tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54290062012-01-19T12:21:35.221-08:00Marsh Hawk Press BlogMarsh Hawk Press is a poetry collective. Our books' forms and sensibilities assimilate modern and post-modern traditions but expand from these without political or aesthetic bias.EILEENnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5941100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-44334984594970415132012-01-19T12:19:00.000-08:002012-01-19T12:21:35.233-08:00MARSH HAWK PRESS RECEIVES GRANT!Marsh Hawk Press is grateful to have been awarded a grant in the amount of $2,000 — to underwrite costs of author advances by the New York State Literary Publishers Capacity Fund with support from the New York State Council on the Arts, through the Council of Literary Magazines & Presses. The award, with additional funds from the Press will be paid to the authors EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-12310640956638885662012-01-16T15:39:00.000-08:002012-01-16T15:40:46.237-08:00NINTH ANNUAL MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZESubmission Deadline: April 30, 2012CONTEST JUDGE: Cornelius EadyThe Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize offers a cash award of $1,000.00 plus publication of the winning manuscript. It is judged by a poet of national stature. The winner's name and title of the winning book are announced and advertised nationally.FOR MORE INFORMATION, please GO HERE!EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-72317415023641340082012-01-06T11:11:00.000-08:002012-01-06T11:14:19.959-08:00PAOLO JAVIER READING WITH CHARLES BERNSTEINYou are invited to:For Gertrude Stein, words constitute moments in time that are meant to be experienced, not named and understood. She disconnects English from its own authority, from its own memory, and from its own dictionary. She uses language as aural bits of tangible time that are always in a state of activity—always in a continuous present. For EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-19341522048378170802012-01-03T07:31:00.000-08:002012-01-03T07:38:32.902-08:00NICHOLAS T. SPATAFORA WRITES ON EILEEN TABIOS' THE THORN ROSARYTeacher Nicholas T. Spatafora offers an essay on Eileen Tabios' most recent Marsh Hawk Press book, THE THORN ROSARY: SELECTED PROSE POEMS AND NEW (1998-2010): Love Loss: Reflections on Eileen Tabios’ The Thorn Rosary by Nicholas T. Spatafora "I don’t know what they are called, the spaces between seconds– but I think of you always in EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-20550040045998431982011-12-24T10:02:00.001-08:002011-12-24T10:08:43.638-08:00GALATEA RESURRECTS REVIEWS SANDY MCINTOSH AND PAOLO JAVIER!Edited by Eileen Tabios, the new issue of Galatea Resurrects is released with a record-breaking 108 new poetry reviews. The number includes reviews by and on Marsh Hawk poets! Here is the Table of Contents below, which includes reviews of Sandy McIntosh's FORTY-NINE GUARANTEED WAYS TO ESCAPE DEATH and Paolo Javier's THE FEELING IS EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-24190959773423656412011-12-05T13:11:00.000-08:002011-12-05T13:12:49.328-08:00MARY MACKEY AT HUNTINGTON POSTThe Huffington Post reviews Mary Mackey's Sugar Zone! Here's an excerpt:The poems in The Sugar Zone examine Brazil's multidimensionality like a crystal, examining the wonders of refracted light, the horror of graft, the rage of abuse and the disgust over the basest self-interest. Oh, and not to forget irony -- finding yourself enjoying a vacation meal of fish and EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-84943700792578393532011-11-14T18:30:00.000-08:002011-11-14T18:32:34.444-08:00POETS ON THE GREAT RECESSIONHarriet Zinnes, with a poem from her latest Marsh Hawk Press book Light, Light or the Curvature of the Earth, is part of the inaugural poets on a new project, POETS ON THE GREAT RECESSION, curated by Eileen Tabios. Eileen also has a contribution. Here is the launch announcement, including a Call for ongoing participations in the project:Announcement from POETS ON THE EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-49858307294846996242011-11-12T10:05:00.000-08:002011-11-12T10:07:17.120-08:00PAUL PINES REVIEWPaul Pines receives a review of his newest book by Cameron Scott in Sugar Mule. Click on excerpt below for the whole review:In his new collection of poems and narratives, “Reflections in a Smoking Mirror,” Paul Pines writes from the elusive edge of cultures, landscapes,and people during times of change. While conquest and revolution might be considered main themes, a deeper EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-49997204469146486112011-11-08T07:18:00.000-08:002011-11-08T07:21:29.305-08:00YOU ARE INVITED TO A MOTHER-DAUGHTER READING!Madeline Tiger and her daughter Barbara Joan will be reading at Moe's Books on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, CA on Thursday, November 17th at 7:30 P.M. Both have new books to celebrate, but also will read from other work.EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-4623593695691432122011-11-01T20:57:00.000-07:002011-11-01T20:58:54.125-07:00PAUL PINES INTERVIEW AT ALBANY NPR!You can are invited to listen to Paul Pines interviewed by Paul Elisha on the Albany NPR station, WAMC, over HERE. The conversation extends some of the themes in Paul's newest book, REFLECTIONS IN A SMOKING MIRROR, POEMS OF MEXICO & BELIZE, into the present.EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-89358517366194282872011-10-30T13:17:00.000-07:002011-10-30T13:20:21.130-07:00CHARLES BERNSTEIN CITES THOMAS FINK! Charles Bernstein's new book of criticism, Attack of the Difficult Poems (Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2011) includes an essay, "Objectivist Blues," in which a footnote mentions how the work of "contemporary poet Thomas Fink" "takes up the tradition" of Yiddish humor, "with an ideolectic twist, using Yiddish syntax and, in performance intonation and accent, EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-8252497483325594372011-10-30T13:12:00.000-07:002011-10-30T13:25:51.514-07:00PAOLO JAVIER CITED IN "ATTENTION SPAN 2011"Paolo Javier's The Feeling is Actual is