Joanna Preston: Tasmanaut Poet
Well I’ve just finished finalising selections for the next issue of [redacted], which I’m co-editing with the outgoing poetry editor. I’ve come to a couple of conclusions, which may or may not be of interest to anyone else (but hey, it’s been a while since I posted anything, so what the heck). 1. More women …
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I was sent a link to a quite interesting article from the Meanjin website, written by (book) editor, Mandy Brett. It's called Stet By Me, and I'll wait while you go read. Being sent the link just now is eerily appropriate, given that the Editing Masterclass has been rescheduled for this weekend (one space left, …
Hooray, enough people want to attend my Editing Masterclass! There are still a couple of places left, if you've been umming and ahhing. Those who are interested in the course but don't have a poem they want worked on, that's fine too – the course is about the process more than the product. Last possible …
I finished Poem, Revised the other day, and it was every bit as good as I'd hoped. There's one poet in particular that I'd like to quote: Deena Linett. Not because her revision was especially illuminating – we got the final version of the poem plus a lot of notes from early pre-drafts, along with …
Revision seems to be the area that most clearly sorts the poets from the play-poets. It's hard work (oh god, isn't it just!), and requires you to be able to divorce the editor-self from the poet-self (or "creative-self", if you prefer). Some days (and some poems) are easier than others. The comforting thing is that this …
A Dark Feathered Art 