Literature, poems and the reader

patient vagabond

Reading an online literary magazine Prime Number Magazine which has a nice combination of features.  Most literary magazines have the work and a writer's bio.  Interviews of writers are often a special thing.   What I like about Prime Number is they put the work, the bio and an interview with the writer all together.   Prime Number is a North Carolina magazine, online and an annual print. 

For example with the poetry of Kat Henry there follows her bio and then an interview with her.   As a reader I liked reading the poem and then listening to the interview answers that gave Kat's poem "Vagrants, after A.M. Parker" a context from the writer.  In Kat's bio she tells of reading the "vagrants" poem at an open mic in a bar and also reading it to a homeless man who told her he could relate to the poem. 

Another poet  Katherine E Young writes searing poems of physical and emotional abuse.  She teaches English at University level, published in journals and translated from Russian.  The interview helps to understand the perspective of the poems.

Reading the poem is good and the main thing.  Having detail and context also helps me see the poem.

Writing Blogs and Poetry video editing

Curiosity is the essence

    Looking for a list of writing blogs I found Writing and Literary Blogs which has a great list of blogs from writers and others in the publishing business about the business. 
     Sniffing out different blogs is a great way to encounter that special idea.  The one that makes the nose inhale deep with the scent of possibilities.  Then I read Heather Webb article on Kris Brady's blog about sticking to writing goals and how easy it is to surf around reading blogs and not doing the work.
     In my defense I'm taking a break from editing the Meadowlake Studios Encounter video we did of the William Stafford Poetry Celebration last week.  I've been listening closely most of the day to poets reading Stafford and their own poems.