Tag: Solstice MFA program
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Salamander virtual event & more!
I’m excited to welcome folks to the next Salamander virtual event happening this THURSDAY, 7/20. Here are the deets: WHAT: Salamander issue #56 Virtual ReadingWHEN: Thursday, July 20th: 6-7PM ESTWHO: Brent Ameneyro, Milica Mijatović, & Joseph DanteWHERE: Via Zoom! Register for this event at this link.[Note: ASL interpretation will be provided at this event.] Super-excited to be hosting these wonderful…
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poet as instagram photo dump
There’s this practice on Instagram where people do a “photo dump” which has them sharing a random hodgepodge of recent pics. Please consider this post as a blog version of that. Am slowly relearning my voice here. More reviews coming, and other things as well 🙂 The influence here, at least for this post, is…
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community feature: Solstice MFA!!!
Just a quick post to share some of the virtual events open to the general public going on at this year’s Solstice MFA Winter Residency! Super excited to be given a chance to work with these graduate students, building with them and guiding them on their respective writing paths, as well as to engage with…
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writer feature: Quintin Collins
This week I am proud to feature the work of Quintin Collins whose debut collection The Dandelion Speaks of Survival arrives this month from Cherry Castle Publishing. I have been admirer of Collins’ work both on and off the page for a few years now. As an activist and organizer, Collins has helped foster a…
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brief dispatch: sharing is caring
This week has me busy at the Solstice MFA low-residency program’s virtual winter residency. I’m having a lovely time spending time with this great community. The workshops are virtual, but the vibes are all real, ha. Even shared a shape poem exercise I wrote about here a bit ago. Also shared this week: This cool…
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writing prompt: found sonnet
This week’s writing prompt has me sharing something I wrote during my experience teaching in my first winter residency for the Solstice low-residency MFA program at Pine Manor College. Along with teaching a craft course on poetic authority and hybrid forms and participating in a faculty reading, I also had the privilege of leading a…
The Friday Influence 