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Top 10 Reasons to Re-Read ‘Rumors of Water’
What’s your favorite writing book? LW Lindquist says it’s time to re-read Rumors of Water and has 10 great quotes to tell you why.
The Best in Poetry: This Month’s Top Ten Poetic Picks
Writing conferences pert’near South Dakota, making carrots into clarinets, art you can’t see unless it’s raining. It has to be our Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Join Dolly Lee on her latest literary tour and explore the wide range of contemporary art in the collection at the Cantor Art Center at Stanford.
Poetry in Public: The Poet as ‘Unacknowledged Legislator’
When did poetry become a private pursuit? Charity Singleton Craig explores the role of poetry in changing public discourse.
On Being a Writer Workshop
A writing workshop that will help you develop a satisfying, lasting writing life. Learn from two great editors who’ve developed successful long-term careers.
The Fierce Convictions of Hannah More
“She may be the most famous person I never heard of.” Karen Swallow Prior’s biography of Hannah More, “Fierce Convictions, ” brings a life back into the knowledge it deserves.
A Book of Middles: Silver Dream
What does a “middle” look like in a story? Or, how do you perhaps begin a story “in medias res”? The Book of Middles explores these questions and more.
The World War I Poets in the War
Max Egremont’s “Some Desperate Glory” combines history, biography and poetry to describe the World War I that the war poets experienced.
Memoir Notebook: Voices (or, How to Write Spiritual Memoir)
Heed the voices, says Wm. Anthony Connolly, for they are the memoirist’s own rising from the soul.
Reading Ulysses: Mischief in the Woods
What can reading Ulysses in the woods teach us about changing education and throwing out the idea of homework? A whole lot.
Literary Tour: David Levinthal’s “MAKE BELIEVE” Exhibit at San Jose Museum of Art
Visit David Levinthal’s ‘MAKE BELIEVE’ exhibit at San Jose Museum of art, with cultural images such as Barbie, baseball, World War II and sexual politics.
The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks
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.
A Poetry Dare. I Really Don’t Care.
We’ve extended a poetry dare. And the subject is not quite willing. What will happen to Ed over the next 30 days?
Top 10 Best Mirror Poems
Poems make wonderful mirrors, excellent tools for self-reflection. We’ve gathered up a collection of 10 great mirror poems.
The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, & Issa
Got an interest in haiku? The Essential Haiku is a great place to start. That, and the soup bowl.
Tweetspeak Poetry’s Top Ten Posts from the Last Month (or so)
Ever wonder what we’re reading at Tweetspeak Poetry? Browse our Top Ten Posts from the last month (or so) and find out.
The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks
Trouble in the Little Free Libraries, the shocking truth about boredom, words to make your poetry legit, Neruda’s new old poems, and why Tim Tebow sells more books than Billy Collins. It’s the best in poetry (and poetic things in our latest Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Top 10 YA and Children’s Books
Kimberlee Conway Ireton shares her top 10 YA and children’s books (actually, 17 or so).
Top Ten Independence Poems
All of us want a little independence; some of us want a lot. Which is to say that independence isn’t only a political thing. Celebrate (or keep reaching) with these 10 great independence poems.