Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet
Rightio, time to give away some more magazines. In honour of the start of winter (usually my most productive of the four seasons), I'm offering: Imago 13:3 (2001) – a now-defunct Australian mag The North 44 (2009) – a British mag Poetry CLXXVI:3 (June 2000) – an American mag (yes, that one) Takahe 58 (2006) …
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I do love Mary Oliver's poems, but I'm always nervous when I start reading a new collection. Her writing is becoming ever more stripped back, and relies on the rightness of her observations, rather than dazzling bravado with imagery. But there are plenty of exceptions to that rule, especially in her earlier poems. One that …
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I was sent a link to an interesting couple of articles about book reviewing, and where it can all go so horribly wrong. Start with Jeremiah Chamberlin's preliminary post on the concept of The Good Review. Read it, then come back. I'll wait. (Don't I always?) Then there's Charles Baxter on that classic Amazon-style me-fest, …
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the muse is a jealous [demotic use of the word properly used to indicate the female of the species Canis lupus familiaris], and there are nine of them. You don't have a dog, and “the chickens ate my homework” is unlikely to work as an excuse with anyone with enough intelligence to successfully wear pants. …
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Now that post title should get quite a few confused new visitors … The winner of my first Magazine De-clutter Giveaway contest (and only participant) is (drumroll please) Greg O'Connell! Well done Greg. I think your stilt limerick frightened the pretenders away. But I have say that my personal favourite was your cinquain “March Night”. …
A Dark Feathered Art 