#avl #avlwx #avlsnomg Remember that 10% grade snomaghetto road I couldn’t navigate at 6AM. Makes a perfect sled (or luge) run at 2PM.
#avl #avlwx #avlsnomg At 6AM I realized I wasn’t going to make it out of the snomaghetto. May not look like it but that’s a 10% grade slope.
In Those Days, Randall Jarrell
In those days—they were long ago—
The snow was cold, the night was black.
I licked from my cracked lips
A snowflake, as I looked back
Through branches, the last uneasy snow.
Your shadow, there in the light, was still.
In a little the light went out.
I went on, stumbling—till at last the hill
Hid the house. And, yawning,
In bed in my room, alone,
I would look out: over the quilted
Rooftops, the clear stars shone.
How poor and miserable we were,
How seldom together!
And yet after so long one thinks:
In those days everything was better.
npr: After The Crisis, An Economist Reconsiders Cappuccino Oh, Planet Money, you had me at “cappuccino.” –wrightbryan3
Poetry at The Pulp featuring Pat Riviere-Seel
Tonight at 7 PM, Poetry at The Pulp features Pat Riviere-Seel. The reading is followed by an open-mic. So, if you can not make the trip to Warren Wilson College, hangout at the Orange Peel’s members-only club, The Pulp, and enjoy an evening of poetry.
Tonight, 8:15PM, free public reading at Warren Wilson College
This morning Kevin McIlvoy and Alan Shapiro presented lectures as part of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. [1] Tonight, Dean Bakopoulos, Martha Rhodes, Alix Ohlin, and Ellen Bryant Voigt read their work at 8:15 PM at the Fellowship Hall behind the Chapel. [2]
[1] The complete Public Lecture Schedule for The MFA for Writers at Warren Wilson College – Winter 2011 [2] The Public Reading Schedule – Winter 2011
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Free public readings at Warren Wilson College
The last few years I’ve taken advantage of the free public readings by guest poets and writers at the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. It’s free and open to the general public.
A few years ago I heard Marianne Boruch present a lecture discussing ars poetica in contemporary and American poetry. It opened my eyes to the poetic process. Another year I heard a poet deliver a lecture for the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and then, months later, discovered an essay based on that lecture printed in a notable literary journal. I thought to myself, I heard it first before it made print!
One evening [1] I heard Mark Jarman, Stephen Dobyns and Percival Everett read new and or forthcoming work. And yet another time, I heard a lecture by Maurice Manning [2] that continues to haunt me. I think back to some of the other notable readings, [3] notable to me at least, and chart the influence [4] of some poets in my work.
One poet who was a regular guest of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College was Steve Orlen. He passed away recently [5] [6] [7] and I’ll miss hearing him read “I Love You. Who Are You?”? [8]
What I find amusing is that the public readings don’t attract larger crowds. Maybe this is one of Asheville’s best kept secrets.
[1] The MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College public readings — Winter 2007 [2] The MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College public readings — Winter 2008 [3] The MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College public readings — Winter 2008 [4] The MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College public readings — Summer 2010 [5] Arizona Daily Star [6] Best American Poetry Blog [7] Laura Hope-Gill’s Tweet [8] Anthologized in Best American Poetry 2005
The MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College Public Reading Schedule – Winter 2011
Twice a year, the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College offers public readings by guest lecturers and graduating students. Here’s the schedule for this year (as posted on their web site):
Monday, January 3, 8:00pm – in Gladfelter, Canon Lounge
Antonya Nelson, Dana Levin, Patrick Somerville, Maurice ManningTuesday, January 4, 8:15pm – Fellowship Hall behind the Chapel
Rick Barot, Michael Parker, Eleanor Wilner, Megan StaffelWednesday, January 5, 8:15pm – Fellowship Hall behind the Chapel
Dean Bakopoulos, Martha Rhodes, Alix Ohlin, Ellen Bryant VoigtThursday, January 6, 8:15pm – Fellowship Hall behind the Chapel
Brooks Haxton, Karen Brennan, Alan Shapiro, Stacey D’ErasmoFriday, January 7, 8:15pm – Fellowship Hall behind the Chapel
Debra Allbery, Liam Callanan, Jennifer Grotz, C.J. HribalSaturday, January 8, 6:00pm – “Fastest Readings in the World” with MFA Faculty at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood Street, Asheville.