praised by Tim Peterson at "Attention Span 2011 in Third Factory/Notes to Poetry". Here's an excerpt:How many different writers can you be in one book; how many different modes can you explore? Tour-de-force The Feeling is Actual sets a new renaissance man record.EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-3485945837289400772011-10-28T09:31:00.001-07:002011-10-28T09:35:31.963-07:00YOU ARE INVITED!to see photos of our recent Fall Book Launch at the Marsh Hawk Press website! It looks like a great time was had by all!EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-76003051535816065442011-10-21T07:33:00.000-07:002011-10-21T07:35:31.572-07:00PAUL PINES' NEW BOOK!Paul Pines' new Dos Madres Press book, Reflection in a Smoking Mirror, Poems of Mexico & Belize, was reviewed Doug Holder in Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene: “These poems are similar to a Keith Jarret Concert. They can rip your heart out and leave the reader defenseless.”Paul Pines will be taping an interview with Paul Elisha for his NPR program on WAMC, "Bard's Eye EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-6028981982652154342011-10-13T10:06:00.001-07:002011-10-13T13:05:04.431-07:00EILEEN R. TABIOS POETRY READING AT U.S. LIBRARY OF CONGRESSTo celebrate October as Filipino Heritage Month, Eileen R.Tabios will present a poetry reading at 12 noon on Monday, October 24, 2011 at the Mary Pickford Theater, James Madison Building (3rd Floor) at the Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave., S.E., Washington, DC. The reading will inaugurate the seasonal series, “Asian-American EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-54872758092411853962011-10-05T17:22:00.000-07:002011-10-05T17:25:55.182-07:00MARY MACKEY'S NEW BOOK REVIEWED!Mary Mackey's Sugar Zone just received a review at Synchronized Chaos. Here's an excerpt:The collection is divided into four parts that consistently submerge the reader in the uncertainty and beauty of Mackey’s world. Weaving throughout the poems are, to name a few, the powerful themes of chaos, love, death. In Part I: Sugar, Mackey immediately introduces the EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-13175575759690989982011-10-02T18:59:00.000-07:002011-10-02T19:03:32.799-07:00You Are Cordially Invited To Our Fall 2011 Book Launch, Reading and Party!Refreshments in our usual abundant styleThursday, October 27, 2011 6:00 PM - 8:00 PMCeres Gallery, 547 West 27th St.Suite 201, New York, NY 10001Celebrating New Titles By Steve Fellner, Paolo Javier, Mary Mackey and Stephen Paul Miller. Steve Fellner: The Weary World Rejoices"Steve Fellner takes us into the hidden places inEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-43566302783197453792011-09-27T09:15:00.000-07:002011-09-27T09:17:32.932-07:00PAOLO JAVIER ON THE HUFFINGTON POSTYou are invited to read about Paolo Javier who is interviewed on The Huffington Post!EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-44152669250872130112011-09-13T13:38:00.000-07:002011-09-13T13:46:51.646-07:00VARIOUS EVENTS INVOLVING NEW MARSH HAWK PRESS AUTHOR PAOLO JAVIERQueens Poet Lore and Bliss on Bliss Art Projects PresentEBOLUSYON: A GATHERING OF CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE AMERICAN ARTISTS IN QUEENSSeptember 21 to October 29, 2011It is with great pleasure that we invite you to attend Bliss on Bliss Art Project's inaugural season, and warmly encourage you to extend this invitation to all interestedEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-51528047654733550532011-09-13T13:00:00.000-07:002011-09-13T13:43:14.315-07:00EILEEN TABIOS PART OF 9-1-1 EXHIBIT AT LIBRARY OF CONGRESSEileen Tabios is part of a “Post 9/11”: Commemorative Display now on view in the Library of Congress’ Asian Division Reading Room, located in Room L J 150 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C. The exhibition runs through September 15, 2011, with the hours of the Library of Congress’ Asian Division ReadingEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-91349146667548881492011-08-21T21:21:00.001-07:002011-08-21T21:25:03.289-07:00EILEEN TABIOS IN NEW CHILEAN ANTHOLOGY OF RECENT NORTH AMERICAN POETRY!
Poems from three of Eileen Tabios' four Marsh Hawk Press books are part of a new anthology released in Chile, La Alteración del Silencio: Poesía Norteamericana Reciente, co-edited by William Allegrezza and Galo Ghigliotto (Editorial Cuneta, 2011). English translation of that title is The Alteration of Silence: Recent EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-88949293221797786662011-07-31T17:47:00.001-07:002011-07-31T17:49:02.833-07:00SNEAK A PEEK AT MARY MACKEY'S NEXT MHP BOOK!A sneak peek at Mary Mackey's forthcoming book SUGAR ZONE is available through the poem "How We Lost Solange" up at the Mad Hatter's Review Blog!EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-61396726455426764092011-07-07T16:55:00.000-07:002011-07-07T16:57:23.349-07:00REVIEW OF PEACE CONFERENCE!William Allegrezza offers a "Daily Glance" review of Thomas Fink's latest book PEACE CONFERENCE. Click on excerpt below for entire review:Thomas Fink's Peace Conference is filled with shaped poems and lyric utterances. Partially, this book seems like an exploration of form that takes up what Fink has done in other books. The shaped poems that begin the book are EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-36393103580692890482011-06-12T09:27:00.000-07:002011-06-13T12:35:06.568-07:002011 MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZE WINNERS!We are pleased to announce the winners of our Marsh Hawk Press Poetry prize judged by Alicia Ostriker, and for which we received entrants from 15 countries:Contest Winner:Meredith Cole—MiniaturesJudge Alicia Ostriker has the following to say about the winning manuscript:Reading Miniatures made my head spin; it was so perfect and puzzling at the same EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-25213592877441719752011-05-09T14:04:00.001-07:002011-05-09T14:06:46.616-07:00POETS ON ADOPTIONEileen Tabios' latest project is POETS ON ADOPTION which features prose, poetics and poems by poets with adoption experience. She is still looking for participant