Dear Readers, Spring is in full swing, and so is our next issue of Poetry Northwest, due to hit newsstands and mailboxes in early June. We’re a little behind our usual schedule, but never fear– the …
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Dear Readers, Spring is in full swing, and so is our next issue of Poetry Northwest, due to hit newsstands and mailboxes in early June. We’re a little behind our usual schedule, but never fear– the next issue is our biggest and best yet. It features poetry by Sierra Nelson, Troy Jollimore, Ellen Bass, Olena Kalytiak Davis, Andrew Zawacki, and Nicky Beer, photography by Doug Keyes, Nance Van Winckel, Dianne Kornberg, and a special feature on the work of Mary Randlett, including rare photos of the last days of Theodore Roethke. There’s also a special section with ruminations on the intersections of poetry & photography by C.D. Wright, Sharon Olds, John Yau, and many others. Worth the wait, we promise. Meanwhile, now’s the time to subscribe to ensure this special reaches you fresh from it stop-bath. And watch for more po-photographic inquiry in this space all summer long…
At the Community section of Poetry Northwest Online, read a recent conversation with artist Gala Bent, whose work appears in and on the cover of the Fall & Winter 2012-2013 issue of Poetry Northwest (v7.n2). …
On Wednesday, March 20, 2013, David Biespiel will read with Stanley Plumly at Seattle’s ACT Theater. Details here.
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Stanley Plumly has been a mentor and friend of mine since 1988 when I took his Form and …
On Tuesday, March 19, 2013, Stanley Plumly will give a talk on John Keats as part of the Seattle Arts & Lectures Poetry Series. This event is co-presented by Seattle Arts & Lectures and Poetry …
Sometimes it takes a long time for me to find a poem in the material I’ve drafted; “Quick River” started several years before it found its course. It began as a series of images—light, leaves, …
Sometimes I finish a poem and then spend weeks or months trying to find the right title, but “My GPS Speaks” was a case of finding the title first and then trying to write the …
