Reading Amy King in Topeka
Marvel 70th Anniversary Trading Cards
Punctuation as Patriarchy
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Documentation and Conceptual Collage
It's been on my mind, the idea of conceptual collage, appropriation as representation, etc. and what draws me to approaching projects with these forms. Really, I've documentated all my life--since I was four, picking up a camera, cutting out words from magazines, etc. When I was in trouble, I had to copy the dictionary, including the phonetics. Kenneth Goldsmith would love this!
Sometimes I take facebook discussions of poets and repost them. I've been caught, asked to remove them. (Sorry, A.B.!) I feel bad--I don't want to violate privacy or force such conversations to be Google-searchable. My conflict is with documentation of such conversations, that these did happen between the poets of the now, that these lists can help others, etc. If I kept these in files only, they could be lost, damaged, or--upon the event of my death--never found.
Ultimately, my other mother has survived another bout with lymphoma. She is still in the hosptial. 2013: The Year of the Hospital. As she is my mother's partner, my sister and I are the last survivors of that side of the family. How will this be documented? I've explored through poetry: see Denver Quarterly, Indiana Review.
I can't connect why I feel the urgency to capture, then send back, these histories, herstories, and such. I see a scholar 100 years from now asking about us Kansas poets. What will happen if they do a Google search and find some Dennis who was a poetic-historian, and have a major breakthrough in research?
Sometimes I take facebook discussions of poets and repost them. I've been caught, asked to remove them. (Sorry, A.B.!) I feel bad--I don't want to violate privacy or force such conversations to be Google-searchable. My conflict is with documentation of such conversations, that these did happen between the poets of the now, that these lists can help others, etc. If I kept these in files only, they could be lost, damaged, or--upon the event of my death--never found.
Ultimately, my other mother has survived another bout with lymphoma. She is still in the hosptial. 2013: The Year of the Hospital. As she is my mother's partner, my sister and I are the last survivors of that side of the family. How will this be documented? I've explored through poetry: see Denver Quarterly, Indiana Review.
I can't connect why I feel the urgency to capture, then send back, these histories, herstories, and such. I see a scholar 100 years from now asking about us Kansas poets. What will happen if they do a Google search and find some Dennis who was a poetic-historian, and have a major breakthrough in research?
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
Paul Gauguin quote
"the future city -- to be built -- of which poetry would be the commanding gesture -- music the atmosphere -- painting the marvelous decoration"
-- Shaping by A.B.
-- Shaping by A.B.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
The Next Big Thing
So I need to give credit to both Eric McHenry and Tasha Haas, as they both asked me to do this. However, I do not feel like I could find/ask anyone new to do this. :)
http://tashahaas.com/the-next-big-thing/
http://oddevening.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-next-big-thing.html
http://travismacdonald.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/the-next-big-thing-graceries/
http://jenmariemacdonald.tumblr.com/post/44137796457/next-big-thing
*Ten Interview Questions for the Next Big Thing*
What is your working title of your book?
My Secret Wars of 1984
Where did the idea come from for the book?
From a poem I wrote, in which there was a space between 1983 and 1985. I realized 1984 is a pivotal, tumultuous year for me.
What genre does your book fall under?
Conceptual collage poetry
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
Me: Joshua Marie Wilkinson
My mother: Amy King
Lyn Hejinian: herself
bell hooks: herself
John Carlin: Joe Harrington
Ronald Reagan: Billy Collins
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
In its entirety, My Secret Wars of 1984 is an alphabetized 366-sentence conceptual poetry-memoir collage, using texts from the year 1984 (Lyn Hejinian, Ronald Johnson, bell hooks, Marvel Comics, Dungeons & Dragons, President Reagan, etc.) with sentences of my own—within the context of political and personal struggles of that time (my mother coming out in the midst of living in a Catholic neighborhood, etc.).
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
No.
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
366 sentences.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
Any of the top ten of the New York Times Bestsellers List.
Who or what inspired you to write this book?
Joe Harrington, Lyn Hejinian, and Ronald Johnson.
What else about your book might pique the reader's interest?
The cover has artwork by a famous comic book artist.
http://tashahaas.com/the-next-big-thing/
http://oddevening.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-next-big-thing.html
http://travismacdonald.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/the-next-big-thing-graceries/
http://jenmariemacdonald.tumblr.com/post/44137796457/next-big-thing
*Ten Interview Questions for the Next Big Thing*
What is your working title of your book?
