NaNoWriMo again
It wasn’t easy, but I was driven by the knowledge that this was my 10-year anniversary. I completed 50,000-word novels in November 2003 and November 2004 but have not finished […]
Southampton: Nantucket exercise
I’m at the Stony Brook Southampton Writers Conference, session II, taking a poetry workshop with Billy Collins, one of my favorite poets. The first two workshops, we discussed several poems […]
Poem of the day
I started writing a poem a day in September 2003 while taking a creative writing course taught by Jon Buscall and Paul Schreiber at Stockholm University. I’ve missed a few […]
Revising poems
I revised and posted four poems from my April notebook. I’m glad my writing buddy Karin schedules Friday butt-to-chair sessions so I am forced to sit myself down and write […]
End of Poetry Month
It’s over and it sure was exciting. I missed one day when I worked almost all night on a rush translation (that and jet lag are the most common reasons […]
What are you reading now?
I’m feeling less defensive about this question. It’s not a pop quiz or a ticket for a guilt trip. Whatever I’m reading at a particular time not only influences my […]
A poem a day is not an Alfred Corn poem a day
I’m not trying to cheat or be flippant, but the past two days have been tough going NaPoWriMo-wise. I’m used to writing a poem before bed, but I’m not used […]
