September
14: Matthew Olzmann
29: Special Friday Dire: Jennifer Friedman Lang
October
19 Eliz McKim
November
16: Enzo Silon Surin
23: OFF
30: Josh Barkan
December
7: Laura Zigman
14: Tom Laughlin
20: OFF
27: OFF
Due to Facebook and other technical difficulties not of my own, the readings by JD Debris and Frances Donovan were not recorded. Huge apologies to them.
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5.4.23 Jane Roper
6.1.23 Jon Wesick
6.22.23 John Fulton
6.29.23 Tricia Barker Barton
7.13.23 Cynthia Atkins
7.27.23 Katie Moulton
8.10.23 Yael Goldstein Love
8.24.23 Julia Lisella
In this issue Michael Ansara, Richard Hoffman, Kathleen Aguero, Denise Provost, Ted Kooser, Jennifer Barber, Marge Piercy, Laura Cherry, Chad Parenteau, David Miller, Lawrence Kessenich, Danielle Legros George,Carla Schwartz, Zvi Sesling, Dennis Daley and more ...
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The published poem is titled, "Recipe Stupid Men Use to Capture Women." I've made it no secret that I disapprove up the tricks men use in regards to other men and in regards to women in order to court them. I believe I've used the word "hate" often. So to the person I observed doing everything I wrote in this poem...fuck that guy.
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Mixed answer.
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2) They can do whatever the F they want. Prices will be changed at some point because Amazon can do whatever the F they want.
a) Mixed information on "is the reduced price eaten on publisher/writer royalties, or does Amazon take that hit?"
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I'm reading here on Saturday Night, August 5th, but go ANYTIME....check out the list below, underneath the Bay City Rollers. This event is always fun.
565 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 Second Floor
| Saturday Day | Community Church of Boston, Copley Square, doors at 10:30am | |
| 1100 | – | Emily Dickinson* |
| 1107 | – | Parmit Crassa |
| 1114 | – | Mattie Deed |
| 1121 | – | Thomas DeFreitas |
| 1128 | – | Willie Wideman Pleasants |
| 1135 | – | Dan Y-El |
| 1142 | – | Mary Buchinger |
| 1200 | – | Anna Ross |
| 1207 | – | Alex Aimee Kist |
| 1214 | – | KH van berkum |
| 1221 | – | Steven Karl |
| 1228 | – | Karen Henry |
| 1235 | – | Punky D |
| 1242 | – | Adam Grabowski |
| 100 | – | jojo Lazar |
| 107 | – | Dorian Kotsiopoulos |
| 114 | – | Gail Slater |
| 121 | – | Ariella Ruth |
| 128 | – | Jason Wright |
| 135 | – | Julia Story |
| 142 | – | U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo |
| 200 | – | Evan Dalton Smith |
| 207 | – | Elizabeth Guthrie |
| 214 | – | Dan Wuenschel |
| 221 | – | Tom Daley |
| 228 | – | Aaron Kiely |
| 235 | – | Gale Batchelder |
| 242 | – | Joey Gould |
| 300 | – | Chad Parenteau |
| 307 | – | Ruth Lepson |
| 314 | – | Suzanne Mercury |
| 321 | – | Trace Peterson |
| 328 | – | Heather Hughes |
| 335 | – | Carol Weston |
| 342 | – | Jenny Grassl |
| 400 | – | Elisabeth Weiss |
| 407 | – | Gloria Monaghan |
| 414 | – | David Miller |
| 421 | – | Jeff Taylor |
| 428 | – | Jennifer Markell |
| 435 | – | Simeon Berry |
| 442 | – | Ruby Poltorak |
| Dinner Break | venue locked at c5:15pm | |
| Saturday Night | Doors at c6:45pm | |
| 700 | – | Joe Elliot |
| 707 | – | Uche Nduka |
| 714 | – | Hannah Larrabee |
| 721 | – | Maria Damon |
| 728 | – | Michael Steffen |
| 735 | – | Cheryl Clark Vermeulen |
| 742 | – | Annie Won |
| 800 | – | Jim Dunn |
| 807 | – | Jean Dany Joachim |
| 814 | – | Mitch Highfill |
| 821 | – | Andrew K. Peterson |
| 828 | – | Christopher Hughes |
| 835 | – | David Blair |
| 842 | – | Timothy Gager |
| 900 | – | Peter F. Crowley |
| 907 | – | Sam Cha |
| 914 | – | Christina Strong |
| 921 | – | Michael Gottlieb |
| 928 | – | Jonathan Bennett Bonilla |
| 935 | – | Pedro Poitevin |
| 942 | – | Joshua Nguyen |
| Sunday Day | Community Church of Boston, Copley Square, doors at 12:30pm | |
| 1100 | – | Clarise Annette Brooks |
| 1107 | – | Susanna Kittredge |
