Hey, all you poets, head on over to BlogTalk Radio and listen to Alaina Alexander interview the “calming” and “elegant” Hilda Weiss. Yes, those are Alaina’s words, but she’s right. Hilda reads her work in a rich, soothing voice—like creamy chocolate—and her pacing is spot on. My favorite thing about Hilda’s speaking, however? She’s comfortable […]

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Dan Wickett, the man behind the screen of Emerging Writers Network, recently asked me if I’d participate in an e-panel of litbloggers. I said: sure. So here I am, along with 8 bloggers who are far more accomplished than I. I’m humbled, and a bit embarrassed, to be in their company.
Dan says:
The following is the […]

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In his Nobel Lecture, “My Father’s Suitcase,” which appears in the December 25-January 1, issue of The New Yorker, Orhan Pamuk talks about, among other things, why he writes. He says this:
“The question we writers are asked most often, the favorite question, is: Why do you write? I write because I have an innate need […]

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