Wednesday, September 24, 2014

REVIEW OF THOMAS FINK'S PEACE CONFERENCE



Chris Pusateri offers a wonderful review of Thomas Fink's PEACE CONFERENCE over at Something on Paper.  Here's an excerpt:

I thought the book was well-written and sharp and dealt with political and social issues without constantly resorting to various forms of cover, like irony or misdirection (a tendency that I count among my more serious flaws as a poet). I believe there is more peril in being transparent with one’s allegiances, but by the same token, I also feel that such an approach is more honest, and when it works, often makes for a more effective poem. 
There’s a penchant amongst poets to want to address the political without being a “political poet.” I understand the distinction (and for me, it brings to mind George Oppen, who explained his 20-year hiatus from poetry by saying that he wanted to focus on his Marxist activism, but did not want to be a “Marxist” poet). On this count, Peace Conference really nails it; that is, it manages political content without being doctrinaire, or worse yet, tentative. Since politics and ethics are as close as most poets ever come to religion, I think it’s imperative to retain the energy and wonder of religious experience without becoming intractable. This can be a very difficult balance to strike, but you bring it off quite artfully in Peace Conference.

Go HERE for the entire review!


Saturday, September 20, 2014

EILEEN TABIOS IN 100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE-NAPA, CA

Eileen Tabios and Janet Stickmon will be Featured Poets at a "100 Thousand Poets for Change" fundraising event in Napa, California.  Here's the flyer for the referenced 6-8 pm Open Mic Fundraiser.


From the event's Press Release:
100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE-NAPA
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2014.

POETRY OPEN MIC AND FUNDRAISER FOR KEDS PROGRAM

Time: 6:00-8:00PM 


Doors open and open mic sign ups open: 5:30PM
Open mic sign ups close at 7PM or when list is filled.

Location: Slack Collective Art Studios and Gallery
964 Pearl Street, Suite B. Napa, CA (Entrance in back of the building.)

Hosted by Jonathan Pyner (of Mewted Poetry Jam: Workshop and Open Mic)


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Eileen Tabios’ 28th poetry collection, SUN STIGMATA, is forthcoming this Fall from the New York publisher Marsh Hawk Press.  She recently released the poetry book 147 MILLION ORPHANS and edited a 133-poet fundraising anthology for Haiyan/Yolanda typhoon survivors. Translated into seven languages, she received the Philippines’ National Book Award for Poetry. She is an avid bibliophile. When she is not publishing, critiquing, promoting, and writing books, she enjoys the scenery of  her St. Helena home along with her family which includes her husband, son, and four legged companion Achilles, as shown here in photo.



VERSES TYPHOON YOLANDA: A Storm of Filipino Poets will be sold at this open mic event. Half of event proceeds go to Yolanda and half to KEDS Program for this special 100 Thousand Poets for Change-Napa fundraiser event. KEDS (Kids Exposed to Domestic Violence Services) is a program of the nonprofit NEWS (Napa Emergency Women's Services). 

For more information about 100 Thousand Poets for Change-Napa or please contact co-organizer:
Glynda Velasco 
phone: (707) 501-3670 or 
email: glyndavelasco@gmail.com

More information at Facebook Event Page.




Wednesday, September 17, 2014

BASIL AND MARTHA KING: AN UPDATE

Madeline Tiger (MHP, 2003)  wrote a wonderful appreciation of Basil King's work, published in Jacket 2 this summer, along with a few reproductions of his paintings.   

Basil King (whose newest book is on the MHP fall 2015 list) will participate in the the Next Wave Festival at BAM in the premiere of Black Mountain Songs, November 20-23.  
       Seven young composers have made pieces for choral singing inspired by artists associated with Black Mountain College: Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Buckminster Fuller, and others. The Brooklyn Youth Chorus will perform in this multimedia presentation along with dance, film projections, and Basil King on stage reading excerpts from Fielding Dawson and his own work referring to BMC.  Both Basil King and Fielding Dawson will be both represented in a small group show of BMC-associated artists in the Harvey lobby.  
See http://www.bam.org/BlackMountainSongs   

Basil King has  a long poem,"A Pigeon in Delacroix's Garden," in the fall/winter 2014-15 Talisman, and "History is Incomplete Without Art" in the fall 2014 issue of the British magazine, Tears in the Fence. 

Martha King (Imperfect Fit,  MHP 2004)  is one of 29 prose writers in  The Wreckage of Reason: Back to the Drawing Board, published this summer by Spuyten Duvil Press. See her blog post:    http://www.blog.basilking.net/page/2/   
The book is available from:   https://www.createspace.com/4576201 

Martha King will have new poems in the special section of "new women" in  the fall/winter 2014-15 issue of Talisman.  (Now that her memoir, Outside Inside,   is complete, she is returning to poetry!)