poets; if interested, please feel free to visit her "Call for Participation."EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-162786719859048212011-05-09T14:00:00.000-07:002011-05-09T14:03:19.101-07:00EILEEN TABIOS ON LANTERN REVIEWReferencing prose poems from her book I TAKE THEE, ENGLISH, FOR MY BELOVED, Eileen Tabios begins Lantern Review's celebration of National APIA Month by sharing a writing prompt (writing exercise). You can see her essay about "writing as gravity" over HERE.EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-50947524989350987042011-05-06T08:35:00.000-07:002011-05-06T08:36:52.334-07:00SPRING BOOK LAUNCH!Marsh Hawk Press invites you to its Spring Book Launch featuringPEACE CONFERENCE by Thomas Fink and EMINENT DOMAIN by Justin Petroupolos, Winner of the 2010 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry PrizeWhen: Thursday, May 12, 2011, 6:30-8:30 PM. Where: Ceres Gallery, 547 W. 27th St. Suite 201, New York CityDirections and more information are available HERE.EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-16999445452199565562011-04-11T09:40:00.000-07:002011-04-11T09:42:36.587-07:00YOU ARE INVITED to enjoy Paul Pines' latest event:The Tin AngelMusic by Daniel Asia, Libretto by Paul Pines, CCO Development Series April 21, 22, 8pm CCO@thecell, 338 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011Tickets are available here. Composer Daniel Asia and librettist Paul Pines have been working collaboratively since they met thirty years ago at the MacDowell Colony, in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Asia EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-19138596335819474592011-04-07T14:18:00.000-07:002011-04-07T14:20:36.491-07:00MADELINE TIGER READINGSYou are invited to the following readings featuring Madeline Tiger! Wednesday, April 13th"Women's Voices" - Poetry Reading in Honor of National Poetry MonthWith Carole Stone and Maxine Susman12 Noon Reading and ReceptionAt Caldwell College in the Werner Hall Lecture Hall120 Bloomfield Ave., CaldwellContact Alison Self:973-618-3607See the Caldwell College "Women's Voice" EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-62081203353101575242011-03-23T13:38:00.001-07:002011-03-23T13:39:53.750-07:00INTERVIEW WITH CLAUDIA CARLSON!Claudia Carlson is interviewed about her Marsh Hawk Press book, The Elephant House over at BarnesandNoble. Here's an excerpt:CC: It took me ten years to write The Elephant House. I had entered it in several contests and gotten honorable mentions or friendly try again notes from editors…but not publication. During that time I was working by day as a book designer atEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-72453727794388441912011-03-23T10:46:00.000-07:002011-03-23T18:59:49.260-07:00JUSTIN PETROUPOULOS READINGSJustin Petropoulos, the newest recipient of Marsh Hawk Poetry Press' Poetry Prize, will be reading from his MH Prizewinning Book, Eminent Domain, which will be released May 1. Justin will read as part of an exhibition called Water Water Every Where (http://www.bricartsmedia.org/contemporary-art/exhibitions) for BRIC Arts. The reading series is called Ripple. The EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-23516533038199966852011-03-14T09:09:00.000-07:002011-03-14T09:10:55.931-07:00ANNOUNCING: MARSH HAWK REVIEW, SPRING 2011!Marsh Hawk Press is pleased to announce the release of Marsh Hawk Review, Spring 2011, Edited by Eileen R. Tabios. The issue is available at http://marshhawkreview.blogspot.com/ and features the following poets: Barry SchwabskyRebecca LoudonMichael LeongAnne GorrickGuillermo ParraSusan M. SchultzBruce CoveyLynn BehrendtMark LamoreauxSheila MurphyJon EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-67040424352781708452011-03-05T08:32:00.000-08:002011-03-05T08:34:25.518-08:00CONGRATULATIONS TO OSCAR WINNER SHAUN TAN!And why are we boasting about it on the Marsh Hawk Press Blog? Well, because Shaun--an artist and animator who received the Oscar for best animated short for his work The Lost Thing--also did the sculpture/painting "Norseman" which is featured on the cover of Michael Rerick's book, In Ways Impossible to Fold. 'Twas the idea of Claudia Carlson to use the EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-88768909885477299622011-03-04T11:35:00.000-08:002011-03-04T11:39:05.712-08:00READING WITH JOHN ASHBERY AND PAOLO JAVIERPaolo Javier's forthcoming book, The Feeling is Actual, will be released by Marsh Hawk Press this Fall 2011. Until then, the public is invited to the following:John Ashbery and Paolo JavierReadings in Contemporary Poetry at Dia:Chelsea Thursday, March 10, 2011, 6:30pmEvent InformationThursday, March 10, 2011, 6:30pm535 West 22nd St.New York City$6 generalEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-71586425824207946292011-02-22T13:38:00.000-08:002011-02-22T13:39:37.650-08:00GARRISON KEILLOR READS MARY MACKEY Mary Mackey's poem, "The Kama Sutra of Kindness: Position Number Three", was recently read by Garrison Keillor on his show "The Writer's Almanac." The poem is one of the ones in Mary's Marsh Hawk Press book, Breaking The Fever. You can listen to the reading at http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2011/02/21EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-64461797731018787312011-02-14T19:11:00.000-08:002011-02-14T19:17:37.289-08:00READING WITH NORMAN FINKELSTEINYou are invited to the following event with Norman Finkelstein: Zinc Bar Reading Seriespresents: A Book Party for Donald Wellman'sA NORTH ATLANTIC WALLwith Joel Lewis and Norman Finkelstein Friday, Feb 18 @ 6:30 PMat Zinc Bar82 W 3rd StNew York, NYDonald Wellman, poet, essayist, and editor, lives in Weare NH. His poetry includes A North Atlantic Wall, recently EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-42735214783953342212011-02-05T12:44:00.000-08:002011-02-05T12:47:21.861-08:00PAUL PINES IN OPERA!VOCAL PREMIERE OF THE TIN ANGEL OPERA: The Center for Contemporary Opera gala on Feb 10 at the National Arts Club will be performing scenes from 5 operas in different stages of development, among them two scenes from “The Tin Angel” by Daniel Asia and Paul Pines. The evening will begin with