Monthly Archives: October 2013

Interview with Diane Raptosh

Posted in October 13, 2013

Interview with Diane Raptosh by Nin Andrews Diane Raptosh has published three books of poems, of which her long-poem, American Amnesiac, is new from Etruscan Press. The recipient of three literature fellowships from the Idaho Commission on the Arts, Raptosh …

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Unexpected Consequences—How an MFA Helped Me Find Myself

Posted in October 13, 2013

Unexpected Consequences—How an MFA Helped Me Find Myself by Carrie L. Krucinski In the summer of 2011 I enrolled in the low-residency MFA program at Ashland University. I already knew that I had to be a poet. Going into the …

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Interview with Jim Warner

Posted in October 13, 2013

Interview with Jim Warner by Heather Lowery Jim Warner is the author of two poetry collections Too Bad It’s Poetry and Social Studies (Paper Kite Press). His poetry has appeared in The North American Review, Word Riot, Drunken Boat, PANK, …

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Raw to the Bone: Transported Toward Truth and Memory by Springsteen’s River Songs

Posted in October 13, 2013

Raw to the Bone: Transported Toward Truth and Memory by Springsteen’s River Songs by Beth Kephart Might as well start with “Shenandoah,” the old pioneer song that Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band transformed into sweet bitters in the living …

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Interview with Michael Czarnecki

Posted in October 13, 2013

Interview with Michael Czarnecki by Dawn Leas Michael Czarnecki is a poet, oral memoirist and owner/publisher of FootHills Publishing, a family-run business that produces beautifully hand-crafted chapbooks and full-length collections. He teaches community workshops, presents as visiting lecturer at the …

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Poetry Month in Slow Time

Posted in October 13, 2013

Poetry Month in Slow Time by Kathryn “Kitty” Jospé Time: trading eight jazz time, practice time, cool-snap time of snow-in-spring, handwritten time, non-electronic time makes me wonder about my easy computer-typed, Google-researched drafts, re-drafts, and filing. Ever since I left …

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Interview with the founders of The Muse Writers Center

Posted in October 13, 2013

Interview with the founders of The Muse Writers Center by Millicent Borges Accardi The Muse Writers Center has grown from its humble beginnings in a basement with one poetry class to a full service independent writing center, offering 60 classes …

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Death of a Poet: Seamus Heaney

Posted in October 13, 2013

Death Life of a Poet: Seamus Heaney by Heather Lowery When I was assigned writing an essay about Seamus Heaney, I approached it like pretty much any other project—through research. He sounded familiar to me and I was curious to …

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Fall 2013 Issue and Welcome

Posted in October 13, 2013

Greetings PQ friends!   Welcome to our fall issue of PQ. Please visit the Current Issue to see our latest content. In this issue, we have 18 reviews, 4 essays, and 5 interviews for you to enjoy and share.  If …

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What We Ask of Flesh by Remica L. Bingham

Posted in October 11, 2013

What We Ask of Flesh Remica L. Bingham Etruscan Press, 2012 Perfect Binding, 85 pages ISBN: 978-0983934622 Purchase link Reviewed by Kim Loomis-Bennett Remica L. Bingham’s second book brings to mind She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks by …

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