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Latest News - If you are in the North Bay area this Tuesday night, please come check this out!5 days ago
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Poetry Alive and Poetry Reading in July 2026 - I will share four kinds of poetry: haiku, shape poetry, free verse, erasure poetry and poetry and music.., yes, i have a whole day as poet in class… will a...1 week ago
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Chloe Yelena Miller's PERFORATED - Chloe is a good friend and poet. Her second book PERFORATED marks an advance over her first VIABLE. The strengths of the first are still present in the sec...1 week ago
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250 Years of the USA - *A Hollywood film poster that shows the best and worst of America in one product* Nothing made by humans is all good. Of all the verities that have been a...
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New poem: The Station Ghazal - I have a new poem out in the Stone Circle Review. Read it here: https://stonecirclereview.com/the-station/5 weeks ago
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440 Books of Speculative Poetry (2012-2024) - As we get ready to wind down the 30th National Poetry Month, I thought it might be a good idea to post a list of known books of speculative poetry the SF...
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The Golden Bowl - Henry James by John Singer Sargent It was on one of those cool bright blustery days that England sometimes throws up at the very beginning of summer, a Ju...
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African Literature… - If you’re in Hong Kong at the end of January and you would like to spend an evening talking about … Continue reading →6 months ago
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“On Fridays” published in Thema (USA) and translated into Bahasa Melayu - “On Fridays” was published as a reprint in the Summer 2025 issue of *Thema*. This was the sixth time that *Thema* had published one of ...
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Divesh’s Journey - Divesh is an entrepreneur who loves solving problems. He was born in India and migrated to Australia at the young age of 21. His family background was on...3 years ago
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Strange Light: A Dispatch from Isolation - Here’s a link to a recent blog post I wrote for The Windhover. https://blogs.umhb.edu/windhover/2020/05/22/strange-light-a-dispatch-from-isolation-by-daniel...5 years ago
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Poems online - Hi. Here are some poems of mine published in journals and available to read online. Please click on the links to read. In most cases,…5 years ago
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Two by Edwin Morgan & The Edwin Morgan Poetry Award - I remember some Scottish Valentine's Day short film from some years ago, where they went around asking people on the streets to recite their favourite lov...
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Kolkata Book Fair - Our Beloved BoiMela Memories - #BoiMela #KolkataBookFair #Boimela2020 #InternationalBookFair #KolkataInternationalBookFair Tomorrow ( or today as it's past 12 ) is the last day of our b...
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Website Moving! - This website is moving to http://www.theduckopera.com. Follow the link for poetry, prose and musings about disability, as well as low-histamine recipes and...6 years ago
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A Journey to the Sacred Mountain of Siao-Outai-Shan - A Journey to the Sacred Mountain of Siao-Outai-Shan, in China. By Arnold Henry Savage Landor. Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1865–1924) was an English paint...6 years ago
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“Chanting the Mountains” - for Internation Mountain Day, December 11th Say: “Mountains are sacred” because mountains are born from contracting tectonic plates–– because mountains...7 years ago
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sawasawako:“In this culture, we celebrate boys through the... - sawasawako: “In this culture, we celebrate boys through the lexicon of violence – ‘you’re killin’ it,’ ‘you’re making a killin’,’ ‘smash ‘em,’ ‘blow ‘em ...7 years ago
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Solstice Pursuits - In the dark, fish-smelling recesses of Hong Kong’s Aberdeen Harbour we turned a corner one night and came upon an unexpected sight: a makeshift, floating r...7 years ago
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To meteoro vima tou pelargou - Theo Angelopoulos' *The Suspended Step of the Stork* is heavy in symbolism and could probably have been an even better film than it is by eschewing some of...7 years ago
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Promo Dufan Juni 2019 - *Promo Dufan Juni 2019* - Dufan bermaksud "Fantasy World". Dufan adalah salah satu daya tarik pelancong yang merupakan sebahagian daripada Ancol Dreamlan...7 years ago
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The cover of A Tale Of Truths! - The cover of my rococo fairy tale novella A Tale Of Truths! Soon out from Bill Campbell’s Rosarium Publishing. The cover is ingeniously designed and beauti...
