Tag: poetry
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Reading Carole Maso on my way to San Diego
I was on a plane when I opened Carole Maso’s book Break Every Rule. I sat in the aisle seat next to two people–a guy flying to San Diego for civilian work with the Navy and a woman from the mountain town my partner wishes we lived in. The woman chatted a lot, mostly about…
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Emerging from the Corner
The other day, I was looking at my submittable page. Currently, there are six submissions marked “in progress” and six just sitting there as “received.” There is another out there with a magazine that doesn’t use submittable.
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Tuesday Review: Landscape of The Wait by Jami Macarty
Tuesday Review: Landscape of The Wait by Jami Macarty I have not blogged in a long while, but I am getting back to it. I am going to start a new Tuesday Review series, where I review books of poems that I come across. I couldn’t think of a better way to launch the series…
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Emerging From the Divide
Emerging From the Divide I see a lot of mountains. I love mountains. I feel at home near the mountains. Some people feel at home near water. I like water, too, but I love the mountains. They represent so much. They are vast here. They are hard and beautiful. Here it is easy to leave…
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Exciting Publishing News
Exciting Publishing News This is the cover of my forthcoming chapbook of poems The Persistence of a Bathing Suit. The getting here has all been kind of crazy. The short of it is in Spring of last year I submitted my manuscript to Finishing Line Press for their New Women’s Voice competition last spring. At…
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Postcards, Poems, and Peace
Postcards, Poems, and Peace I’ve neglected my blog. The stress of adjusting to life in a new place, the stress of holidays, the stress of new jobs, and the stress of what’s going on politically has made it hard to put thoughts into words. For some, that kind of pressure opens something up and they…
Cristina Trapani-Scott 