from Yale University Press The Yale Series of Younger Poets champions the most promising new American poets. Awarded since 1919, the Yale Younger Poets prize is the oldest annual literary award in the United States. Past winners include Muriel Rukeyser, Adrienne Rich, William Meredith, W.S. Merwin, John Ashbery, John Hollander, James Tate, and Carolyn Forché. [...]
So I’m working on a new article for a national magazine (well, fingers crossed), and in the process I reach out to the subject of this article for an interview. I totally put on my detective hat and track him down via email (leaving all my credentials and contact info). He totally CALLS ME BACK [...]
I hesitate to label this a standard-issue “call for submissions” because it’s quite personal. Over at Coparenting101.org, the site I co-founded with El Ex, we’ve asked adult children of divorce to share their stories with us so that parents (and ultimately children) can benefit from their experiences. Since you can hear crickets chirping over there, [...]
Not yet, says my dear, dear friend Genie Maples: Remembrance and honor This morning, I woke with an instant awareness of the date (rarely happens) and the sentence in my head, “9/11 changed everything.” That sentiment has always bothered me. It’s repeated over and over as a justification for the intentional erosion of the foundations [...]
ETA: In case you can’t see the embedded video, here’s the link.
Hat tip to Tambay Shell in Iraqi gas deal worth up to $4bn By Ed Crooks and Roula Khalaf in London Royal Dutch Shell is to become the first western oil company to sign a deal with the Iraqi government since the US-led invasion of 2003, agreeing a plan to capture and use gas in [...]
Hat tip to Tambay Shell in Iraqi gas deal worth up to $4bn By Ed Crooks and Roula Khalaf in London Royal Dutch Shell is to become the first western oil company to sign a deal with the Iraqi government since the US-led invasion of 2003, agreeing a plan to capture and use gas in [...]
…I’m going to post about Sarah Palin. Steph got me talking about her in the comments here, and the next thing you know, I’m driving to pick Mini-Me up from school this afternoon and my mind wanders to, “I wonder what Ann Coulter has to say about Sarah Palin.” Ann Coulter drives me nuts because [...]
…I’m going to post about Sarah Palin. Steph got me talking about her in the comments here, and the next thing you know, I’m driving to pick Mini-Me up from school this afternoon and my mind wanders to, “I wonder what Ann Coulter has to say about Sarah Palin.” Ann Coulter drives me nuts because [...]
Blame our test-prep-crazed schools and overscheduled culture, sez the writer below. Amen and amen. Struggling School-Age Boys A new study says parents are right to worry about their sons. Peg Tyre Newsweek Web Exclusive Updated: 1:10 PM ET Sep 8, 2008 Every other week it seems a new study comes out that adds to our already-formidable arsenal [...]