The Legendary

Two poems -- including one constructed from students' comments on this class blog -- have been published in The Legendary and can be read here:

http://www.downdirtyword.com/poetrypage.html

A Piece fo Advice

Coop Renner, the highly skillful editor of the superb literary zine elimae, offered me this advice to share with you. His heartfelt words are well considering:

Probably one of the very hardest lessons--certainly a hard one for me--is not to write for success, but to write to accomplish what they want to accomplish. If they can begin to see what it is that they imagine for themselves--do they want to create a new form of lyric? do they want to ruminate on their own psyches? do they want to be the Anthony Trollope of the 21st century?--then they can begin to write for the writing itself, rather than for the presumed career success, publications, prizes, acclaim, etc.

Submit!

Before class this Thursday, please post a link to the publication to which you plan to submit your story as well as a brief explanation as to why you think it's a good fit.

The Captain Is Out to Lunch. . . .

Please remark before we return from holiday break as to which of Bukowski's observations on writers and writing resonate most with you and why. If you wish, you can also comment on his writing style, which has been widely imitated.