My syllabus topper: “…understand how a poem can happen: you have your eye on a small elusive detail, pursuing its music, when a terrible truth strikes and your heart cries out, being carried off.”—Eamon Grennan — Patricia Smith (@pswordwoman) July 24, 2018
Here's the review online: https://t.co/wHAluG8pch — Grant Clauser (@UnIambic) July 24, 2018
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell https://t.co/OhqKrU0PBE — David Priess (@DavidPriess) July 24, 2018
Literary magazines matter. Here's a note from William H. Gass in his first novel, Omensetter's Luck. pic.twitter.com/uVAtE58s9X — Nick Ripatrazone (@nickripatrazone) July 24, 2018
And don't forget checking Submittable and Duotrope way more often than is strictly necessary too. — Lee Potts ? (@LeePottsPoet) July 24, 2018
It was so much easier when you would check the physical mailbox once a day, six days a week. And once the mail was delivered that day, that was it, you knew you could relax until tomorrow. Now notices come willy-nilly whenever they want to! Ahhhhhhhh! — Lee Potts ? (@LeePottsPoet) July 24, 2018
As a writer, you've got to become accustomed to silence—even after publication of your poems, stories, essays, books. It is the only way to survive. — Nick Ripatrazone (@nickripatrazone) July 23, 2018
@RaphaelPMaurice Hi! @hmvanderhart suggested that it might be possible for me to get a copy of The Idiot's Calendar directly from you. Can that be arranged? I'm looking very forward to reading it and I don't mind bypassing Amazon at all (especially in support of a poet). — Lee Potts ? (@LeePottsPoet) July 24, 2018
.@SharonIsbin's classical guitar is a big part of my writing playlist. One of her albums was featured inflight entertainment on my 1st trip to Europe and I listened to it on repeat all night. Now I always associate it w/trying to sleep in dark transatlantic plane cabins & Zurich — Lee Potts ? (@LeePottsPoet) July […]
To my housemates: NEVER, EVER EAT THE PLUMS WHICH I WAS SAVING IN THE ICEBOX FOR BREAKFAST OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. I BET THEY WERE SO SWEET AND SO COLD. AND DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH MY WHEELBARROW. — David J. Loehr (@dloehr) July […]