drinks at 8pm, the program at approximately 8:15 with. a reception to follow. EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-57342207223268408522011-01-30T13:19:00.000-08:002011-01-30T13:24:09.926-08:00MARSH HAWK PRESS WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU AT AWP!The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference takes place in Washington, DC, February 2-5, 2011, Marriott Wardman Park & Omni Shoreham Hotels. We'd love to meet you!Find Us Here:February 2 - February 05, 2011The Marriott Wardman Park HotelTable E 10 In 2011 we celebrate our 10th year of publishing, as well as our Eighth Annual Marsh Hawk EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-88524490440298201222011-01-29T23:18:00.000-08:002011-01-29T23:22:49.336-08:00REVIEW OF ANTHOLOGY CO-EDITED BY MARSH HAWK PRESS POETS!Daniel Morris and Stephen Paul Miller co-edited the anthology Radical Poetics and Secular Jewish Culture, which just received a review by David Kaufman in Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life. Here's an excerpt below, which also hails a "notable" poem from Morris' Marsh Hawk Press second book:The future ages quickly, so it’s hardly news that EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-16049711877912689072011-01-24T07:57:00.001-08:002011-01-24T07:59:06.478-08:00EIGHTH ANNUAL MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZEAll poets are invited to our annual poetry contest/prize; more information is at http://marshhawkpress.org/Contests_and_submissions.htm Judge this year is Alicia Ostriker. For those located outside the U.S., do note that this contest is open to electronic submissions. Deadline is April, 30 2011. The judge Alicia Ostriker has published 12 volumes of EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-77341602292964886272011-01-16T18:15:00.000-08:002011-01-16T18:17:51.935-08:00AN ENGAGEMENT WITH EILEEN R. TABIOS' THE THORN ROSARY!Arpine Konyalian Grenier with THE THORN ROSARY: When I first received Eileen R. Tabios' The Thorn Rosary: Selected Prose Poems (1998-2010), I did a quick glance for a later better read but was already in awe of it -- I felt reverence both towards the overall book and while reading paragraphs here and there, not to mention for the setup and EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-75076007026206126832011-01-08T19:37:00.000-08:002011-01-08T19:39:18.568-08:00EIGHTH ANNUAL MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZEMarsh Hawk Press is delighted to announce its EIGHTH ANNUAL MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZE contest, which will be judged by Alicia Ostriker. Deadline is April 30, 2011 and more information may be found HERE.EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-59754538196180936022010-12-09T18:55:00.000-08:002010-12-09T18:56:23.742-08:00MARSH HAWK PRESS RECEIVES GRANT FOR ITS AUTHORS!For the third year, Marsh Hawk Press has been awarded a grant in the amount of $2,000 to pay Marsh Hawk authors advances on their royalties. The grant came to us from the New York State Literary Publishers Capacity Fund with support from the New York State Council on the Arts. Marsh Hawk Press is one of the few poetry publishers paying advances on EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-78388999343385344672010-12-09T18:53:00.000-08:002010-12-09T18:55:13.957-08:00SANDY MCINTOSH'S BOOK GETS REVIEWED TWICE!in the just released issue of Galatea Resurrects (A Poetry Engagement) #15. For reviews of Ernesta, In the Style of Flamenco, see Marianne Villanueva's words HERE and an in-depth take at a specific poem in the book by Hadas Yatom-Schwartz HERE!EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-18766731807136525712010-11-16T08:16:00.000-08:002010-11-16T08:20:10.375-08:00EILEEN TABIOS AT WHALE SOUND!A poem from Eileen Tabios' second Marsh Hawk Press book, I TAKE THEE, ENGLISH, FOR MY BELOVED, is featured at the Whale Sound audio-anthology of poets. Thanks to Nic Sebastian for her luminous reading of "Reticent" HERE.EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-86709269529848390152010-11-03T17:00:00.000-07:002010-11-03T17:04:07.083-07:00PAUL PINES' NOVEMBER READINGSYou are invited to two readings involving Paul Pines:THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY OPERA – A LIBRETTO READING:THE TIN ANGEL OPERA, by Paul Pines and Daniel Asia, will be one of four libretti performed by professional actors under the direction of Amy Leland with comments to follow from Tony-award winning actress Carlin Glynn. Sponsored by the Center for Contemporary EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-16706692727287909352010-10-12T15:24:00.000-07:002010-10-12T15:25:17.918-07:00BASIL KING EXHIBITION IS REVIEWED!Tom Patterson writes a review of Basil King's exhibition, “The Green Man: Paintings and Drawings by Basil King,” which was on view from March 20 through June 12, 2010, at Poets House. Click HERE for the write-up presented at Exquisite Corpse-Journal of Letters and Life.EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-13149826378809836332010-10-08T10:40:00.000-07:002010-10-08T10:47:11.967-07:00MORIA POETRY REVIEWS EILEEN TABIOS' THE THORN ROSARY!Leny M. Strobel reviews Eileen Tabios' THE THORN ROSARY in the new issue of Moria Poetry! Here is an excerpt:Once upon a time the eyewitness to the rituals of a Babaylan told of her altered states of consciousness when she did her healing, her communing with the spirits. They didn’t understand her language but they accepted the efficacy of herEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-81076661367026179822010-10-04T22:30:00.000-07:002010-10-04T22:31:33.825-07:00READING: BURT KIMMELMAN AND PHILIP LOPATEYou are invited to: P R O S E P R O S Thursday, October 7 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. [starts & ends on time!]At the Sidewalk Café 94 Avenue A at 6th Street, NYC u 212-473-7373 F to Second Avenue (exit at First Avenue) WHAT: Prose Pros, curated by Martha King & Elinor Nauen, presents prose readings – stories, essays, critique, and in-between forms by master EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-10801861828730805162010-09-19T17:19:00.000-07:002010-09-19T17:24:31.151-07:00MARSH