Monday, July 13, 2009

This interview with Justice Ginsburg in the Sunday NYT Magazine is an important piece of journalism. What struck closest to home for me was this:

JUSTICE GINSBURG: I always thought that there was nothing an antifeminist would want more than to have women only in women’s organizations, in their own little corner empathizing with each other and not touching a man’s world. If you’re going to change things, you have to be with the people who hold the levers.


Something to mull over, for sure.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Just home from Boston. I had an amazing weekend--food and baseball. Rain, walking, art.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Gander Press Review has also arrived at my home in the desert, in which appear my pieces "Rodeo" and "Estate Sale." In addition to the print issue, this magazine is also viewable online as a .pdf download (and has been available online for several weeks).

Friday, June 26, 2009

Copies of the latest issue of Santa Clara Review arrived at my house recently! My poem "from 56 Etymologies, #5" appears there. Unfortunately, I don't get to see/hold the magazine until August since I'm here in Brooklyn. And their website does not (yet?) contain images or info about the issue. Still, happy news!

Friday, June 19, 2009

I solved a mystery this week. A magazine published a poem that I withdrew (it had been accepted elsewhere), and did so without informing me and the issue is already in print and distributed. I tracked down this information this week and this afternoon communicated with both editors. The situation is effectively resolved for me. The fact that a publication is adequately flawed to not only miss my withdrawal request, but neglect to inform me that a piece has been selected for publication speaks to the difficulty of effectively running a magazine, I suppose.

It's sometimes difficult for poets and writers to truly serve as editors for magazines, I think. Meaning no disrespect to anyone, involved or not, it takes business sense, clerical dexterity, and if possible a photographic memory to run a well-oiled magazine. Consider this the latest in my ongoing argument for each and every publication to make space on its masthead for a technical communication expert! Outsource what you do not understand.

I'm not naming either magazine here out of a desire to respect the kindnesses of both editors in helping to resolve this situation. It's not my intent to start a smear campaign. But this is what I spent one workweek of my life sorting out, so it belongs here.

Monday, June 15, 2009

I'm famous. Just kidding. But NewPages does have a link to this blog here. Cool, huh?

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Advice (dispensed) for the day: No one rides for free.
Advice (absorbed) for the day: Sometimes lying is the best response.