| 1114 | – | Pampi |
| 1121 | – | Kali Lightfoot |
| 1128 | – | Greg Lawless |
| 1135 | – | Pam Matz |
| 1142 | – | Darren Black |
| 1200 | – | Jordan Davis |
| 1207 | – | Jack Miller |
| 1214 | – | Mark Lipman |
| 1221 | – | Petaluma Vale |
| 1228 | – | Steven Riel |
| 1235 | – | Anthony Cueller |
| 1242 | – | Bridget Eileen |
| 100 | – | Sarah Pearlstein |
| 107 | – | Carla Schwartz |
| 114 | – | Philip Hasouris |
| 121 | – | Emma Malbon |
| 128 | – | Ellen Steinbaum |
| 135 | – | Jon Woodward |
| 142 | – | Meg Tyler |
| 200 | – | Keith Jones |
| 207 | – | Marcia Karp |
| 214 | – | Samanthe Sheffer |
| 221 | – | Christina Liu |
| 228 | – | Judson Evans |
| 235 | – | Colleen Michaels |
| 242 | – | Mary Elizabeth Birnbaum |
| 300 | – | January O’Neil |
| 307 | – | Jennifer Jean |
| 314 | – | Kenning JP Garcia |
| 321 | – | Lloyd Schwartz |
| 328 | – | Lucille Clifton* |
| 335 | – | Angelo D’Amato |
| 342 | – | March Penn |
| 400 | – | Clay Ventre |
| 407 | – | Kevin Carey |
| 414 | – | Hamdi Mohamed |
| 421 | – | Stevie Subrizi |
| 428 | – | Elizabeth Marie Young |
| 435 | – | J.D. Scrimgeour |
| 442 | – | Heather Treseler |
| FINISH LINE |
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That might sound fanciful, like the start of a fabulist novel, but Gager’s thoughtful, episodic narrative is committed to life as it’s lived, in striking, persuasive, and occasionally exhaustive detail. While scenes of young Joe’s public embarrassments (a disaster at the grocery store) and surprise triumphs (his spell as a school mascot involves some inspired prop comedy) compel, the storytelling tends toward the explanatory rather than the dramatic, as Gager lays out in clear, vivid prose the family and relationship histories of Joe’s parents, the aspirations and tumultuous romantic life of that friendly nurse who once had to make Joe cry.
Gager reveals Joe’s drift of mind with acute sensitivity and a welcome lack of linguistic theatrics, dipping readers into his head (for inspired thoughts on Superman, say, or his spiraling worries that the popular couple at school who protects him from bullies might break up) while also depicting Joe’s mother’s urgent drive to help him develop independence. A sense of looming tragedy gives the coming-of-age narrative added cohesion, one that readers will feel coming but the characters don’t. The conclusion, though, is both hopeful and surprising.
Takeaway: Deftly handled novel of neurodiversity and coming of age.
Comparable Titles: Katherine May’s The Electricity of Every Living Thing, Hilary Rey’s Kids Like Us.
Production grades
Cover: B
Design and typography: A
Illustrations: N/A
Editing: A
Marketing copy: A-
A year ago, Zvi Sesling selected ten of his favorite flash fiction authors to be a part of his new magazine 10 BY 10. One year later the same group (minus 1.....let's see 10 X 10 -1 = 99. Math.). What I mean is 9 of the original ten are back for the anniversary, and that couldn't be more cool.
"I got this email. I was on your mailing list to begin with. And I get this email during the pandemic. And I'm kind of like, well, you know, what do I do during that time? Stare at the wall or work on some writing and I was like I'm in. And I was introduced to some amazing people that, you know, I'm still in contact with today, amazing people, amazing connections. And, you know, three years later, we're still meeting daily."
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST AND FIND OUT ABOUT or read the transcript:
I run Anna David's Write Launch Writers Group, which meets five times a week on Zoom! Listen all about it, and we are open for new members twice a year---AND RIGHT NOW!!
Thanks to Doug Holder, who published my very first, in 2002. It's May 31, 2023 and we are still kicking. In this one, I compare an old (active, healthy) dog, to the decline of the physical human condition.
Honored to read at this great series hosted by Harris Gardner and Gloria Mindock. Some amazing co-features Richard Hoffman and Susan Donnelly made me grateful for my poetry life