HAWK PRESS' FALL 2010 BOOK LAUNCH!You are cordially invited to our Fall 2010 Book Launch, Reading and Party!Refreshments in our usual abundant, over-the-top style Celebrating New Titles By Norman Finkelstein and Daniel Morris. Thursday, October 14, 2010 6:00 PM - 8:00 PMCeres Gallery, 547 West 27th St.Suite 201, New York, NY 10001Praise for Inside the Ghost Factory by Norman EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-58012964400679543552010-09-14T12:52:00.000-07:002010-09-14T12:56:41.720-07:00NEW ISSUE OF MARSH HAWK PRESS REVIEW!Marsh Hawk Press Review has released its Fall 2010 issue, edited by Mary Mackey. Please visit the link to read poems byAl YoungDennis SchmitzCorinne RobinsPaul PinesMarge PiercyDennis NurkseRusty MorrisonStephen Paul MillerJoshua McKinneyBurt KimmelmanJane HirshfieldNeil de La FlorNorman FinkelsteinClaudia CarlsonBrad BuchananWillis Barnstone Susan EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-60972461328042356172010-09-12T15:50:00.000-07:002010-09-12T15:52:20.210-07:00PATRICIA CARLIN READINGYou are invited toPOETRY FORUMTHE NEW SCHOOL Patricia Carlin in conversation withDavid LehmanTuesday, September 21, 6:30 – 7:30 P.M.The New SchoolRoom 51066 West 12th Street(between Fifth & Sixth Aves.)New York CityPatricia will be reading some of her work and speaking about poetry with David Lehman, distinguished poet and critic, editor of the Oxford Book of American EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-48137716516067514122010-09-09T09:52:00.000-07:002010-09-09T09:54:05.213-07:00Burt Kimmelman and Philip Lopate ReadingYou are invited toP R O S E P R O SThursday, October 7 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. [starts & ends on time!]At the Sidewalk Café 94 Avenue A at 6th Street, NYC 212-473-7373 F to Second Avenue (exit at First Avenue) WHAT: Prose Pros presents prose readings – stories, essays, critique, and in-between forms by master writers. The programs pair two prose practitionersEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-43550539175360215502010-08-29T11:36:00.000-07:002010-08-29T11:45:44.802-07:00MARSH HAWK POETS IN NEW HAY(NA)KU ANTHOLOGYThomas Fink, Burt Kimmelman, Sandy McIntosh, Eileen Tabios and Denise Duhamel are among the nearly 100 poets and artists worldwide who appear in THE CHAINED HAY(NA)KU PROJECT anthology! Information about a Special Release Offer for the book is HERE, through Sept. 30, 2010.Interesting initial responses to this third hay(na)ku anthology has been posted so EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-67092514497871076882010-08-24T21:49:00.000-07:002010-08-24T21:52:12.237-07:00THE POETRY FOUNDATION FEATURES POEMS BY EILEEN TABIOSThe Poetry Foundation has reprinted four poems from Eileen Tabios' latest Marsh Hawk Press book, THE THORN ROSARY:"I DO" at http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=239892"II. Homunculus" at http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=239890"The Forced Departure" at http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-38966456600567670382010-08-04T14:51:00.000-07:002010-08-04T14:52:15.669-07:00PHILLIP LOPATE ON NPR-GARRISON KEILLOR!Garrison Keillor will read Phillip Lopate's poem, “It’s Good We Only See Each Other Once A Week” on his August 10, 2010 NPR radio show. (Show times vary station to station. Check your NPR station's program guide for the time.)EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-40467171925794773202010-07-20T21:20:00.000-07:002010-07-20T21:21:19.775-07:00BASIL KING'S EXHIBITION REVIEWEDBasil King's exhibition at Poets House is reviewed in the current Exquisite Corpse. Worth checking out!EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-41343470170685882502010-07-14T18:13:00.000-07:002010-07-14T18:15:07.677-07:00THOMAS FINK REVIEWED AT P-RAMBLINGS!William Allegrezza provides a brief review of Thomas Fink's clarity and other poems over at p-ramblings. Click on excerpt below for whole review:"...these pieces are fascinating to me because they retain and explode the sonnet form and at the same time they create a new look for the form. By that, I mean that they seem like shaped poems, but they have replacedEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-65432222838025118612010-07-09T07:32:00.000-07:002010-07-09T07:33:15.238-07:00CONVERSATION AND POEM WITH NEIL DE LA FLORNeil de la Flor is highlighted in The Rumpus with an interview by Megan Roth and an original poem. Click HERE for a supersized presentation!EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-69807873604865022092010-07-04T15:40:00.000-07:002010-07-04T15:43:43.230-07:00INTERVIEW WITH BURT KIMMELMANThomas Fink interviews Burt Kimmelman about his newest book, AS IF FREE (Talisman), over at Jacket Magazine. Click on excerpt below for the link to this elucidating article:...speaking of form, I want never to lose sight of the fact that a poem or song or painting etc. is always first and foremost a form and if we happen to care about getting close to its author thenEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-78370193879424353602010-07-04T15:38:00.000-07:002010-07-04T15:40:03.607-07:00NEW EXHIBIT FOR BASIL KINGBasil King is featured in the following new exhibition:Poems & Pictures: A Renaissance in the Art of the Book (1946 - 1981)July 7, 2010 - September 11, 2010The show opens Wednesday, July 7, 6-8 p.m. at Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27th - 3rd floor, New York.The show includes two works by Basil King from the 1950s -- a cover for Yugen magazine and the cover for (the thenEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-15589949266202053202010-07-03T14:33:00.000-07:002010-07-03T14:39:06.051-07:00MARSH HAWK PRESS CITED IN HUFFINGTON POSTMarsh Hawk Press is cited in a Huffington Post article on small presses; here's how it begins:To celebrate Independence Day, here are 15 small presses that exemplify the best qualities of this publishing tradition--so characteristic of America, where the upstarts and rebels and truly ornery literary entrepreneurs flourish side by side with the bloated EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-15108428273072946782010-06-11T11:22:00.000-07:002010-06-11T11:24:43.775-07:00WINNER, RUNNERS-UP