http://www.jennybrowne.com author, poet, educator Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:48:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I sent a pre-election sonnet of sorts to my friend Matt Hart.  He then did a most excellent Ted Berrigan on it. So here you have it, before and after.  Yay America!  Obamanos!   It Was Cold in the Country I Remember November 3, 2008   The children imagine a fire in the yard. They’re ... http://www.jennybrowne.com/2008/11/16/14-lines-x-2/ Long time, no news.  Actually, there's been lots of news but also lots of sadness. That, and obsessive political blog reading. So for now, here's a picture of our Day of the Dead altar and an elegy to one of my favorite poets, in memory.  Elegy on Toy Piano         ... http://www.jennybrowne.com/2008/11/02/dia-de-los-muertos/ So much fun to be back with old Evansville friends and fellow Michener Center fellows to read and drink wine at Patchwork Central.  Great local cheese and vegetables too. Here are few articles about the event, one from the arts columnist and one from the (a-hem) social column of the Evansville ... http://www.jennybrowne.com/2008/08/10/words-and-wine-local-flavor/ Big thanks to Steve Burt and Dale Smith for their thoughtful reading of and generous words about my book in The Believer and Bookslut.  Wow.  http://www.jennybrowne.com/2008/06/03/two-new-reviews/ Much thanks to Austin's Blanton Museum of Art for featuring my poem The First Ship on their website If These Walls Could Speak.   There is a short interview about the making of the poem and, if you enlarge the painting, a recording of me reading it.  A big shout out to Kurt Heinzelman and ... http://www.jennybrowne.com/2008/05/27/blanton-poetry-project-webpage/ The end of the semester and the hangover from National Poetry Month have me feeling all William Carlos Williamsish,                     "Lifeless in appearance, sluggish                     dazed spring approaches—" And heck, since spring last all of three day ... http://www.jennybrowne.com/2008/05/07/second-friday-reading-at-gemini-ink/ New poem up at AGNI. http://www.jennybrowne.com/2008/04/27/agni/ Please come see Kent Shaw and yours truly read from our new books, Calenture and The Second Reason this Friday at 6pm. Brazos Bookstore Friday, April 18, 6:00 pm 2421 Bissonnet Houston Texas 77005 www.brazosbookstore.com http://www.jennybrowne.com/2008/04/14/brazos-bookstore-reading-in-houston/ Thanks to Roberto Bonazzi for this generous review in Sunday's San Antonio Express News.  http://www.jennybrowne.com/2008/04/11/new-review-of-the-second-reason/ San Antonio is hopping with poetry this month!  The Office of Cultural Affairs has a complete calendar of events.  Poems about birds, poems and vegetarian food, haiku hikes and free copies of The Wasteland.  What's not to love? Check it out. And, if you are in Austin this weekend, also check out ... http://www.jennybrowne.com/2008/04/04/national-poetry-month/