January 31, 2013
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I get The Kenyon Review on my Kindle and think it’s a really cool lit mag. This is a group of folks I’m hoping to connect with at AWP in Boston because they’re doing some innovative and inspiring things, like … Continue reading
December 11, 2012
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Did I write the first 50,000 words of my novel? Is that why I’ve been MIA from my blog for so long? Sadly, no. And, happily. Instead of writing a pile of you-know-what, I’ve been working on some excellent projects … Continue reading
October 10, 2012
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Issue 5 of Under the Gum Tree is beautiful and available for purchase. And there will be a party/reading to commemorate the start of our second year on October 19 at Thinkhouse Collective, (1617 18th St. Sacramento). Please join us. … Continue reading
September 3, 2012
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The new issue of Gently Read Literature has been released. Another collection of fine books reviewed by fine reviewers, including a review of Terese Svoboda’s Bohemian Girl by Yours Truly. Find it here.
July 25, 2012
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Why are ice pops so beautiful against a stark white background? My understanding of what makes certain images artistic is pretty much limited to the kind of images that one creates with letters of the alphabet, but I … Continue reading
June 22, 2012
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Today is a perfect day in Nor Cal: Seventy degrees and sunny, a light breeze blowing the leaves on our plentiful trees. What makes it really perfect is, first, it is Friday; and second, that I have the third issue … Continue reading
January 18, 2012
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Do you suffer from idiopathic craniofacial erythema? I do, and so does Yale Professor and essayist Colleen Kinder. Her essay about blushing is the feature story in the newly released Volume 2 of Under the Gum Tree, a non-fiction literary … Continue reading
January 4, 2012
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I don’t know about you, but my downtime looks an awful lot like my uptime. I am very happy to be one of those people who loves her work. I spend a lot of time reading for pleasure, which means … Continue reading
October 12, 2011
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I’d like to offer congratulations to my Sacramento colleagues: Jen Palmares Meadows and Joshua McKinney for their contributions to Summer 2011 Denver Quarterly. McKinney’s poetry also appeared in the premier issue of Phantom Drift: A Journal of New Fabulism, as … Continue reading
October 10, 2011
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The current issue of Word Riot is out and raises the bar once again for on-line literary magazines. Thanks to Jackie Corley and the editors for doing such a fine job finding gems. One of my favorites from the issue: plans … Continue reading