I love the title of this event! And I love that I have reconnected with Elissa Cottle, the organizer, who I met years ago when we were in a writing class at the Loft. We spent many happy months working on poems in a writing group before we both went on for graduate degrees. Now …
Beer
Now that I have your attention, I'd like to invite you to join me next week, May 15, 8:30 pm at Poets & Pints. If you already regularly attend this cool event, FYI it's starting later than usual this month. If you haven't caught me at a reading yet, now's a good time to check out …
Bridesmaid
That's what I always used to call it when I came this close to winning a contest (as in "always the bridesmaid, never the bride..." So of course I was disappointed to not win the Midwest Independent Publishing Association Award, but hey, at least my book was nominated! I appreciate the recognition.
Bridges Reading at Blue Harbor Center for the Arts, April 18
I see I was joking about snow a month ago (prematurely, as it turns out....) Anyway. I'm delighted to be reading later this month with Ed Bok Lee, Chris Santiago and Liz Weir. Poeteacher (great title!) Stan Kusunoki has put together some wonderful groups of writers throughout the life of this fairly new reading series, …
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Reading at SubText Books March 6
I'm delighted to be reading at this gem of a local book store. Last week, I had the pleasure of seeing my former student Raymond Strom there as he read from his debut novel, Northern Lights, published by Simon & Schuster. Highly recommended! Here's a link to my reading -- I hope those of you in …
The Poetry of Stone
Did you ever have a vision? Did you imagine it was possible to turn it into reality? Even though I teach creative writing myself, I have attended many a summer poetry seminar over the years since graduate school, from Provincetown Fine Arts Center to Split Rock Arts Workshops in Minnesota. Aside from enjoying the thrill …
Scoundrel Time
I'm happy to have two poems from Simples featured this week in Scoundrel Time. Check it out!
The Shape of Change
I've been singing with One Voice Mixed Chorus for almost 20 years. This summer, we will be performing Roots and Wings, a musical look back and forward to celebrate the chorus's 30 years of building community and creating social change by raising our voices in song (nice mission statement, no?). I am beyond honored that …
Simples publishes November 2018
Read the official press release at Howling Bird Press. Listen to conversation with KateLynn Hibbard about Simples by Sharon Sobotta
Poem in a Box
Every Tuesday, Cullen Bailey Burns puts a new poem in the box in front of her house, and then writes an explication of it in her blog. I'm thrilled that she has chosen the title poem from Sweet Weight for this week's entry. Check it out! I'm honored to be in such good company. http://poeminabox.blogspot.com/2012_05_01_archive.html
