Good Contrivance Farm Reisterstown, Maryland |
Hélène Sanguinetti and Domaine des englués
Hélène Sanguinetti |
ModPo Creator Answers Our
Questions
Al Filreis |
Jupiter
Hammon Project
Joseph Lloyd Manor |
Poetry X Hunger
Takudzwa Chikepe |
The Dog We Fell In Love With
Sawyer depressed in the TV ad |
Creative
Opportunities
Open Door Magazine, call for poems on envy, by April 30
The Pedestal Magazine, call for poems May 8-June 4
The Poet anthologies, call for poems on addiction, by April 30
Chartres Rosette North |
Politics and Prose online class on Garcia Lorca, $130, April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 6-8pm ET
Catholic Literary Arts
Sacred Poetry Contest, see artwork onsite to prompt poems, $25 fee, by
April 30
Wildhouse Poetry Chapbook Contest, $25 fee, by April 15
New and Recent Releases
Mary Calvi, If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt’s First Love (St. Martin’s Press)
Dennis Daly, Psalms
Composed in Utter Darkness (Dos
Madres Press)
Michael Gottlieb, Collected Essays (Chax Press)
Hiram Larew, Patchy Ways (CyberWit Press, 2023)
Rachel Louise Snyder, No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About
Domestic Violence Can Kill Us (Bloomsbury
Publishing)
Meredith Trede, Bringing Back the House (Broadstone Books)
Joseph Zaccardi, Songbirds
of the Nine Rivers
(Sixteen Rivers Press)
Creative
Workshops
Ethelbert Miller |
Ethelbert Miller, Catching One’s Breath: Reading and Remembering
Before Writing the Memoir, May 6, 10am-4pm,
$200; Craft talk The Writing
Life and How to Write the Political Poem, May 13, 5pm, $20; Good Contrivance Farm (Maryland), email Ron@historicfarm.org to register
All-Genre Writers Group, 6:30pm, Thursdays
John McMullen |
Mahopac Poetry Workshop, 6pm, second Wednesdays
ModPo, University of Pennsylvania’s free
poetry course and global community
Norwalk
Poetry
Workshop, first and third Mondays, 6:30pm; email poet_laureate@norwalkpl.org to register
Alison McBain, P.C. Keeler, and Ed Ahern |
The Poets Salon, led by Ed Ahern and Alison McBain of Fairfield Scribes Press, 10am, every second Saturday
Writers and Artists Lunch Conversation, second
Fridays, noon
April+ Events –
ET
Beyond Van Gogh (Long Island) and yoga with Christina Rau, April 1 or April 15, 9am; yoga routine that matches the animation and music, and then includes access afterward to the show; $72; register here
The Albertine Bookstore |
Centre for Poetic Innovation (Scotland), April 3, 12:15pm, poet Alexander Dickow; to register for Zoom link, email el40@st-andrews.ac.uk
Christina Rau |
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, April 18, 7pm, Beth Gersh-Nesic, PhD on “Impressionism’s Women,” such as Marie Braquemond and her painting at left, “On the Terrace at Sèvres” (1880); Zoom event; register here, $25
Victoria Buitron |
Sketchbook Brewing Company (Evanston), April 22, 3pm, Rhino Reads: Katie Hartsock and Dara Yen Elerath (LIVE)
Federation of Alliances Françaises USA, May 31, 4pm, Beth Gersh-Nesic, PhD on “Cubism and the Trompe L’Oeil,” Zoom event; register here, $10
Monthly Readings
– ET
Ralph Nazareth hosts Curley's Diner |
Every Tuesday, 2pm, Spoken Word World (Paris)
Marc Vincenz, a LitBalm host |
Third Fridays, 7pm, Hudson Valley Writers Center
Open Mic – click
third Friday for details
Frequent Saturdays (check Facebook), 5pm,
LitBalm
Sweet Potato Crust Quiche
Leave it to superb cook Linda Simone to share this recipe! Paleo, dairy free if you like, and Linda advises
you can switch out the spinach for sliced steamed zucchini.
Crust:
Photo by Linda Simone |
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive
oil
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
½ teaspoon sea salt
¼ teaspoon ground pepper
Quiche:
14 ounces frozen spinach
4 eggs
¾ cup unsweetened coconut or other
milk
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ cup grated Swiss cheese
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter or
coconut-oil a 9-inch pie plate. In fry pan, warm olive oil, add garlic and
onion, and fry, stirring, until golden brown. Add spinach, cover, and reduce to
low heat. Cook 15 minutes until spinach is tender. Salt and pepper. Peel
potatoes, then use a mandolin slicer to finely slice. Arrange slices, careful
to cover entire bottom. Cut slices in half for a flat bottom and crust border. Prebake
potato crust 15 minutes. Spread cooked spinach over pre-baked potato crust. Set
aside. In mixing bowl, beat eggs, coconut milk, and nutmeg. Salt and pepper. Pour
egg mixture onto crust. Top with grated cheese or almond meal. Bake 25-30
minutes or until potatoes are soft and cheese is grilled. Serve immediately.
ʼRound the Net
The Frame (1983) by Frida Kahlo |
Writer and editor Larry Faltz on sharing this flash fiction by
Frederic Brown--read especially if you are nervous about AI taking over
Art historian and translator Beth Gersh-Nesic on her eye-opening article in Bonjour Paris, “Frida in Paris: The Clothes, the Exhibition, the Affair”
Joy Harjo |
Cindy Hochman |
J. Chester Johnson |
Poet and artist Meg Lindsay on juried work at the Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery
Poet and watercolorist Linda Simone on having her artwork highlighted in San Antonio Report
Playwright, performer, and artist Fran Sisco on winning Best Music Video
for Carousel Girl at the Cutting Room International Short Film Festival, and for the Zoom debut of her play, It’s An Italian Thing! No,
It’s A Black Thing
YourAAA Today for this article, “8 Great Small Bookstores
in the Northeast”
The New York Scene and Peter Chelnik
Bob Heman and Cindy Hochman at Cornelia Street Café |
Until next time,