EILEEN R. TABIOS PRESENTS THE MONOBON IN "CHAPTER ONE"

Eileen R. Tabios  officially release the MONOBON through her essay published in Marsh Hawk Press' "Chapter One" series that focuses on beginnings. You can see the essay at THIS LINK, but here's an excerpt:

"The monobon is very much a contemporary creature reflecting the zeitgeist. That is, the monobon is created in the Zoom age. I’ve noticed that during poetry readings on Zoom, Zoom attendees frequently type up a line they heard and liked on the Zoom event’s Chat screen. This emphasizes a favored line and I’ve observed some can stand alone as a monostich. Thus, I consider the monobon to reflect the nature of attention in the digital age."

JOHN KEENE TO JUDGE MARSH HAWK POETRY PRIZE

Poet JOHN KEENE, winner of the National Book Award, a MacArthur Fellow, and Rutgers University professor, will be the judge of the annual Marsh Hawk Poetry Prize. We are now receiving submissions. For more information, please go to https://marshhawkpress.org/2024-marsh-hawk-press-poetry-prizes/

CONGRATULATIONS TO MARY MACKEY

 Mary Mackey's screenplay The Stand In  has been nominated for Best Feature Film Screenplay at the City of Angels Women’s Film Festival in Los Angeles. 

 

The script of The Stand In is an adaptation of her comic novel The Stand In (published by Kensington Books under my pen name “Kate Clemens). Co-written with her script-writing partner Renee De Palma, the film, which is fast-paced and hilarious, pokes fun at the Hollywood pecking order as it follows the comic misadventures of two women who decide to exchange lives: a Hollywood super star named Jayne and an overworked college composition teacher named Mary Lynn who is so badly paid that she has to moonlight as a checkout clerk. What could go wrong with this swap? Try “just about everything.”

EILEEN R. TABIOS' THE INVENTOR ON BESTSELLING LIST

Eileen R. Tabios' THE INVENTOR: A Poet's Transcolonial Autobiography made it into SPD's Bestseller List for October, also notable since October is the month before the book's official release date in November. We do not mind that it's for the "Poetry Bestselling List" when the book is technically Non-Fiction--so thank you, SPD. Most importantly, thanks to the Readers.

CHAPTER ONE WITH LAUREL BLOSSOM

You're invited to read Laurel Blossom's participation to the "Chapter One" series which you can see HERE, but here's an excerpt:

My advice? as Aunt Phoebe would say: follow your instincts. Follow the language that sparkles. One thing leads to another. Let the poem take its own sweet time. Let it tell you where it wants to go. Don’t be afraid to let go of the parts you love that don’t serve the needs of the poem. Don’t be afraid to leave in the parts that scare you. Have fun. Enjoy the process. The results will take care of themselves. You will reach success.

NEW PAGES reviews BECAUSE I LOVE YOU,... by EILEEN R. TABIOS

NewPages has published a review of BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, I BECOME WAR. Eileen's book has many layers--she loves to cram as many layers as she can in a single book--and this review is the first to look at the project in terms of archive-related issues. You can see entire review HERE but here's an excerpt:

"What is so magical about this collection is that we are not left hanging and lost in the dense material of this ambitious project; we are shown abundance and astounding imagination in what remains. This project is love."

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO TONY TRIGILIO!

Tony Trigilio's memoir CRAFT is on SPD's Bestseller List!