AND FINALISTS OF THE 2010 MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZECongratulations to the winners of this year's contest judged by Anne Waldman:Winner"Eminent Domain," Justin Petropoulos Runners-upRobert Perchan, Sawnie Morris, Yona Harvey, Martine BellenFinalistsAndrea Carter Brown, Mark Neely, Megan Gannon, Darlene Pagán, Sydney Brown, Steven Karl, J. Lorraine Brown, John Horvath, Jr.,EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-86165324694531659272010-06-11T00:01:00.000-07:002010-06-11T00:01:02.409-07:00NEIL DE LA FLOR IN POETS FOR LIVING WATERS PROJECT Neil de la Flor has a poem, video and statements regarding the BP oil disaster at Poets for Living Waters. This worthwhile project is described as:Poets for Living Waters is a poetry action in response to the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico begun on April 20, 2010, one of the most profound human-made ecological catastrophes in history. EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-58647442095165301722010-06-10T22:58:00.000-07:002010-06-10T23:00:57.244-07:00JACKET MAGAZINE REVIEWS ED FOSTER AND BURT KIMMELMAN!John Olson reviews Ed Foster's THE BEGINNING OF SORROWS over at Jacket 40. It begins: “Colors, sounds, temperatures, pressures, spaces, times, and so forth,” observed Ernst Mach in his groundbreaking work The Analysis Of Sensations, “are connected with one another in manifold ways; and with them are associated dispositions of mind, feelings, EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-79529689482923259752010-06-07T14:38:00.001-07:002010-06-07T14:41:57.535-07:00SANDY MCINTOSH INTERVIEWNeil de la Flor interviews Sandy McIntosh at the Almost Dorothy Blog. Here's an excerpt:SM: The essential heart of Flamenco is its lyric forms. There are many such forms, each metrically distinctive, and each serves a function in the performance. There are forms that bring the dancers onto the stage, forms that move them through the narrative and all the interactions of EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-83004556112040642472010-06-04T09:00:00.000-07:002010-06-04T10:30:16.615-07:00POEMS INSPIRE NEW POEM!Naomi Buck Palagi, a poet in Indiana, has written a poem based on poems in Eileen Tabios' THE THORN ROSARY! With appreciation to Naomi, here is her poem below -- you can click on the image to see a larger, more legible version!EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-16896742183133459212010-06-02T18:52:00.001-07:002010-06-02T18:54:11.955-07:00MINI REVIEW ON EILEEN TABIOS' THE THORN ROSARYWilliam Allegrezza posts a brief review of Eileen Tabios' THE THORN ROSARY at p-ramblings; click on excerpt for whole review:the most significant work that Eileen has published over the last twelve years. While I've read many of the poems in the original books, it was interesting to read the selected pieces again, and this time I read them after EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-56770113544849459352010-06-02T18:48:00.000-07:002010-06-02T18:51:27.552-07:00MADELINE TIGER'S NEW BOOK!TITLE: THE ATHEIST’S PRAYERAUTHOR: Madeline TigerISBN: 978-1-933675-50-3PAGES: 90SIZE: 6 x 9PRICE: $15.00CONTACT: Robert Murphy, editor@dosmadres.com 513-677-0504 http://www.dosmadres.comDISTRIBUTION: You may order books directly from Dos Madres Press Inc. at http://www.dosmadres.com - for quantity or reseller discounts call 513-677-0504 or email editor@EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-43745997583240258622010-05-27T13:16:00.000-07:002010-05-27T13:18:24.423-07:00PAUL PINES ON WAMCPaul Elisha interviews Paul Pines at WAMC; topics discussed include Paul's Last Call at the Tin Palace and the poems of Juan Gelman. You are invited to click on the link for a listen!EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-81831578450981442992010-05-24T09:58:00.000-07:002010-05-24T10:00:08.300-07:00MARSH HAWK PRESS REPRESENTED ON FIERALINGUEThomas Fink is among the latest additions to Fieralingue's Poet Corner. You can see his author page HERE. Another Marsh Hawker with a Fieralingue page is Eileen Tabios. You can see her author page HERE. Fieralingue is curated by Anny Ballardini.EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-88314372800692108492010-05-22T23:33:00.001-07:002010-05-22T23:35:17.979-07:00MARSH HAWK PRESS ON FACEBOOK!Marsh Hawk Press invites you to visit us on our new FACEBOOK site at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marsh-Hawk-Press/123469787663621!Feel free to comment!EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-38215590738780661752010-05-22T23:13:00.000-07:002010-05-22T23:24:06.023-07:00SOME of EILEEN TABIOS' RECENT REVIEWS FOR MARSH HAWK PRESS BOOKSEileen Tabios' THE THORN ROSARY recently received a five-star review from Grady Harp, one of Amazon.com's leading reviewers. Click on excerpt below for whole review:[Tabios] can be at once as delicate as a breeze or a harsh as a tsunami. *****Eileen's earlier Marsh Hawk Press book, I TAKE THEE, ENGLISH, FOR MY BELOVED, also was EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-39684241570115350452010-05-18T23:29:00.000-07:002010-05-18T23:31:02.945-07:00KUDOS TO NEIL DE LA FLOR!Reb Livingston introduces Neil de la Flor and a poem from his book ALMOST DOROTHY over at Poetry attentionbeam. Reprinted is the poem "Nineteen Ninety-Nine." EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-14270568307173329662010-05-17T12:54:00.000-07:002010-05-17T12:57:41.986-07:00SPD RECOMMENDS NEIL DE LA FLOR'S INAUGURAL POETRY COLLECTION!Among the May new titles being recommended by Small Press Distribution is Neil de la Flor's ALMOST DOROTHY! Click HERE for the SPD link.EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-3034884294954508182010-05-15T12:59:00.000-07:002010-05-15T13:00:53.895-07:00BURT KIMMELMAN REVIEWED!Norman Finkelstein reviews Burt Kimmelman's newest poetry collection, AS IF FREE (Talisman) over at The Offending Adam. Click on excerpt below for entire review:"Poets cannot really 'leave things unspoken,' but they can learn what will suffice. Like Morandi, Kimmelman lays out the terms of his work with a deliberate bareness, trusting