Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer
New Poem in Moment Magazine
A definite highlight of the past week: seeing my poem “Abel’s Brother Anticipates Lady Macbeth: A Soliloquy” in the pages of the July-August issue of Moment magazine. (more…)
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Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer
A Triple Acceptance
It isn’t every day that I receive a poetry acceptance; you can imagine how unusual it is to receive three acceptances at once. Which happened late last week.
Okay, technically, it was one acceptance: the same editor accepted the three poems for the same publication (an anthology) within a single email. But these poems were not written as a suite. So it was something of a special surprise to have them all accepted. (And I should note that two others in that batch didn’t seem to pass muster.)
But that’s fine. I’m thrilled to have these three find a home together–and equally happy that I’ve already been paid for them! (Full details to come when I share my July stats over on Poetry Has Value.) (more…)
Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer
Weekend Work
I spent a chunk of time over the weekend reviewing the proofs of this essay, which will appear in the forthcoming Third-Generation Holocaust Narratives: Memory in Memoir and Fiction.
Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer
Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)
Have spent a lot of time these past several days thinking of Elie Wiesel, who died Saturday at the age of 87.
I was in his presence three times: first, attending a 1986 lecture of his following the Nobel prize announcement; next, at a much smaller event, a lunch during my senior year of college (shortly after I’d written a paper that quoted frequently from his book From the Kingdom of Memory); and finally, just a few years ago at a New York City fundraiser (again, a large event). I’ve read much (but not enough) of his work. And over these past several days, I’ve been reading many of the tributes. (more…)
Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer
New Byline
I had a feeling that the article I published on Literary Hub Monday morning might receive a fair amount of attention. But I had no idea how many of you would read, share, and tell me your thoughts about it.