Basil and Martha King



Tuesday, September 16, 2014

FALL BOOKS BY BASIL KING AND EILEEN R. TABIOS

Marsh Hawk Press is delighted to announce our two new Fall 2014 books:


The Spoken Word / the Painted Hand from Learning to Draw / A History by Basil King
about which Advance Words include:
“Dare I say profound & playful & deeply serious?”  
—David Meltzer




SUN STIGMATA (Sculpture Poems) by Eileen R. Tabios
about which Advance Words include:
"Eileen Tabios's poems twist like silk scarves caught in the wind, offering ardent calligraphies and sly sub-versions of the passions, so many ways of naming lucidity."
— Andrew Joron

Monday, September 15, 2014

INVITATION TO OUR WEBSITES AND BLOGS

Information about many of Marsh Hawk Press’ authors are also available at their websites and/or blogs.  The following list presents some of the links to their writings and/or information about their works:








Sandy McIntosh (memoir blog)http://hamptonsapprenticeship.blogspot.com


Burt Kimmelman: BurtKimmelman.com

Basil King: www.basilking.net

Basil and Martha King:  www.blog.basilking.net

Philip Lopate: www.philliplopate.com

Mary Mackey: http://marymackey.com/


Paul Pines: http://paulpines.com

Eileen R. Tabios: http://eileenrtabios.com


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In addition to the above resources, here are some noteworthy updates:

Marilyn Tiger's appreciation of Basil King’s work on Jacket 2 is available at


Mary Mackey has a new blog interview series People Who Make Books Happen. Mary is doing monthly, in-depth interviews with people who have
expert advice to give and important things to say to writers as well as readers. Her September interview will be with best-selling author Ellen Sussman on
"Surviving Rejection" (she got hundreds of rejection notes before she got noticed). Later in the fall, former U.S. Poet Laureate Bob Hass is going to talk to her about the 10 most important books you need to start a poetry library. You can find links to all the People Who Make Books Happen interviews (including How To Get An Agent) at http://marymackey.com/welcome-to-the-writers-journey-mary-mackey-on-writing-advice-and-the-writers-life/





Sunday, September 14, 2014

YOU ARE INVITED TO PAUL PINES' VARIOUS EVENTS

September 12 - 14th: Paul Pines will host the 30th Lake George Jazz Weekend, a free outdoor event in Shepherd Park, in the village of Lake George, featuring a world class roster of artists: http://www.lakegeorgearts.org/lakegeorge-jazz.htm


Tuesday, September 23: at William Bronk-Sheldon Hurst Lecture Series talk by Paul Pines on "Poetic Imagination & The Submerged Center: Getting to Know the Knower,” sponsored by the Herman Maril Foundation at SUNY Adirondack


November 7 – 10: Reading from Divine Madness and Fishing on the Pole Star at Notre Dame, Weds at 7:30 PM, followed by a lecture on Thurs at 5:00PM, "Poetic Imagination & The Submerged Center: Getting to Know the Knower."

November 23rd: Reading at CCNY, details to follow.

November 25th: Reading at the Woodstock Festival, Woodstock, NY. 





Saturday, September 13, 2014

THE MARSH HAWK PRESS REVIEW, FALL 2014


You are invited to read the Fall issue of The Marsh Hawk Review, Edited by Eileen R. Tabios, which has just been released and is available HERE.

Featured poets are

Harriet Zinnes

Jean Vengua
Susan Terris
Eileen R. Tabios
Felino A. Soriano
Barry Schwabsky

Susan M. Schultz
Michael Rerick
Marthe Reed
Paul Pines

Sheila E. Murphy
Daniel Morris

Stephen Paul Miller
Meredith Lewis
Michael Leong

Eric Hoffman

Anne Gorrick
Joanna Fuhrman
Donna Fleischer
Thomas Fink
Thomas Fink and Maya Diablo Mason
Brian Clements

John Bloomberg-Rissman and Anne Gorrick

William Allegrezza

Friday, September 12, 2014

EILEEN TABIOS BOOK LAUNCH IN CALIFORNIA

YOU ARE INVITED! Eileen R. Tabios' forthcoming Marsh Hawk Press book will be represented at:

http://versestyphoonyolanda.blogspot.com/2014/08/sonoma-california-book-launch.html




The Sitting Room - A Community Library based in Santa Rosa (near Sonoma State University) will present a book launch for Eileen R. Tabios' three 2014 books:

147 MILLION ORPHANS (MMXI-MML) (gradient books, Finland)
SUN STIGMATA (Sculpture Poems) (Marsh Hawk Press, New York)
and
as Editor, VERSES TYPHOON YOLANDA

The event is free to the public and will take place at 2 pm, Saturday, November 1, 2014.  Please click on The Sitting Room link for directions and other information.  The Sitting Room is at  2025 Curtis Drive, Penngrove, CA.

Depending on availability, other poets from VERSES TYPHOON YOLANDA, also will be present at the launch.  All book sales proceeds during this event -- not just from VTY but also Eileen Tabios' two other books -- will be donated for Haiyan relief.

Readings, discussions, Q&As -- you are invited to attend and participate!

For questions: email Ertabios@aol.com