to a power of suggestion (not EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-4063905197058401032010-05-15T12:55:00.000-07:002010-05-15T12:56:59.524-07:00BASIL KING EXHIBITION EXTENDED!Poets House is extending the exhibition of Basil King's Green Man paintings until June 12, 2010. The exhibition description at Poets House notes:This series of paintings by British-born poet and painter Basil King depicts the Green Man, the pre- Christian archetypal figure of creation and the earth, emerging in the guise of British historical figures, such as Guy EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-65241365146925356722010-05-10T22:07:00.000-07:002010-05-10T22:15:53.013-07:00SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS FOR MARSH HAWK PRESS AUTHORSPaul Pines is interviewed for Jason Crane's "The Jazz Session". The interview took place after a reading he did from Last Call at the Tin Palace in Albany on April 15 at the Social Justice Center. Click HERE for the interview. Thomas Fink is interviewed at the new issue of Galatea Resurrects. Click HERE for the interview. Elsewhere in Galatea EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-6823498127607968652010-05-05T09:49:00.000-07:002010-05-05T09:52:31.671-07:00MARSH HAWK PRESS SPRING BOOK LAUNCH!You are all cordially invited to:Spring Book Launch Party May 13th, 20107:00 PM — 9:00 PMCelebrating New Titles by Phillip Lopate, Eileen R. Tabios, Sandy McIntosh and Neil de la FlorCeres Gallery547 West 27th, St Suite 201, New York, NY 10001Phone and fax: 212-947-6100Wonderful wine and food will be available!FOR MORE INFORMATION, including directions, please EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-21717962410309201602010-05-03T13:48:00.000-07:002010-05-03T13:49:30.949-07:00EILEEN TABIOS' POETRY READING IN SAN FRANCISCOYou are invited to, this Friday:SMALL PRESS TRAFFIC May 7, 2010Eileen Tabios and Susan Gevirtz Small Press TrafficLiterary Arts Center at CCA1111 -- 8th StreetSan Francisco, California 94107smallpresstraffic at gmail415-551-9278Susan Gevirtz's recent books include Aerodrome Orion & Starry Messenger (Kelsey Street Press), broadcast, and Without Event:EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-72649657360210135582010-05-01T15:59:00.000-07:002010-05-01T16:02:51.991-07:00EILEEN TABIOS FEATURED ON OUROWNVOICEOUROWNVOICE has reprinted poet-scholar Joi Barrios' Afterword essay in Eileen Tabios' THE THORN ROSARY: Selected Prose Poems & New. You can see the essay in OUROWNVOICE's just released issue by clicking on the excerpt below: The best thing about a book of Selected poems is that we are able to follow the poet's journey—and by doing so, go beyond recurring EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-23641353216496310342010-05-01T08:28:00.000-07:002010-05-01T08:28:00.748-07:00PAUL PINES REVIEWED IN RATTLECongratulations to Paul Pines whose Last Call At The Tin Palace is reviewed by Eric Hoffman for Rattle, April 30, 2010. Click on excerpt below for the whole review:In 1970, Brooklyn native, ex-merchant seaman and Vietnam War veteran Paul Pines opened a small jazz club called the Tin Palace in Manhattan in 1970. The bar soon became a popular watering hole for artists,EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-27093120444682571812010-04-30T18:34:00.000-07:002010-04-30T18:41:23.770-07:00MARSH HAWK PRESS WELL-REPRESENTED IN NEW OTOLITHSThe new issue of Otoliths is out, including a Special Feature on Poet-Editors curated by Eileen Tabios. Included in the issue are Burt Kimmelman, Sandy McIntosh, and Thomas Fink. Concurrent with the issue's release, a special Shout Out about it is posted at the Poetry Foundation Blog by Barbara Jane Reyes--click HERE for her lovely SHOUT through EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-50997922000167133322010-04-19T22:52:00.000-07:002010-04-19T22:55:43.893-07:00REVIEW OF NEIL DE LA FLOR'S BOOK!Rigoberto Gonzalez reviews the latest winner of the Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize, Almost Dorothy by Neil de la Flor, over at the Poetry Foundation's Harriet Blog. Click on the excerpt below for the whole review: I like the naughtiness of de la Flor’s poetics: the speaker’s wordplay is double-speak and double-entendre, and no dust ever settles on a single meaningEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-10980958054332098902010-04-19T10:18:00.000-07:002010-04-19T10:20:44.358-07:00MARSH HAWK REVIEWis fresh! You are invited to peruse poems at:Marsh Hawk Review, Spring 2010edited by Sandy McIntosh and Thomas FinkCrossover Poems: Lozada, Mackey, Matz, McIntosh, Moseley, TabiosEdwin Agustin LozadaMary MackeyCharles MatzSandy McIntoshAnnabelle MoseleyEileen R. TabiosJane AugustineTerry J. ColeThomas FinkEdward FosterJohn HarkeyBasil KingSueyeun Juliette LeePeter EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-21571340112950983572010-04-15T09:32:00.000-07:002010-04-15T09:34:28.127-07:00NORMAN FINKELSTEIN'S NEW BOOK!Norman Finkelstein has a new book, as described in the press release below from publisher Dos Madres:On Mount Vision - New Book by Norman Finkelstein Dos Madres Press, Inc. is proud to announce a new book of literary criticism by Norman Finkelstein - On Mount Vision, Forms of the Sacred in Contemporary American Poetry (University of Iowa Press 2010.)Plumbing what theEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-91963793142765906272010-04-12T10:26:00.000-07:002010-04-12T10:29:05.350-07:00REMINDER: ANNUAL MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZE CONTESTReminder: 2010 Contest Closing April 30th: Information available at http://www.marshhawkpress.org/uploadAPP/Form.aspx If you're planning to enter this year's contest but haven't sent us your submission yet, there are now two ways to go: 1. Submit by mail: We'll accept submissions postmarked April 30th or before. We'll continue to processEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-27257861564531927452010-04-11T21:43:00.001-07:002010-04-11T21:44:43.513-07:00BURT KIMMELMAN ON THE WRITER'S ALMANACCongratulations to Burt Kimmelman who will have a poem from his new collection As If Free (Talisman House, 2009) featured on The Writer’s Almanac