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Tupelo Press Presents Mark Halliday's
Keep This Forever

After Petrarch.
Tupelo Press revives the Poetry Project.

Save Endangered Literature Challenge from Tupelo Press

Tupelo Press $10,000 Dorset Prize for 2008

Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference

Upcoming Events in the Next Month














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Tupelo Press Presents Mark Halliday's
Keep This Forever 


 



 
Tupelo Press proudly announces the publication of Mark Halliday's new book of poems, Keep This Forever. 

>From Entertainment Weekly (Ken Tucker) 

A new collection by Mark Halliday is always reason for excitement; his direct, conversational verse is, yes, that poetry comfort-word - accessible - but also wise about the modern world, and frequently very funny. Keep This Forever also makes room for one of the gravest of milestones; it includes a moving sequence of poems about the death of Halliday's father (''Everybody's father dies./...But when my father died, it was my father.''). 

A modern romantic poet, Halliday is wittily alert to our social interactions, whether he's making poetry out of everyday cell-phone chatter and business jargon, or describing a tedious, niceties-filled evening at a social-obligation party with a doleful deadpan: ''...I was standing/with a cup of wine and trying to have on my face/the I'm-so-interested look...'' 












After Petrarch.
Tupelo Press revives the Poetry Project. 


 




To celebrate autumn's arrival, here's a call for poems for possible inclusion in the December/January issue of the online Tupelo Press Poetry Project. 

Submit no more than five poems, no more than one poem per suggested title. You may write in any style, from formal to experimental. Deadline is November 15, 2008. Each submitted poem must take as its title or first line one of the following phrases from Petrarch: 




And I saw weeping those two lovely lights that have a thousand times provoked the sun to envy. (Petrarch 156)

I swim a sea that has no shore or bottom (Petrarch 212)

Once I accused myself, now I excuse, in fact I rate myself quite highly now. (Petrarch 296)

This is the final day of years of sweetness. (Petrarch 314)

If you got free by any strange behavior- (Petrarch 64)




Please submit one poem per email, attached as a Word document, along with a brief bio. Kindly place your last name and the title of your poem in the reference line. 

Our guest editor for the Dec/Jan issue is Nancy Naomi Carlson.

Submit to: poetryproject at tupelopress.org 

There is no fee for submitting, but it sure would warm our hearts over here at Tupelo Press World HQ if you would order any one of our books! 












Save Endangered Literature Challenge from Tupelo Press 


 




Thanks to all of you who have already accepted our challenge by purchasing one book directly from the Tupelo Press website. As you see, we have an exciting new title. Perhaps Mark Halliday's Keep This Forever will appeal if you are thinking about which book to order. And don't forget -- you can get a second book at half price. 

Order one book directly from Tupelo Press. 

Book sales and the literature those sales represent are, in fact, endangered. It is in this arena that we ask you for your help. It won't cost you much, it's easy as can be, and you receive a beautiful Tupelo Press book! 












Tupelo Press $10,000 Dorset Prize for 2008 


 




Open to All Poets Writing in English 
Again this year, the Dorset Prize includes a cash award of $10,000 in addition to publication by Tupelo Press. Postmark deadline, December 15. 


Again this year, the Dorset Prize includes a cash award of $10,000 in addition to publication by Tupelo Press. Postmark deadline, December 15. 


The 2008 Dorset Prize will be judged by Ilya Kaminsky. All finalists will be considered for publication. 


The 2008 Dorset Prize will be judged by Ilya Kaminsky. All finalists will be considered for publication. 



This year, your reading fee entitles you to receive ONE of the following Tupelo Press titles: 


Every Bird is One Bird, Francine Sterle

Ice, Mouth, Song, Rachel Contreni Flynn

The Next Ancient World, Jennifer Michael Hecht

Victory and her Opposites: A Guide, Amy England

The Wanton Sublime, Anna Rabinowitz

Why is the Edge Always Windy?, Mông-Lan




Please print out and indicate your selection on the form provided and include with your manuscript submission. 

Full Guidelines are available on the Tupelo Press website. 












Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference 


 




The Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference provides the faculty, tools and methods necessary to set poets with a completed manuscript or manuscript-in-process on a path towards publication. Faculty includes conference founder Joan Houlihan as well as Jeffrey Levine, editor, publisher and founder of Tupelo Press. For details on location, requirements and cost, please visit: colrainpoetry.com. 

You may also...


Call: (978) 897-0054

Email: conferences at colrainpoetry.com

Write: Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference
c/o Concord Poetry Center
40 Stow Street
Concord, MA 01742-241















Upcoming Events in the Next Month 


 






Kristin Bock
 
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2008
8:00 PM
A Reading and Book Signing by Kristin Bock
Amherst Books
8 Main Street
Amherst, MA
Telephone: 413-256-1547
Website: amherstbooks.com/Events/eventsOctober2008.shtml
Cost: FREE
Kristin Bock will read from her first book of poems, Cloisters. A wine and cheese reception will follow.





