August - 2020 3/4

Education: Do I need it?

This is a top five contender question in all of the Creative Writing and Author Facebook groups I'm in. So do you? Well.... Yes! Does it...

Read A Book Ball --Frederick County Public Libraries Fundraiser

My good friend Tyler Chadwell is a librarian in Frederick County, Maryland. I am participating, with great excitement in the Read A Book...

Day 14: "Sleeping with the Moon" by Colleen J. McElroy

I was introduced to this book about three weeks ago in class. Our class featured using the moon in poetry. This collection is the perfect...

The Masculinized Pen Name

I suppose enough readers, editors, internet enthusiasts have seen my picture. I am, of course, very female. Surprise! Well, perhaps not...

Day 13: "Talking to My Body" by Anna Swir

I read Talking to My Body a bit a few months ago. I was amazed then (it was in the 800 books) am still as I continue to read at how...

Day 12: "Ready for the World" by Becca Klaver

Ready for the World is edgy and very modern. There are selfies, laptops, faux witches and real ones, the idea of playing pretend and role...

Day 11: "Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings" by Joy Harjo

I want to first say that I was introduced to this book and to Joy Harjo by Grace Cavalieri in her podcast Poem and the Poet. I...

Day 10! : Unending Blues by Charles Simic

Unending Blues has great images, but I feel as if I am left out. Most of the poems are written to or inspired by someone--and I'm not...

Day 9: Oar by Moya Cannon

My copy is inscribed "To Carol, with best wishes"--but this is not one of the 800 books I was gifted. I was "assigned." "suggested" to...

Day 8: Jackknife by Jan Beatty

In "The Kindness" the narrator creates vivid place and emotion: I am walking in the psych hospital in Pittsburgh, feeling broken &...

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