to
write her book here.
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| The late Mark Strand |
Mark
Strand Memorial Reading
Poets House will
host a Mark
Strand Memorial Reading today at 5 p.m. Poets Laureate Charles Simic
and Charles Wright,
actor Mary Louise
Parker, painter William H. Bailey,
composer and pianist John Musto,
playwright John Guarre,
novelist Francine Prose,
and others will pay tribute to Mark Strand (1934-2014). Free admission.
PBS documentary: Language Matters
On Wednesday, January
21, at 6 p.m., Poets House will honor the PBS documentary Language
Matters with Bob Holman with film clips and performances by Native American poets,
a Hawaiian hālau hula, talks on Yiddish and Welsh, Q & A with Bob Holman and a reception. Admission
is free at the National
Museum of the American Indian. The film airs on PBS THIRTEEN
Sunday, January 25 at 12:30 p.m.
Transgenres with Vijay Seshadri
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| Vijay Seshadri |
Why do so many poets also write prose
nonfiction? What transformations occur between poem and essay? Pulitzer Prizewinner Vijay Seshadri, whose newest book
is 3 Sections (Graywolf, 2013), will discuss
notions of identity, form, and fulfillment for contemporary writers on
Saturday, February 7, at 3 p.m. at Poets
House. Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House members
Deborah Coulter website
Deborah Coulter website
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| Deborah Coulter |
Deborah Coulter’s website features a new
portfolio of recent charcoal drawings, and links to latest exhibit info on
Facebook, and her blog which includes a new collage each week. You can purchase
ArtPrints of Deborah’s drawings and collages in various sizes at Society6. Annogram loves Deborah’s work and
wishes her all the best in 2015!
Chili Con Elote
Blow off winter chill
with my version of a New
Laurel’s Kitchen (Ten Speed Press, 1986) chili that tastes even better
the next day. The original Laurel’s Kitchen secured my early foray
into meatless eating with savory meals, sandwiches and soups. I treasure this cookbook and its step-by-step
directions for making bread.
1
onion, chopped
1
clove garlic
2
tablespoons oil
1
green pepper, diced
1
teaspoon chili powder
1
teaspoon cumin
1 cup
chopped tomato, or
2
tablespoons tomato paste
2
cups of V8 juice
1 cup
frozen corn
4
cups cooked kidney, black, or pinto beans*
1 1/2
teaspoons salt
1
teaspoon oregano
Sauté
onion and garlic clove in oil until onion is soft. Crush garlic clove. Add
green pepper and spices. Sauté 2 - 3 minutes. Add tomatoes, V8 juice and corn. Mash 2 cups
of beans and add to pot with whole beans, salt, and oregano. Simmer 30 minutes. A little soupy at first but great over brown
rice the second day. *If you use canned
beans like I do, purchase BPA-free cans such as
Eden Foods at a health food store.
ʼRound the Net
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Francesco Fragomeni and Chris Limbrick
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ALTA list-serve for sharing
the 75
most notable translations of 2014
Translation journal Asymptote
on its fourth anniversary
Poet Lyn Clague for
his poem “Constitution Square” in The Potomac
Food activist Ronnie
Cummins on 12
ways consumers can fight GMO foods
Poet Gary Glauber for work in Calliope,
Fine Flu, The Gambler,
Ginger Piglet,
Junkyard Kool,
and Work
to a Calm
Translator Roger Greenwald
for noting the passing of Polish
poet Stanislaw Baranczak
Poet Cindy Hochman
for Pedestal reviews of When I Wake It
Will Be Forever (Sundress Publications, 2014) and On
the Bevel (Cinnamon Press, 2014)
Poet S. E. Ingraham
for this video of ModPo’s
Al Filreis on MOOCs (scroll)
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| See http://www.demilked.com/fools-do-art- painting-recreations-francesco-fragomeni- chris-limbrick/ for more, this link courtesy Linda Simone |
Poet Robert Murphy reading in New York
last fall – Part 1
and Part 2; and a review
of Life in the Ordovician (Dos Madres
Press, 2007)
The Pedestal on its 14th anniversary issue
Poet Kevin Pilkington
for his recent workshop at MIT on poet Richard Hugo
Bassist Larry Schwartzman for the Pope’s reassurance that all
dogs go to heaven
Music archivist Jay
Shulman for noting the passing of rocker
Joe Cocker
Poet Linda Simone for
this workshopped
Emily Dickinson poem and inspired take on classical
art
Wising Up Press for
this call for poetry on
siblings
Weird Al Yankovic for
taking a stand on correct
language only as he can
We close this annogram with a quote from the Reverend
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968):
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so
tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright
daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.... I believe that
unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
Here’s to the final word.
Until next time,