Kurt Brown
 
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2008
12:30 PM
UConn Waterbury Branch
99 E. Main Street
Waterbury, CT
Telephone: 203-236-9800
Contact: James Gentile and Mariana DiRaimo

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2008
7:00 PM
Tunxis Community College
271 Scott Swamp Rd. 
Farmington, CT
Telephone: 860-255-3500
Contact: James Gentile and Mariana DiRaimo

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2008
8:00 PM
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan Station
Middletown, CT
Telephone: 860-685-2000
Contact: James Gentile and Mariana DiRaimo

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2008
7:00 PM
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley Street
New Britain, CT
Telephone: 860-832-2278

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2008
12:15 PM
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT
Telephone: 860-768-4100

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2008
4:30 PM
Trinity College
300 Summit Street
Hartford, CT
Telephone: 860-297-2000

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2008
8:00 PM
Manchester Community College
Great Path, MS #19
Manchester, CT
Telephone: 860-512-3000


THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008
12:30 PM
Middlesex Community College
100 Training Hill Rd.
Middletown, CT
Telephone: 860-343-5800





Patricia Fargnoli
 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008
1:00 PM
Panel Discussion
NH Writer's Trail 2008: Portsmouth Literary Festival
South Chruch Sanctuary
Portsmouth, NH
NH Writer's Project
(603) 314-7980
www.nhwritersproject.org
Cost: $15 at the door
Description: Poetry, People and Place: Creating Poetic Consciousness
Join Maxine Kumin, Patricia Fargnoli and Elizabeth Knies, poets laureate from across the Granite State who have raised the poetic consciousness of the United States, New Hampshire and Portsmouth. Hear them read their award winning poetry and take part in a panel discussing building community through poetry.





Annie Finch
 
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2008
1:30 PM
Panel Discussion
Eco-Poets Speaking Up: The Nature of Nature Poetry
Camden Opera House
Camden, ME
Contact: Kathleen Ellis
Email: Kathleen_Ellis at umit.maine.edu
Cost: FREE
Description: Panel discussion for the Maine Literary Festival






David Hernandez
 
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008
8:00 PM
Reading
Pharmaka Gallery
101 West 5th Street (corner of 5th & Main)
Los Angeles, CA
Contact: Sarah Maclay
Email: smaclay at peoplepc.com
Website: pharmaka-art.org
Cost: $5 recommended donation
Description: Lynne Thompson, David Hernandez, Cecilia Woloch, and Ilya Kaminsky will be reading. Doors open at 7:00. Goodies inside. Organic beverages. Free street parking after 6:00. $5 lot at Spring and Main. More lots nearby.

Ilya Kaminsky
 
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008
8:00 PM
Reading
Pharmaka Gallery
101 West 5th Street (corner of 5th & Main)
Los Angeles, CA
Contact: Sarah Maclay
Email: smaclay at peoplepc.com
Website: pharmaka-art.org
Cost: $5 recommended donation
Description: Lynne Thompson, David Hernandez, Cecilia Woloch, and Ilya Kaminsky will be reading. Doors open at 7:00. Goodies inside. Organic beverages. Free street parking after 6:00. $5 lot at Spring and Main. More lots nearby.

Aimee Nezhukumatathil
 
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2008
5:30 PM
Reading
Columbia College Visiting Writers Series
Music Center Concert Hall
1014 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL
Website: colum.edu/Academics/English_Department/Events.php#murillo
Cost: FREE
Description: Aimee will be reading with John Murillo and Robin Schiff

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2008
12 Noon
Reading
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford Visiting Writer Series
Mukaiyama University Room
Bradford, PA
Website: upb.pitt.edu
Cost: FREE


FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008
7:00 PM
Reading
Emerging Writers at NYU
KGB Bar
85 East 4th Street, between 2nd Avenue and Bowery
New York, New York
Website: cwp.fas.nyu.edu
Cost: FREE





Alan Michael Parker
 
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2008
7:00 PM
Reading
The Handlebar
304 East Stone Street
Greenville, SC
Contact: Ashley Warlick
Email: ashley_warlick at yahoo.com
Website: www.handlebar-online.com
Cost: Emrys members $2, non-members $4





Barbara Tran
 
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008
8:00 PM
Reading
Language for a New Century
BMCC TRIBECA Performing Arts Center
199 Chambers St.
New York City, NY 10007
Website: http://poetshouse.org/progcoming.htm#october
Cost: FREE for students and members of AAWW and Poets House. Others: $10
Description: Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia and Beyond

Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, Tina Chang, Monica Ferrell, Eric Gamalinda, Kimiko Hahn, Nathalie Handal, Cathy Park Hong, Khaled Mattawa, Ravi Shankar & Barbara Tran

A panel discussion with Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, Tina Chang, Kimiko Hahn, Nathalie Handal, Khaled Mattawa, and Ravi Shankar will precede the reading, at 6:30PM.
Co-sponsored by the Asian American Writers Workshop and the TRIBECA Performing Arts Center at BMC





Cecilia Woloch
 
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008
8:00 PM
Reading
Pharmaka Gallery
101 West 5th Street (corner of 5th & Main)
Los Angeles, CA
Contact: Sarah Maclay
Email: smaclay at peoplepc.com
Website: pharmaka-art.org
Cost: $5 recommended donation
Description: Lynne Thompson, David Hernandez, Cecilia Woloch, and Ilya Kaminsky will be reading. Doors open at 7:00. Goodies inside. Organic beverages. Free street parking after 6:00. $5 lot at Spring and Main. More lots nearby.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2008
8:00 PM
Reading & Concert
Muckenthaler Cultural Center
1201 W. Malvern Ave
Fullerton, CA
Website: themuck.org
Email: hello at moontidepress.com
Cost: FREE
Description: Cecilia Woloch with pianist Ann Patrick Green. Also open mic. 




















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