I have never met Erika Dreifus in person, but I feel as if I know her. That may be because we’ve communicated quite a lot in recent years about writing and book-related news. We are connected by certain things; my…
The very first time I heard Jasen Sousa read, I knew he was something special. Something different. His energy and rhythm were those of a young rapper, and his topic that day was a woman lost, a story from the…
Today I have something special to offer: an interview with poet Patricia Colleen Murphy, whose new collection, Hemming Flames, won The May Swenson Poetry Award and has just been published by Utah State University Press. First some biographical notes: Patricia…
Many thanks to Jarrett Lerner, a Boston writer who recently asked me to contribute a guest blog post on a book/poem/short story that changed my life. What did I come up with? Find out here: “A Poem That Changed My…
[Chestnut Hill, MA, September, 2012] The Solstice Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing Program of Pine Manor College is pleased to offer the 2013 Sharon Olds Fellowship for Poetry. This $1,000 fellowship is given once annually to a poet who has…