Ocean State Writing Conference!!!

It's almost here folks and it looks like it's gonna be a whole lot of fun! Make your way to the University of Rhode Island's Kingston campus to listen to some of the hottest ( you know what I mean...) writers around talk about their craft. And you better not miss poet Patricia Smith wow us on Saturday!!! It begins this Thursday afternoon, the 18th of June, runs all day Friday and Saturday. There's a dinner Friday night where you can schmooze with other people who love language, I mean really, what else is going on for the heart and mind in these parts??? Can we all give Peter Covino, the founder of the conference and the conference organizer, Clea Liquard, a big hug and applause, please?


Go check out their website at http://www.uri.edu/summerwriting/ or their facebook page ( but of course) at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kingston-RI/Ocean-State-Summer-Writing-Conference/87222136117?ref=ts.

What poets are you reading?

Today my students picked some contemporary poets to study ( only criteria was that he/she was alive and had published at least one book). So...here goes, Sharon Olds, Louise Gluck, Ada Limon, Peter Covino, Michael Cirrelli, Gary Snyder, Denise Duhamel, Kay Ryan and others that I cannot remember right now. Hmmm...what poets are you reading these days? Ada Limon just got a poem ("Crush") published in the New Yorker!!! I love Ada, she came to read at URI via the wonderful Peter Covino and she is terrific, funny, and gracious. Go read her poem at www.newyorker.com /fiction. Oh and visit her blog, too. Link's on this page. Send me any interesting poetry stuff that is happening or that you want people to think about.