Tuesday, February 28, 2017

A Sappho poem about Sapphic lyric fragments

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The New Yorker has an excellent poem about the fragmentary nature of Greek lyric poet Sappho's extant poetry--its "redactions...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

Wry Press publishes a Kenneth Irby poetry broadside

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Thank you to Kyle Waugh, literary executor of Kenneth Irby’s estate, for making possible this broadside of an unpublished 1965 poem “Oh Gra...
Friday, February 17, 2017

#AWP17 Presentation by Denise Low: Poets Laureate & Government Agencies

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This was my presentation for the Associated Writers and Writing Programs panel Uneasy Alliance: Poets Laureate & Government Agencies,  ...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

Kevin Rabas Finds Lasting Moments in New Prose & Poetry Collection

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The summer of 1968, I worked as a temporary postal employee in Emporia, Kansas, my hometown. Fellow workers despised me as a college-studen...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

International author Xánath Caraza’s latest book is a moving prayer, in Spanish and English, to water

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D ONDE LA LUZ ES VIOLETA / WHERE THE LIGHT IS VIOLET  by Xánath Caraza,    Nov. 15, 2016  Translated by Sandra Kingery, Introduction by  Be...
Saturday, October 8, 2016

AWP forms Committee on Inclusion for Writers and Writing Programs

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At the 2016 Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference last spring, Claudia Rankine challenged members to improve inclusivity o...
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Watkins Museum of History Sponsors a Free Memoir Workshop in Lawrence

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Lawrence-KC area writers interested in the art of memoir, this free workshop is in Lawrence, Oct. 15: Writing Out: A Memoir-Crafting Wor...
Monday, October 3, 2016

Linda Rodrigeuz shares exercises that help writers stay sharp

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My favorite definition of a writer is: "A writer is a person who writes." Perhaps ten years is the average apprenticeship, as my ...
Sunday, September 18, 2016

Publishing Trends: Denise Low Gives Highlights of Panel

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At the Wichita Public Library, Sept. 10, 2016, I was honored to be part of a panel associated with the Local Author Fair.  WPL organizers in...
Friday, July 22, 2016

Annie Newcomer Interviews Jeanie Wilson about poet Thomas Zvi Wilson

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        Thank you to Annie Newcomber for permission to reprint this interview she did with Jeanie Wilson about her husband, Thomas Zvi Wi...