Welcome Back!
Full Steam Ahead
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| Helene Sanguinetti |
Your Path to a Fulfilling Life
Signs and
Wonders
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| Comet Neowise by Rick Bria |
Journey into
Punk
New and Recent Releases
Patricia Carragon, Angel Fire (Alien Buddha Press)
Circumference Issue 8,welcome relaunch of a fantastic translation journal
Joellen Craft, The Quarry (L+S Press)
Barbara J. Dickinson and Margaret A. Herrick, Your Path to A Fulfilling Life (Independently Published)
Diane Goettel, ed., Far Villages (Black Lawrence Press, 2020)
Nicole Gregory, God's Messenger: The Astounding Achievements of Mother Frances X. Cabrini: A Novel Based on the Life of Mother Cabrini (Barbera Foundation, 2018)
Pauletta Hansel, Friend (Dos Madres Press)
Walter Lure, To Hell and Back: My Life in Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, in the Words of the Last Man Standing (Backbeat Press, 2020)
Neal Whitman, From This Moment On (Cyberwit, 2020)
Creative Opportunities
The Poet call for work on theme of faith
Pure Slush Press call for poetry and prose on theme of growing up
The Westchester Review open for submissions
January Readings and Events
January 21,
11am, “Have I Accomplished Anything Last Year?”, free webinar, register here
Heller Levinson
January 23, 3pm, Rae Armantrout and Heller Levinson; respective launches of Conjure and Seep, register here
January 23, 7pm, “Have I Accomplished Anything This [Last] Year?”, free webinar, register here.
January 31, 4pm, Gregory Djanikian, intro by Billy Collins; register here
Monthly Readings – ET
Special thanks to Yorktown Poet Laureate John McMullen for compiling this list:
First Sunday, 4pm, Poetic License (Austin)
Ralph Nazareth
First and Third Mondays, 6:30pm, Norwalk
Poetry
Every Tuesday, 2pm, Spoken Word World (Paris)
Every Tuesday, 7pm, Curley’s Diner led by the impressive Ralph Nazareth
Second Wednesdays, 6:30pm, Mahopac Poetry Workshop
Every Thursday, 6:30pm, Mahopac Writers Group
Second Fridays, Noon, Writers, Artists, Actors, etc. Luncheon
Third Fridays, 7pm, Hudson Valley Writers Center Open Mic – click on third Friday for details
Linda’s Wholesome Mac and Cheese
Thanks to dear friend, poet, and watercolorist Linda Simone, we often enjoy this easy and delicious meal:
1 organic cauliflower cleaned and broken into florets
1 box of Annie’s
Mac and Cheese
3 Tablespoons milk
2 Tablespoons butter
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (optional)
1 cup panko crumbs (optional)
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spread cauliflower on cookie sheet and sprinkle with olive oil and salt. Roast for 20 minutes. Make the Annie’s Mac and Cheese per instructions. Combine with cauliflower. You can serve at this point, or put in a low casserole, cover with shredded cheese and panko crumbs, and oven-broil briefly until slightly browned. Try it with steamed broccoli, and crushed potato chips or cheese crackers as topping alternatives.
ʼRound the Net
Memoirist Sarah
Bracey White for her monologue, “Camp Cook,” read at the National Arts Club
Blues Band Larkin Poe
Poet Patricia Carragon on her debut novel Angel Fire (Alien Buddha Press)
Guitarist Michael Cefola for pointing out the band Larkin Poe, here with Keith Urban playing “Where the Blacktop Ends,” shares the creative drive of their famous great-great uncle Edgar Allen Poe
Poet Regi Claire on reading her powerful poem, “(Un)certainties,” short-listed for the 2020 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem, at the British Library
Poet and filmmaker Terry Dugan for this article on William Carlos Williams, “Poetry is a rival government”
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| Henri Matisse (1869-1954) |
Translator Johannes Göransson for his Poetry Daily essay on translation
Poet Cindy Hochman for her poem, “Inner Life (with Sabotage),” in LIVE Mag! that also features work by Andrei Codrescu and a collage by Bob Heman
Author J. Chester Johnson on having his book, Damaged Heritage (Pegasus Books), recommended by The Harvard Magazine
Translator Jacqueline Lapidus for her personal remembrances of Ruth Bader Ginsberg in Persimmon Tree (scroll down for her contribution)
Yorktown Poet Laureate John McMullen on his reading at the Paris Spoken Word World last fall
Blues bassist Larry Schwartzman for Snooky Pryor’s “Someone to Love Me”
Poet Linda Simon for the Far Villages (Black Lawrence Press) panel where contributors talk about their work
Novelist Ron Tanner on winning the Elixir Press 2020 Book of Fiction Award for Far West to be published this year
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| Neal Whitman |
Poet Estha Weiner for this Indoor Voices Podcast with J Journal editors Jeffrey Herman and Adam Berlin
Poet Neal Whitman for great reviews of his new
book From This Moment On (Cyberwit, 2020) in Gusts
(Canada) and Kokako (New Zealand)
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
In July, I discovered a request to demolish a home by architect Julius Gregory (1875-1955) required the applicants to prove his work was unworthy of preservation. A leader in historic revival architecture, he designed homes for notables such as publisher Alfred Knopf and Proctor & Gamble heir Sidney Gamble. Architect of the Grand Central School of Art, he also contributed to some of the first planned communities, Fieldston and Khakum Woods, both landscaped by the Olmsted Brothers. I never met Julius but, as his granddaughter, I had to respond. Several annogrammers—thank you again—edited a 47-page defense I wrote which helped block the demolition. While the applicants will appeal next month, we savored this victory in honoring architectural heritage.
Wishing you a fresh start this year, and love for and devotion to your family, your friends, and your craft.
Until next time,
Ann
