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And we’re off to AWP!
Off to Baltimore for AWP. Come find me at the Ashland Poetry Press / Black Fork Review table — #1276 Also co-sponsoring a reading…
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Keynote speaker for Sigma Tau Delta Initiation
For the second time, I got to deliver remarks at Ashland’s Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society Initiation Ceremony. I don’t know why, but I’m…
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John Sara comes to town
My friend and former grad student, John Sara, comes to Ashland to read from his new book, The Poet Who Cried Monster, a response…
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Off to Tuscany for Thanksgiving
And I’m heading back to the homeland — it’s time to go to Italy again! Over Thanksgiving week, I’m co-leading a writing residency with…
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Going to the Winter Wheat Festival
I’m taking the Ashland Poetry Press to Bowling Green State for the Mid-American Review’s Winter Wheat Literary Festival. We went in 2024 and had…
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Broadside contest closes down
Finalists will go off to the judge, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo. Winners will be passed to designer Lindsay Lusby. And then broadsides will be available…
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Visiting Writer Series: Ian Stansel
I got to host short story writer and novelist Ian Stansel this week. He’s a walking text-book for fiction writers, and my only regret…
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Release event for Valerie Perreault’s Neon Pastoral (in Key West)
So I flew to Key West for a few days, to celebrate the release of 2024 Snyder Prize winner, Valerie Perreault’s Neon Pastoral. It…
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Three more Early Promise Grants
I’ll be sponsoring three more students to take to Baltimore for AWP this spring, via the AU Early Promise Grants. This is always one…
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Broadside Contest Launches, pt. 3
Ashland Poetry Broadside Contest, year 3. This year’s judge: Marcelo Hernandez Castillo