Happy
News
Circumference, which published my first Hélène Sanguinetti translation, has accepted another from her latest book; Beautiful
Days Press announced its 2024 lineup, including
my translation, Alparegho, like nothing
else; the All Shall Be Well: Poems for Julian of
Norwich book launch takes place September 20; and John McMullen and the
Mahopac Poetry Workshop welcomed me as guest poet this summer.
Training the Adirondacks
Intro to Anthro with Two Humans
John Ashbery’s Nest
Do You Know Françoise Gilot?
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| Françoise Gilot (1921-2023) |
Where Most Creatives Live
Creative Opportunities
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| BK Fischer Current Poet Laureate of Westchester County |
The Pedestal Magazine, call for poems
September 4-8
Pure Slush and Truth Serum Press, stories on Boléro at Breakfast by September 30
Rhino
Founders Poetry Prize, by
September 30
Presence call for poems, by October
1
Westchester (NY) Poet Laureate, $30K stipend for three-year role, apply
by October 2
New and Recent Releases
Susana Case, If This Isn’t Love (Broadstone
Books)
Donald P. Delaney, Major Crimes Investigations and Justice
Served (Independently published)
Julia Fiedorczuk, Mary Newell, et al, eds. The Routledge Companion to Ecopoetics (pre-order)
Katie Lehman, Emily Dickinson’s Lexicon
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| Neil and Elaine Whitman |
Neal
Whitman and Elaine Whitman, eds. It's About Time and Susurrus (Yuki Teikei Haiku Society)
Creative Workshops
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| Marion Winik |
Poetry Retreat
with Marjorie Maddox, September 22-24, Bethany (PA) Retreat Center, $275
All-Genre Writers Group, 6:30pm, Thursdays
John McMullen Poetry Workshop,
6pm, fourth Wednesdays
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
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
September/October Events – ET
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| Jerry Johnson |
Calandra Italian American Institute, Sept. 7, 6pm; book
launch of Soundtrack of
a Life: New and Selected Poems by Gil Fagiani (Legas Books);
rsvp by calling 212-642-2094
Hudson Valley MoCA, September 14,
6pm, Studio Theater in Exile, community
talk and poetry reading with Nigerian poet, artist, and academic Ozioma
Onuzulike
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| Ed Ahern |
Norwalk (CT) Mill Hill Historic Park, September 17, 4pm, Ralph Nazareth and
open mic; bring lawn chairs; event is on rain or shine; for more info, contact
Bill Hayden at poet_laureate@norwalkpl.org
Learning in Retirement (Stamford), September 18, 10:30am, Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, PhD, on artist
and Picasso partner Françoise Gilot; $10 to attend; to register, contact LIR
All Shall Be Well: Poems for Julian of
Norwich book launch, September
20, 2pm, see EventBrite
page for details; donation requested
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Max Jacob (1876-1944) |
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| Laurel Peterson |
Norwalk Public Library, October 26, 6:30pm, Poets in Conversation: Laurel Peterson hosts Jerry Johnson and Ed Ahern
Bennington
Museum (VT), For the Love of Vermont: The Lyman Orton
Collection, thru November 5; Southern Vermont Art Center
Monthly Readings – ET
Every
Tuesday, 2pm, Spoken Word World (Paris)
Every
Tuesday, 7pm, Curley’s Diner
Third
Fridays, 7pm, Hudson Valley Writers Center Open Mic – click third Friday for details
Frequent
Saturdays (check Facebook), 5pm, LitBalm
Zucchini Pie
This was delicious, and it’s the time of year for zukes—so run to
your local farm stand!
1 cup organic all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoon baking power
½ teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon organic unsalted butter
1 large zucchini, unpeeled yet diced
1 large onion, chopped
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
½ cup grated cheddar cheese
½ cup canola oil
4 free-range or pasture-raised eggs, beaten
½ to 1 teaspoon fresh parsley, chopped
salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease a 10-inch pie pan. In large bowl,
mix flour, baking powder and salt with a fork. Work in butter, then stir in
remaining ingredients until combined. Pour into pie pan. Bake for 40 minutes or
until lightly golden brown. Cool 20 minutes before serving.
ʼRound the Net
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| George Harrison (1943-2001) |
Poet and novelist Regi Claire on “Being
Genre Fluid”, inspired by work
by our friend Jo Ann Beard
Translators Chen Du and Xisheng Chen
for work in IHRAF
Literary, Modern
Poetry in Translation, The Oxford
Anthology of Translation, Rhino, The
Southern Review, and
West
Branch; and on being Anne Frydman Translation Prize finalists
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| Beth Gersh-Nesic, PhD. |
Vocalist Astrud Gilberto (1940-2023), reluctant
housewife who became a
global sensation on “The Girl From Ipanema”,
and who opens my book Free Ferry (Upper Hand Press)
Poet Jim Lavilla-Havelin for this
wonderful interview on the podcast Studio
Aescapulius
Poet Heller Levinson on work in Broken Lens, Clockwise Cat, and First Literary Review-East; Amazon reviews of his two books, Shift Gristle and Query Caboodle (Black Widow Press), on being a Big Other Poetry Award finalist, and upcoming Broken Lens podcast interview (see September events)
Yorktown Poet
Laureate John McMullen for three of
his poems read by David
Leo Sirois this week
Poet and novelist Laurel S. Peterson on her new Substack column
Poet Jean-Luc Pouliquen for this fascinating article on famous American writers who loved his hometown, “Hyères
– A Cradle For British And American Literature”
Poet Christina
Rau for work on Destinies: The Voice of
Science Fiction
radio show, being the voice
of Vita in Anne Manx Beginnings, and being featured on SoundCloud
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| Hélène Sanguinetti |
Memoirist Stuart Schear for his moving remarks at the annual memorial for murdered Jews
of Nowy Zmigrod, Poland, his great grandfather's hometown (see his July 16 Facebook post)
Bassist Larry Schwartzman for Screamin’ Jay
Hawkins making his 1966 TV debut with “I Put a Spell
on You”
Poet and artist Linda
Simone on having poems in The Path of
Birds (Flying
Ketchup Press) and The Texas
Poetry Assignment
Novelist Ann Starr
for this wrenching essay by the daughter of a Manhattan Project scientist
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| Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) |
Memoirist Mary Wasacz on her debut book (see Recent
Releases)
annogram’s 20th
Anniversary
Until November,