Monthly Archives: May 2012
In the Mood for Spring: Part III
The last batch of Reading Poetry presentations on collections of contemporary poetry wrapped up today, along with moodboards, including this one on The Arkansas Testament by Derek Walcott… …this one (a mood object? A mood Tupperware?) on Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith… …and this one on Howl by Allen Ginsberg… Thanks to everyone for doing such lovely work to end the [...]
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In the Mood for Spring: Part II
The second round of Reading Poetry presentations on collections of contemporary poetry continued yesterday, as did the moodboards, including this one on Nothing Happened and Besides I Wasn’t There by Mark Wallace… …this one on A Key Into the Language of America by Rosemarie Waldrop… …this one on The Book of Gods and Devils by Charles Simic… …and this one on Tinderbox [...]
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In the Mood for Spring: Part I
Who, around Chicago, is not in the mood for Spring? And who, around DePaul, is not in the mood for Spring quarter to be over, which it will be shortly? In the meantime, despite the many spring feverish distractions, the students in my Reading Poetry class are making beautiful moodboards for their final presentations on [...]
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The Best Mail Day in a While…
…courtesy of the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP). Thanks, City of Chicago!
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Are you an English student? Do you want to have a “career”?
If so, you should come by the Career Panel for English Students at DePaul University tomorrow night, Tuesday, May 15 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Poet Chris Green, prose writer Gioia Diliberto and I will be discussing our respective career paths and fielding questions from the audience in Arts & Letters Hall Room 211 on [...]
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Whose lake? The Devil’s lake.
Which is to say that the Spring 2012 issue of the literary magazine Devil’s Lake has a joke by Elisa and me in it, along with lots of other great stuff.
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Do you pronounce it “Wit” or “White”?
Nobody knows for sure, but any way you say it, the Wit Rabbit Reading Series is not to be missed. It’s at this bar Quenchers that purveys Tater Tot Pizza… …and Volcano Tots among other delights… …and last night, it also had Ashley David… …Catherine Theis… …Lily Brown… …and me… Thanks to the Wit Rabiteers [...]
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Martin Seay will be reading in the Wit Rabbit Reading Series…