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Reading Queer: Poetry in a Time of Chaos (Lambda Litfest) Sunday, Sept 30, 2-3p @ Ave 50 Studio! - This reading at Lambda Litfest will celebrate Reading Queer: Poetry in a Time of Chaos (http://www.itascabooks.com/reading-queer.html) edited by Neil de la...7 years ago
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Just how to Develop A Garden Box - Essay writing doesn’t should be hard. The most essential point is the truth that essay writing makes it possible to show your creativity using your imagina...8 years ago
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Of Endings and Beginnings - Closing in on some endings this week – it’s May, which means another school year is coming to a close, and I just finished reading To Kill A Mockingbird wi...8 years ago
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How do you remember? - I am writing tonight from a couch at the reception of the hostel where I am staying in Berlin– an area that doubles up as a nice bar/ hangout space. Behind...8 years ago
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Greg's 2016 Roundup - Hello, dear friends. Has another year really gone by? I really haven't kept up to date on this blog, although if you want know what's going on with me, ple...9 years ago
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silence - all but a third of the surface of sound is an ocean of silence rivers carve canyons of desire in what remains, every flood a memory of water ©Steven Schro...9 years ago
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Sadiquain in Intimate Moments - I had the privilege to attend the opening reception of a unique exhibition: "Sadiquain in Intimate Moments", courtesy of the Hashoo Group of Hotels. The d...
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Newsletter No. V: The Netflix Documentary Edition Or How to not be like Tom Cruise - THE PREAMBLE (Or WHY MENDELSOHN’S BREAKING HIS OWN RULES AND NOT RECOMMENDING ANY BOOKS THIS TIME): I tend to recommend the same books again and again for ...10 years ago
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Very happy to have Sara’s latest, You Are One. Just in time for... - Very happy to have Sara’s latest, *You Are One. *Just in time for this little one’s first birthday in a few months.10 years ago
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Three Poems in The Sunflower Collective - The Sunflower Collective is the newest poetry initiative I know of. It’s not your usual poetry blog. And it’s not just poetry for the sake of poetry. There...10 years ago
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Werd Has Moved! - Hello, Werds! This is just a quick note to thank you for reading my blog and to inform you that I have moved shop to a new URL with a fancy new ‘do! For a...10 years ago
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#11 The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver - A reader recently compared my writing in *Gatekeeper *to Kingsolver’s. My agent was thrilled (what agent wouldn’t be?) while I am less convinced. I think ...
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A cup of fine tea: Jason S Polley’s “Constituent Command” - Jason S Polley’s “Constituent Command” [Read the poem here] (First published in Issue #25 of Cha) -This post is written by Zabrina Lo. photograph by Jaso...11 years ago
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reading, mis - Misreading can be enjoyable. The other day, I misread graves: Mother. Waiter. Photo: Gravestone, Mauriceville, New Zealand (At rest, I like, and the plac...
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The Places We’ve Been: An Interview with Editor Asha Veal Brisebois - I was fortunate last year to have an essay, “Bunking With the Enemy,” included in The Places We’ve Been: Field Reports from Travelers Under 35, an antholog...
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First interview on Asiri's Quest - Daily News interview by Sachitra Mahendra. I spoke about exoticising local culture - not exorcising it. :-)12 years ago
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Some-such-made Jayate – Season One Review - I like Aamir as an actor. I am a little cross about Peepli Live. I still want my refund for Dhobi Ghat. I thought the kid coming back to life in Three Idio...13 years ago
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Get a $109 Amazon Kindle for $79! - Since I’m in the mood to sell things and since I could use the money, too, I’m going to let all my friends and readers of “Little Things” in on this deal...14 years ago
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A new website for Margaret - Margaret’s family has created a new website for her. Most of the content is from her blog, just re-organized, but there are also a few previously unpublish...14 years ago
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Fall Readings - I’m happy to be reading in Seattle and Minneapolis this fall. On Thursday, September 15 I will be reading with Kevin Minh Allen at the Courtyard Marriott i...14 years ago
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Kerry Leves - Last week, in the reluctant autumn sun our dear friend and fellow poet, Kerry Leves left us with memories, words and light, for the other side. Goodbye for...15 years ago
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FOOTPRINTS IN THE BAJRA a "first in Indian writing in English" - INDIAN LITERATURE (IL, 259), the flagship journal of Sahitya Akademi (national academy of letters, India) recently published a nice review to my book "FOOT...
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Reading habits I: Magazines - According to statistics by the Periodical Publishers Association for Magazine Week 2008, as many as 2,600 magazines are sold each minute in the UK. With a ...16 years ago
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Farewell, and Thank You. - To our beloved community: Today marks the end of the adventure that has been Lantern Review. Getting to work on the magazine, the blog, our newsletter—all ...3 years ago
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AND THE DEAD SHALL RISE ... - After nearly ten years, my second novel, MEMENTO PARK, is about to come out, with blurbs from Salman Rushdie, Marisa Silver, Min Jin Lee and Joseph O'Neill...8 years ago
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2015 - I've not had time to blog properly in a long while, but this has become my main repository for the grotesque. If you're interested, please drop in. I don...
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An interview - I had the chance to interview Carol Guess and Kristina Marie Darling for Heavy Feather Review. It was a great time and I’m grateful to all involved.13 years ago
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