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What Is Poetry? Review of TO THE MAN IN THE RED SUIT by Christina Fulton

What Is Poetry? Review of TO THE MAN IN THE RED SUIT by Christina Fulton

To the Man in the Red Suit by Christina Fulton Review by Dr. Maureen Goldstein What is poetry? This age-old question spans from the Ancients to the millennium, and in most cases, the answers will vary according to the literary period.  Poetry may convey emotions/attitudes on any given subject ranging from philosophy, social consciousness, to […]

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She Is Fierce: Collecting Women’s Poetry

She Is Fierce: Collecting Women’s Poetry

It’s an exciting time for poetry. Slams and performances are attracting huge audiences; book sales are booming; some of today’s biggest online superstars are poets. Women are at the forefront of this movement: winning prizes, headlining festivals, topping bestseller lists and connecting with thousands of readers in digital spaces. It has not, however, always been […]

September 17, 2018 | By | Reply More
Why Do You Write?

Why Do You Write?

We’re giving away two copies of Sweta’s SARIS AND A SINGLE MALT this month, TELL US WHY YOU WRITE in the comments for a chance to win! How many times have you, the writer, been asked “Why do you write?” How often do we believe that we know why we write? But if you mindfully ponder over […]

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Novelist Or Poet?

Novelist Or Poet?

When I was thirteen years old, I announced that I was going to be a poet when I grew up. I had already been writing poetry for years – since the age of 10 – and both my fifth grade teacher, Mr. Alexander, and my sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Melchior, had encouraged me. Mrs. Melchior, […]

March 15, 2017 | By | 1 Reply More
Interview with Linda Gray Sexton

Interview with Linda Gray Sexton

Linda Gray Sexton is a novelist and memoirist who lives and writes in San Francisco. In 1994, she published her first memoir, Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton, in which chronicled her experience growing up as the daughter of poet Anne Sexton. In her second memoir, Half in Love: […]

November 25, 2015 | By | 2 Replies More
The Gatekeeper

The Gatekeeper

On the morning of Friday, May 30, my husband and I got a call from India: my mother was in critical condition and hospitalized in New Delhi. I thought it was a bad joke because (a) My Mom wasn’t sick. I had barely spoken with Mom two days ago and promised to cook, Kalam Polow, a […]

September 19, 2014 | By | 7 Replies More
The Poetic World of Emily Brontë

The Poetic World of Emily Brontë

We have all read a novel or poem at one time in our lives, maybe in high school or college, and then read it later in life and experienced the work in a different way — usually finding meaning that was absent the first time around. For example, I read Catcher in the Rye in […]

July 18, 2014 | By | 5 Replies More