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A More Beautiful Question: Taking the Brain Off High Alert

By Will Willingham 13 Comments

A More Beautiful Question Book Club (2)

What if we took our brains off ‘high alert’ and thought long enough to develop an original idea? Our discussion of A More Beautiful Question concludes today.

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A More Beautiful Question: Improving the Questions We Ask

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

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In this week’s book club discussion of Warren Berger’s ‘A More Beautiful Question, ‘ we consider how to improve our questions before we jump to answer them.

Filed Under: A More Beautiful Question, Blog, book club, Creativity

The Mischief Cafe: Basking Ridge, New Jersey

By L.L. Barkat 19 Comments

Mischief Cafe Cinnamon Toast

The very first Mischief Cafe had everything one might expect: tea, toast, poetry. And not a few unexpected moments (and black feathers).

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The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 5 Comments

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Your novel’s optimum length is shorter than a bridge. A literary time capsule. Team building for the self-employed. It’s our Top 10 Poetic Picks.

Filed Under: Art, Blog, poetry, Poetry at Work

Tweetspeak Party? You Could Be Invited

By T.S. Poetry 4 Comments

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Are you invited to the party? We’d love to have you.

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Fiction debut could help Dana Gioia’s dream come true

By T.S. Poetry 1 Comment

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 […]

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The Novelist, by L.L. Barkat

Read an Excerpt of The Novelist • Chapter 1 THE END. She typed finality across the center of the page and closed the laptop with a snap. What would it be this morning? She turned to her tea cabinet and opened it quietly. Maybe a green jasmine. She could tweet about it later and make […]

Poetry and Music: In “(After),” the Aaron Irwin Trio Orchestrates Nine Poems

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Lexington performer Aaron Irwin

In the new album “(After),” the Aaron Irwin Trio blends and interprets music and poetry to celebrate nine poems.

Filed Under: article, Music, Music Poems, Poems, poetry

50 States of Generosity: Florida

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

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We continue our 50 States of Generosity series with a focus on Florida and its unbelievable falling iguanas.

Filed Under: 50 States, Blog, nature, Nature Poems

Between Friends: A Playful Reckoning

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

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If home offers a place to launch, maybe it’s because home can be a place where we can play. Callie Feyen explores the idea of play and reckoning with ourselves at home.

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Introvert Paradise: To Find the Imperial Friend, Part II

By Rick Maxson 7 Comments

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Richard Maxson concludes his reflection on growing up and finding the confidence to live as himself, this time in the engine of a white ’64 GTO.

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Regional Tour: High Tea at Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

By Laurie Klein 17 Comments

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Take High Tea beside pristine waters and mountains ranging down-lake in receding tiers, azure to palest blue with Laurie Klein at Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.

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Finding Eliot in St. Louis

By Glynn Young 17 Comments

Finding T.S. Eliot in St. Louis, where he was born and raised, is not an easy task, but he’s there, most of all in his poetry.

Filed Under: article, Books, Literary Tour, Poems, poetry, Poets, T.S. Eliot

This Week’s Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Seth Haines 13 Comments

The best in poetry (and poetic things), this week with Seth Haines. 1 Art Is nothing left sacred? Evidently an elderly townswoman in Spain failed to ask this question before attempting to “touch up” a nineteenth century fresco of Christ, the “ecce homo.” Painted by famous Spanish artist Elias Garcia Martinez in the sanctuary of […]

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It’s Here: 2 Cool Ways to Get Our Titles 1/2 Price!

By L.L. Barkat 9 Comments

To celebrate National Poetry Month, we’ve got a special offer for April only: Get a secret coupon for 50% off any TS Poetry title of your choice (unlimited copies—great for bookclubs or gifts!).

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This Week’s Top 10 Poetic Picks

By Matthew Kreider 14 Comments

The best in poetry, (and poetic things), this week with Matthew Kreider.

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