Sunday, January 9, 8:15pm – in Gladfelter, Canon Lounge
Marianne Boruch, David Haynes, C. Dale Young, Kevin McIlvoyMonday, January 10, 8:15pm – Fellowship Hall behind the Chapel
Graduating fiction student readings: Zoe Lasden-Lyman, Scott Nadelson, Brian TaiTuesday, January 11, 8:15pm – Fellowship Hall behind the Chapel
Graduating poetry student readings: Leslie Contreras Schwartz, RJ Gibson, Jenny Johnson, Glenis RedmondWednesday, January 12 – 4:30pm, followed by Graduation Ceremony
Graduating student readings: Diana Lueptow, Nathan Poole, Andy Young
Public Lecture Schedule for The MFA for Writers at Warren Wilson College – Winter 2011
In the past, I’ve enjoyed lectures from notable poets like Marianne Boruch and Maurice Manning. This year the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College offers public readings by the following guest lecturers:
All lectures will be held in the Fellowship Hall behind the Chapel unless indicated otherwise.
Tuesday, January 4
MARIANNE BORUCH: The End Inside It
11:15amWednesday, January 5
KEVIN McILVOY: Sentencing & Summoning: Reflections on the Sentence and the Poetic Line
9:30amWednesday, January 5
ALAN SHAPIRO: Technique of Empathy: Free Indirect Style in Poetry
10:45amFriday, January 7
MICHAEL PARKER: Transvestite Hermaphrobite: All Hail the Semi-Colon
9:30amTuesday, January 11
STACEY D’ERASMO: On the Unsayable
9:30amTuesday, January 11
RICK BAROT: The Sea and the Zebra: Visual Effects in Poems
10:45amWednesday, January 12
DEAN BAKOPOULOS: Hot Dog Station! Show Show Show!: Expressionism, Exclamations, and the Lyricism of Upheaval
10:00amWednesday, January 12
MAURICE MANNING: Place and the Composition of Poetic Self
11:15am
#avlsnomg Of all the stores closed on Tunnel Road, yesterday, both IHOP and Cook Out were open for business.
I may have ‘O.D.ed on twitter this weekend’ and need to unplug for awhile.
I am taking a 30-day spiritual retreat and a sabbatical from social media.
#avlsnomg #avlwx Frank’s Pizza was open on Monday. According to Ray’s Weather, it’s supposed to hit 41°F today. Yesterday’s snow will be a memory.
#avlsnomg As @ashevegas stated yesterday, I overdosed on Twitter as the Christmas Day winter storm dumped almost a foot of snow on Asheville.
#avlsnomg Driving to the office Monday morning.
A morning walk the day after Christmas and all is quiet except the chatter of a couple cardinals in a holly tree. #avlsnomg
Day after Christmas. Snowfall measures just under nine inches. Locals used impassable streets as sled runs. #avlsnomg
Excellent day for a game or two of chess. (via enpasant: Die schachpartie: Max Oppenheimer)
Snow covered barn.
Snow covered limbs along the creek side.
This afternoon I took a walk in the snow. It is over 6 inches deep at 6 p.m. and still coming down. #avlxmas #avlnews #avlsnomg
For this day, 5.4 inches is the record snowfall set in 1969 (via @WLOSphotog21). Anyone know if #avl broke the record today? #avlxmas #avlsnomg #avlnews
25 DEC: Metaphors escape me as I walk outside in the snow.
25 DEC 2010: Walking barefoot on a snowy Christmas Day.
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