Tag archive for "L.L. Barkat"

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This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks

7 Comments 17 January 2013

The best in poetry (and poetic things), this week with Seth Haines. 1 Art Have you ever been perusing Twitter and decided that you wanted to know the story behind the tweet? (The 140-character limitation is a bit of a story killer. Right?) If so, then check out this article about conceptual artists Nate Larson and [...]

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Audio Excerpt: The Novelist by L.L. Barkat

No Comments 21 December 2012

An audio excerpt from L.L. Barkat's The Novelist: a novella featuring the delightful voice of Claire Burge.

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Blog, Haiku, poetry, Top 10 Poetic Picks

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

15 Comments 20 December 2012

Haiku chains, Haiku Brew, haiku reflections on a community street. Lyla Willingham Lindquist has a haiku-ridden edition of our Top Ten Poetic Picks.

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book club, Fiction, poetry, The Novelist

The Novelist: Where Fiction Begins

25 Comments 12 December 2012

In the end, the creative act can be misunderstood, and the creation seen for something other than what it is. Lyla Willingham Lindquist wraps up our book club discussion of L.L. Barkat's The Novelist.

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The Novelist: Fiction with Character(s)

16 Comments 05 December 2012

Readers want to know who the various characters in The Novelist represent. Lyla Willingham Lindquist wants to know who the tea basket represents. Join us for week two of our book club discussion.

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The Novelist: What’s the Big Idea in Fiction?

29 Comments 28 November 2012

How long must you lie on the floor staring at the ceiling before you're ready to write that story? We're discussing The Novelist by L.L. Barkat in our new Tweetspeak Book Club. Come on in and join us.

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A Poet’s Thanks

5 Comments 26 November 2012

A poet offers a word of thanks.

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Blog, book club, Fiction, poetry, The Novelist

Book Club Announcement: The Novelist

2 Comments 31 October 2012

The Novelist is a book that can be read in a sitting or two (maybe three, if you're having trouble finding your tea basket). We invite you to join us around the Tweetspeak coffee table for our latest book club beginning November 28.

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Twitter Poetry: Of Shells, Fireworks, and Novellas

6 Comments 23 October 2012

Glynn Young has five new poems from the recent Tweetspeak Twitter poetry jam, with prompts from the novella "The Novelist."

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This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

2 Comments 11 October 2012

The best in poetry (and poetic things), this week with Lyla Lindquist. 1 Art I suppose it goes without saying what type of images displayed in the art gallery of my mind when I read the headline Portraits Drawn with Tea, Vodka, Whiskey and Ink. One part preschool finger paint, one part erratic Picasso distortions, [...]

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Fiction debut could help Dana Gioia’s dream come true

1 Comment 08 October 2012

T. S. Poetry Press, publisher of the Oprah Summer Read The Whipping Club, has released a fiction debut that could help Dana Gioia’s dream come true. Gioia has made a strong call to get poetry into the public eye. The Novelist, by L.L. Barkat, weaves poetry throughout a story that explores the woes of a blocked [...]

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This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

11 Comments 27 September 2012

The best in poetry (and poetic things), this week with Lyla Lindquist. 1 Art This afternoon while I sipped hot rooibos from a fancy gold-rimmed tea cup (Get on the bus, Gus. All the cool Tweetspeak kids are drinking tea now.), I thought to myself, “Gee, I wonder where I could get a complete listing of [...]

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Tweetspeak Exclusive: Yet Another Emily Dickinson Daguerreotype Discovered

5 Comments 25 September 2012

The recent discovery of a third daguerreotype of Victorian-era poet Emily Dickinson has historians scratching their heads. Long believed to be reclusive and camera-shy, Dickinson seems to paint an entirely new picture of herself, positively mugging for the paparazzi. Until Tweetspeak staffer Tania Runyan discovered the new daguerreotype by chance at a yard sale near her [...]

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THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 POETIC PICKS

5 Comments 13 September 2012

The best in poetry (and poetic things), this week with Seth Haines. 1 Art In case you haven’t heard, which is to say in case you live under a rock, the iPhone 5 launched yesterday. Apple’s newest version of their popular telephone/personal computing device is reportedly thinner, lighter, and at twenty times as awesome as [...]

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This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

11 Comments 06 September 2012

The best in poetry (and poetic things), this week with Lyla Lindquist. 1 Art For a second, I thought I was looking at one of those excruciating grade school art projects where we cut squares of crêpe paper, wrapped them around our fingertips, dipped into Elmer’s glue and then stuck them down with 3,762 other tiny [...]

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