on April 20th. Garrison Keillor will read his poem “Taking Dinner to My Mother” on his National Public Radio show (in the New York City area the show will air at noon on WQXR-FM 105.9, and will air at various times EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-28405671326125816552010-03-31T21:46:00.000-07:002010-03-31T21:47:45.860-07:00CRITIPHORIA 2Critiphoria 2 has just come out, featuring several Marsh Hawk authors: Norman Finkelstein, Thomas Fink, Basil King and Stephen Paul Miller. And the rest of the company is good reading, too!EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-27870551294469840332010-03-31T21:41:00.000-07:002010-03-31T21:46:02.649-07:00THE THORN ROSARY IS REVIEWED IN LITTER MAGAZINE!Eileen Tabios' THE THORN ROSARY is reviewed in Litter Magazine, edited by Alan Baker. Click HERE for entire review written by Aileen Ibardaloza, of which here's an excerpt:As the rosary is a meditation on the decades and their mysteries, the mysteries of The Thorn Rosary involve more than a decade’s worth of meditations and engagements with languageEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-76693720574464926762010-03-19T16:17:00.000-07:002010-03-19T16:19:42.140-07:00BASIL KING TO GIVE POETRY READING AT EXHIBITION OPENING!As part of the opening of his exhibit "The Green Man", Basil King will give a poetry reading at 4 p.m. Details below:The Green ManExhibition of paintings by Basil King at Poets HouseMarch 20, – May 29, 2010 Opening reception – Saturday, March 20, 3-5 pm free The Green Man SymposiumCarolyn Dinshaw, Michael Hrebeniak, EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-72568927445972268282010-03-18T09:44:00.001-07:002010-03-18T09:47:13.148-07:00THE THORN ROSARY VISITS CHILE!A generous selection of poems from Eileen Tabios' newest book, THE THORN ROSARY: Selected Prose Poems & New (1998-2010) has been chosen for an anthology of contemporary North American poetry to be published in Chile:La alteración del silencio: poesía norteamericana reciente, Edited by Galo Ghigliotto and William AllegrezzaThe anthology will be published by Das EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-2272752239253785112010-03-17T09:07:00.000-07:002010-03-17T09:09:26.212-07:00YOU ARE INVITED TO¥ P R O S E P R O S ... 3rd Season! ¥ Lenore Skenazy and Martha KingThursday, April 1, 20106:30 to 7:45 p.m. [starts & ends on time!]at the Sidewalk Café 94 Avenue A at 6th Street, 212-473-7373V or F to Second Avenue (exit at First Avenue) Lenore Skenazy writes a syndicated column that appears in more than 100 papers and takes a skeptical look at a culture that has brought EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-32205417593748634942010-03-16T22:01:00.001-07:002010-03-16T22:03:02.920-07:00MORE ON THE THORN ROSARYEileen Tabios' THE THORN ROSARY gets a nice mention by the Snorkeling Fabulist. Click on excerpt below for whole review:Just an astoundingly collection of allusive, experimental, lush, cross-cultural poetry about every day experiences. I think it really challenges the form of prose poems. EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-79079199471002590362010-03-08T13:27:00.000-08:002010-03-08T13:29:53.030-08:00A REVIEW OF EILEEN R. TABIOS' THE THORN ROSARY!Allen Bramhall offers an insightful review of Eileen Tabios' newest Marsh Hawk Press book, THE THORN ROSARY. Here's an excerpt:Eileen uses different insistencies to provoke the heart of language. Her sentences are largely straightforward in their report, yet she maintains a relentless twining. Themes are immediate and conjunctive. And adjunctive. EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-55757067316485972402010-03-02T18:09:00.000-08:002010-03-14T21:55:04.496-07:00A HAITI FUNDRAISER WITH COMPLIMENTARY NEW BOOK BY EILEEN R. TABIOS Marsh Hawk Press has teamed up with Meritage Press to provide a poetry fundraiser for Haiti Relief. Those who order five or more "Hay(na)ku for Haiti" booklets from Meritage Press' Open Palm Press will also receive a complimentary copy of Eileen R. Tabios' latest Marsh Hawk Press book, THE THORN ROSARY: Selected Prose Poems & New,EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-58837298731587543362010-03-01T13:10:00.000-08:002010-03-01T13:12:07.149-08:00LOPATE READING!You are invited to attend a reading by and discussion betewenLily Lopate & Phillip Lopateon Wednesday March 24 6:30 PMat Teachers & Writers520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th Streets)20th floor, Suite 2020Free Admission, no reservations necessaryLily Lopate is fifteen years oldr and attends the Berkeley-Carroll School in Brooklyn. She was invited to participate in EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-36233996771718353562010-02-27T12:29:00.000-08:002010-02-27T12:30:43.104-08:00BASIL KING HAS A NEW EXHIBITION!The Green ManExhibition of paintings by Basil King at Poets HouseMarch 20, – May 29, 2010 Opening reception – Saturday, March 20, 3-5 pm free The Green Man SymposiumCarolyn Dinshaw, Michael Hrebeniak, Basil King, Thomas Meyer at Poets HouseTuesday, March 23, 7 pm $10, $7 for students and seniors free to membersEILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-47411173697856785372010-02-25T10:27:00.000-08:002010-02-25T10:30:46.467-08:00IN THE FAMILY: NEW BOOK BY THOMAS FINK AND HIS DAUGHTER!Occasionally, members of our collective release books from other publishers. Here is an announcement of Thomas Fink's latest:Meritage Press Announcement A Special Release Offer for AUTOPSY TURVY, collaborative poems by Thomas Fink and Maya Diablo MasonAUTOPSY TURVYCollaborative Poems by Thomas Fink and Maya Diablo MasonISBN-13: 978-0-EILEENnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-23182977439020340382010-02-20T10:04:00.000-08:002010-02-21T23:19:04.962-08:00EILEEN TABIOS FEATURED ON "POEMFLESH2"Eileen Tabios, with a focus on her book I TAKE THEE, ENGLISH, FOR MY BELOVED, is featured on POEMFLESH2's Dialogue Series with an interview and two sample poems. Here's an interview excerpt:...share a recollection of a couplet from a poem series entitled -"Conjurations".To bring a poem into the worldis to bring the world into a poem.As a poet, I try to EILEENnoreply@blogger.com