So much to share. First, thanks to translator Chen Du, my poetry appears this month in the Chinese journal Yan He (“Yan River”). The Books Movie also features my reading from Free Ferry (Upper Hand Press, 2017); on Wednesday, writer Vinny Dacquino interviews me on his TV program One on One; and on Sunday, Yorktown Poet Laureate John McMullen and I kick off National Poetry Month on his radio show. But wait! There’s more….A Gathering of Regional Poets
Come hear a dozen poets inaugurate the Hudson Highlands Poetry Reading Series, April 13 at 2pm, at the Desmond-Fish Libraryin Garrison. I am delighted to read with Sallie Bliumis-Dunn, Suzanne Cleary, Ann Lauinger, Jo Pitkin, and Margo Taft Stever; and to meet T.R. Hummer, Heller Levinson, Mary Newell, Kathleen Ossip, Sean Singer, and Edwin Torres. Thanks to Mary Newell for organizing this special event!
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| Dr. George Kraus |
Sundays with George
I am equally honored to read with poet Kristin Prevallet and share the podium again with Margo Taft Stever at the Sundays with George Series at the Shames JCC on the Hudson, April 28 at 1:30pm. Hosted by poet Dr. George Kraus, the readings are always lively. Hope to see you there!
Enchantment of the Ordinary
So thrilled to be in the anthology, Enchantment of the Ordinary (Mutabilis Press). Isn't that what poets routinely do, find enchantment in the ordinary? Thanks to editor John Gorman for welcoming a Yankee into this celebration of Texas poets. I am honored to be in such a delightful volume with wonderful poets Michael Baldwin, Jim Lavilla-Havelin, and Linda Simone. Read it and you will be enchanted too.The Hero
Thanks to poet and publisher Eric Greinke, one of the first reviewers of my Sanguinetti translation Hence this cradle(Seismicity Editions, 2007), who commented on the latest, The Hero (Chax Press, 2018): The Hero coaxes the reader on as it resists him. One searches for something to ground it, but it keeps us on the border between narrative and free association. The reference points brought up a vague idea of a story about a day after I finished it, kind of a ghost story. A combination of Finnegans Wake and the poetry of Artaud. The hero is the reader.NEA Fellow Kerrin McCadden on John Mac Radio
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Jeanette Briggs Spins Favorites
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| Jeanette Briggs |
Drive with Host Kenny O'Boyle on WFDU. Jeanette played It's a Beautiful Day’s "White Bird"; Tommy James and the Shondells’ "Crystal Blue Persuasion"; the Win-
stons’ "Color Him Father" ; and surprised Michael and me by dedicating Cream’s "White Room” to us!
New Releases
Katherine M. Hedeen and Víctor Rodríguez Núñez, editors, In The Drying Shed Of Souls: Poetry From Cuba's Generation Zero (The Operating System)
Rosemary Potatoes
6 cups boiling water
6 medium red boiling potatoes or 8 new potatoes
1 Tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
2 Tablespoons chopped fresh onion or leek
3 Tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
white or black pepper
Wash potatoes, and pare out any eyes. Put in boiling water and cook until done, about 30 minutes. In large skillet, sauté onion or leek in olive oil. Drain and slice potatoes, keeping the peel on. Put them in skillet with onion or leek, and cook for 5-10 minutes. Add rosemary, salt, and pepper. Important: Cook until “a tad crispy.” You can also mash all the ingredients to make patties, place on a cooking sheet, and bake 10-15 minutes in a 350-degree oven.
Creative Opportunities
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| Edwin Torres |
Hudson Valley Writers Center spring workshops
Pedestal is accepting poetry submissions from May 6 – May 26
Poetry Readings / Literary Events
Bernard’s Inn, April 4, 12 noon, Pamela Hart, author of Mothers Over Nangarhar (Sarabande, 2019), three-course luncheon and reading, $35
Esther Raushenbush Library, April 5, 10:30am, Vijay Seshadri
Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library, April 6, 3pm, poets Jo Pitkin, Lucia Cherciu, and Raphael Kosek
Westchester Poetry Festival, April 6, 1-4:30pm, Victoria Chang and others
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| Sarah Bracey White |
Katonah Library, April 7, 4pm, Major Jackson, $10
Barat House, April 11, 7pm, Terry Dugan, Katherine Flannery Dering, and Alex Lindquist
Desmond-Fish Library, April 13, 2-4pm, Ann Cefola, Suzanne Cleary, Sally Bliumis-Dunn, T.R. Hummer, Ann Lauinger, Heller Levinson, Mary Newell, Kathleen Ossip, Jo Pitkin, Sean Singer, Margo Taft-Stever, and Edwin Torres inaugurate the Hudson Highlands Poetry Reading Series
Hudson Valley Writers Center, April 19, 7pm, open mic
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| Maureen Pilkington |
Shames JCC on the Hudson, April 28, 1:30pm, Ann Cefola, Kristin Prevallet, and Margo Taft-Stever read in the Sundays with George Poetry Series; hosted by Dr. George Kraus
McNally Jackson, May 1, 7pm, Maureen Pilkington and Kevin Pilkington
ʼRound the Net
Racoco Productions Director Rachel Cohen on the debut of the Times-endorsed TILT, a live performance/construction swirling movement, wood, live music, tap dance, pinball, and Don QuixotePoet Terry Dugan on work accepted into Cut Poems from Air: Poetry Inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks (Atrocious Poets)
Poet and YA author Pamela Laskin on winning the Leapfrog International's 2019 Contest for her YA novel Why No Bhine-Or Why No Good-Bye, forthcoming this fall from Leapfrog Press
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Poet and artist Meg Lindsay on her poem, “What They Don’t Tell You” appearing in Pulse; and her work being featured in the upcoming RiverArts Studio Touron April 27-28
Books Movie ProducerMaría Luisa López on La Fonoteca de Poesíabeing highlighted on Public Television News in Asturias, Spain
Art historian and translator Beth Gersh-Nešićon the launch of the André Salmon blog and for this fantastic interview with New Wave director Agnès Varda
Poet and artist Linda Simone for this blog onsecrets of book promotion and this MoMA map of connections between abstract artists
Filmmaker Fran Sisco on winning Best LGBT Documentary for “Happy Trans Girl Like Me,” at the Cutting Room International Short Film Festival
Many people are surprised to find a recipe here. I think of annogram as a physical space, and I want to welcome readers with something good to eat as well as to read. So get out your fork, and after you’ve had your fill, as Virginia Woolf suggests, you are ready for pen and paper.
Until next time,