In Memory of Adrienne Rich
This, and her 1997 National Enowment for the Arts letter, remind me so much of Sharon Olds’ Open Letter to Laura Bush.
Adrienne Rich’s history-making 1974 National Book Award acceptance speech
Puppets, poets. Our performance last night was sold out (!).
My role in this: writing a prose poem/dramatic monologue for a miner, and puppeteering a beaver.
Call for Submissions: New York City Poets
Sweet poets,
No, Dear is inviting you* to submit your finest poems to our upcoming spring issue - #9.
For this one, the theme is: NINE. However you interpret this theme is up to you.
Submit up to three pages of poetry (no more than one poem per page) and include a brief bio and your neighborhood of residence. Send as a word doc or pdf attachment by March 15 to nodearmagazine@gmail.com.
*NYC-based poets only please. Please forward to all your NYC poet friends.
We look forward to reading your work,
Alex, Emily & guest editor Ekoko Omadeke
Don’t you know you are happiest when I withhold and not confer - don’t you know that “No” is the wildest word we consign to Language?
—Emily Dickenson
