Jill Alexander Essbaum is the author of three full-length collections of poetry: Heaven (2000, University Press of New England), Harlot (2007, No Tell Books), and Necropolis (2008, NeoNuma Arts). Her first book, Heaven, won the 1999 Bakeless Prize in Poetry. Her poems have appeared in many journals including Poetry, The   Read More ...

Susan Briande reads at the Omnidawn and Ahsanta Magnolia Ballroom Read

Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover reads at the Omnidawn and Ahsanta Magnolia Ballroom Read

So many people are being kind enough, as we wind up to the conference, to answer my questions. Today, we are talking with the founding editor of mudlucious press, and do check out their awesome website here http://www.mudlusciouspress.com.  So here is my brief interview with J. A. Tyler! Mudlucious press   Read More ...

Vivian Dorsel editor at upstreet, was kind enough to answer some of my questions. For those that are curious, upstreet is going to be at the bookfair (K21) and will be having a Thursday night event at 7pm, 910 Arts Event Gallery. 910 Santa Fe Drive, and if you haven’t   Read More ...

RICHARD’S TAKE ON THE DENVER AWP Here’s what looks good to me. * = where I’ll most likely be during that time period. WEDNESDAY April 7 12-7 Register THURSDAY April 8 9:00-10:15 R106. Reading, Writing, and Teaching the Literary Fantastic. * (Sarah Stone, Joan Silber, Melissa Pritchard, Doug Dorst, Sylvia   Read More ...

Is this your first AWP?  Or maybe you’re  a veteran.  Whatever your experience is with the AWP conference, here are my Top Ten Tips for enjoying yourself. 1. Authors – peruse the list of authors that you enjoy as a reader, approach them as a fan first.  Then look for   Read More ...