Pinocchios Revolution Tilts the Question of Reality on its Axis
by
Sanora Bartels
What does it mean to be a “real” boy – a real man – a real person? What defines reality? In Pinocchio’s Revolution James Cushing pushes the envelope of our senses and...
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In Strange Grace
Phoebe MacAdams Whispers an Invocation and We Find Connection in the
Commonplace
by
Sanora Bartels
Phoebe MacAdams’ latest book of
poetry released by Cahuenga Press, Strange Grace begins
with an Introduction and the piece Prayer:
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Exploring
Memory, Creating Myth, Providing Sustenance: Holly Prado takes us
from one to the next
by
Sanora Bartels
Holly Prado's latest book of poetry released by Cahuenga Press,
from one to the next takes us on a journey from daily transition and
adjustments to fractured dreams of mother and memory and finally eases us
into a guarded, but hopeful mythology. The book is comprised of three
sections starkly different in style but cohesive in their quest for
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A
Simple Life, A Complicated Man: Finding Balance in Red Snow Fence
by
Sanora Bartels
Cahuenga Press has
just released Red Snow Fence by Harry E. Northup (Cahuenga is a
cooperative press and Red Snow Fence is the 15th book they have
published since their inception in 1989). The collection includes
poems written from October 2002 through September 2005.
As I read Northup’s poetry I would have felt like a voyeur were it not
apparent that Northup’s generous heart was inviting me into his
private conversations about poetry, film and love, those most
universal and thus most intimate themes. This is the delicate balance
of Red Snow Fence,...
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Cahuenga Press Publishes it's 14th Book of Poetry!
by
Sanora Bartels
Too often in the
world of poetry, books come out without the usual attention paid to
publication of a new volume. On July 17, 2005 I was invited by
Cahuenga Press to an afternoon party/reading celebrating James
Cushing’s latest collection Undercurrent Blues (Cahuenga is a
cooperative press and Undercurrent Blues is the 14th book they have
published since their inception in 1989). The collection includes
poems written from 1989 through 1991 and 1997 through 2002. If you’re
like me, you immediately ask...
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Summer Writing
by
Nicole Criona
As of July 1st, the
year is half over! July 1st is the Wednesday of the annual calendar, it's
an annual hump day (stop giggling!), and we'll be on the downslide,
smoothly sailing toward the end of the year. Summer will have just
begun. The first day of summer arrives on June 21st and lasts until
September 22nd.
As children,...
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Creating Common Bonds Using Threads of the Web
by Sanora Bartels
Last
November, I did something I’ve never done before and it paid off in a huge
way. I contacted an established author about her work and it turned out to
be an amazing experience. It affected my personal growth as a writer and
gave me an incredible feeling of community in this sometimes lonely business
of writing.
In
October of 2004, I read a collection of poetry by Diane Wakoski called
Emerald Ice: Selected Poems 1962-1987. It’s a marvelous book and won the
Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams award in 1988.
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The Hero's Story
by
Rob Tobin
It’s always the hero’s story. Whether you are
writing a novel, stage play, screenplay or short story, it is the hero’s
story, set against some backdrop -- be it boxing, war, the world of
business, small town America, university life, the police force and/or the
world of crime, Africa, the Titanic, sports, whatever.
When a story goes wrong, it is often because the author
has forgotten that it is always the hero’s story and not the backdrop’s
story of the theme’s story or the action’s story.
“Raging Bull” was about...
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Humility, Patience and Courage: The Writer's Holy Trinity
by
Martin Brady
I've been writing professionally now for about 20 years. I got started in
Chicago, providing modest (100-150 words) free-lance book reviews for a
journal called "Booklist." I eventually became a staff editor for that
publication, and ended up expanding my horizons as a free-lance writer,
contributing 1,000-word book reviews to the Sunday "Chicago Sun-Times" book
section. From there, besides my 9-to-5 editorial work, I found occasional
work for hire, writing catalog and advertising copy and doing copy-editing
for books and journals. More creatively, I stayed active writing sketches
for community musical revues, songwriting, and I even managed to finish a
novel and a memoir of my experiences in psychotherapy, both of which remain
unpublished. About five years ago...
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