I received The Book of Questions by Pablo Neruda (Copper Canyon Press, 2001) for Christmas and started reading this slim volume right away. Here is the summary from the publisher:In The Book of Questions, Neruda refuses to be corralled by the rational mind. Composed of 316 unanswerable questions, these poems integrate the wonder of a … Continue reading On My Bookshelf: The Book of Questions
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searching through email
One of the most stressful phases of submitting requested material to agents or unsolicited short stories to lit mags is the waiting. Waiting to hear back can drive a writer crazy. Or, to new levels of creativity. In some cases this waiting manifests in the insatiable urge to check email every few minutes. *refresh, refresh, … Continue reading searching through email
written in the margin
I found this little idea in my notebook:I saw a man last night dancing on the roof.He wore a dark cowboy hat and a white jumpsuit.A window just where his heart would be,the light was on. That is when I knew,he wasn't real. I put on my glasses and he fadedinto my imagination. I'm blindbut … Continue reading written in the margin
away, far away
Getting ready to leave for a vacation to San Diego so I won't be checking in here until June. Hopefully I will be back with some good news, or in the very least some beautiful photos :)I haven't been updating anything on the writing/agenting front because, well, I've got nothing to update. Right now, I'm … Continue reading away, far away
Busy in the broken machines and Chinese New Year
I'm still pondering the inaugural poem "Praise Song for the Day" by Elizabeth Alexander. My favorite lines:All about us is noise. All about us isnoise and bramble, thorn and din, eachone of our ancestors on our tongues.Beautiful, distilled truth.Last week proved challenging. Mercury retrograde is to blame, no doubt. The washing machine broke, and the … Continue reading Busy in the broken machines and Chinese New Year
Jennifer Marie Donahue 