My Secret Wars of 1984
Where did the idea come from for the book?
From a poem I wrote, in which there was a space between 1983 and 1985. I realized 1984 is a pivotal, tumultuous year for me.
What genre does your book fall under?
Conceptual collage poetry
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
Me: Joshua Marie Wilkinson
My mother: Amy King
Lyn Hejinian: herself
bell hooks: herself
John Carlin: Joe Harrington
Ronald Reagan: Billy Collins
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
In its entirety, My Secret Wars of 1984 is an alphabetized 366-sentence conceptual poetry-memoir collage, using texts from the year 1984 (Lyn Hejinian, Ronald Johnson, bell hooks, Marvel Comics, Dungeons & Dragons, President Reagan, etc.) with sentences of my own—within the context of political and personal struggles of that time (my mother coming out in the midst of living in a Catholic neighborhood, etc.).
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
No.
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
366 sentences.
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
Any of the top ten of the New York Times Bestsellers List.
Who or what inspired you to write this book?
Joe Harrington, Lyn Hejinian, and Ronald Johnson.
What else about your book might pique the reader's interest?
The cover has artwork by a famous comic book artist.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Poetry Book Contests and Open Reading
Based on month each opens:
http://thelinebreak.wordpress.com/tag/the-song-cave/
January:
http://www.sarabandebooks.org/?page_id=1099
Sawtooth https://ahsahtapress.org/open-submissions/sawtooth-poetry-prize/
http://fourwaybooks.com/contest.php
http://www.mainstreetrag.com/PoBkCont.html
February
http://www.canarium.org/contact/
http://www.saturnaliabooks.org/
http://www.kent.edu/wick/competitions/first-book.cfm
April
http://www.uakron.edu/uapress/akron-poetry-prize/
http://www.losthorsepress.org/the-idaho-prize/
http://www.uiowapress.org/authors/iowa-prize.htm
May
Omnidawn First/Second Book
Ahsahta Press
1913 Press
Horse Less Press: Deadline May 31
June
Black Ocean
Les Figues Press
1913 Press
Brooklyn Arts Press
http://www.autumnhouse.org/contest-submissions/
July
BOA Editions
Subito Press
Factory Hollow Press
Tupelo Press
August
Red Hen Press: Deadline Aug 31
http://www.umass.edu/umpress/content/juniper-prizes
September
https://ohiostatepress.org/index.htm?/books/series%20pages/poetry.html
November
Omnidawn Open Contest
http://www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter/contest/
http://thelinebreak.wordpress.com/tag/the-song-cave/
January:
http://www.sarabandebooks.org/?page_id=1099
Sawtooth https://ahsahtapress.org/open-submissions/sawtooth-poetry-prize/
http://fourwaybooks.com/contest.php
http://www.mainstreetrag.com/PoBkCont.html
February
http://www.canarium.org/contact/
http://www.saturnaliabooks.org/
http://www.kent.edu/wick/competitions/first-book.cfm
April
http://www.uakron.edu/uapress/akron-poetry-prize/
http://www.losthorsepress.org/the-idaho-prize/
http://www.uiowapress.org/authors/iowa-prize.htm
May
Omnidawn First/Second Book
Ahsahta Press
1913 Press
Horse Less Press: Deadline May 31
June
Black Ocean
Les Figues Press
1913 Press
Brooklyn Arts Press
http://www.autumnhouse.org/contest-submissions/
July
BOA Editions
Subito Press
Factory Hollow Press
Tupelo Press
August
Red Hen Press: Deadline Aug 31
http://www.umass.edu/umpress/content/juniper-prizes
September
https://ohiostatepress.org/index.htm?/books/series%20pages/poetry.html
November
Omnidawn Open Contest
http://www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter/contest/
Monday, April 1, 2013
New projects
I have almost completed Topeka cento. The first draft is done, but I'm hoping Tod Marshall will come through for me. He is the last major Topeka poet left.
Also, as of yesterday, I have Amy King's permission to use her book I Want to Make You Safe for my next project. I truly admire her work, both on and outside of the page. She and Ana are inspirations--which is why the next project is autobiographical. As I am reading her work around Topeka, maybe aloud even, it serves as a site for social change. Look at Amy's own work in these areas. Maybe this is the catalyst for the project?
It starts with mapping out Topeka, and mapping out the Table of Contents. I am coping things out of the book. I would love to get my hands on some Topeka maps outside of the web. Maybe there are maps that conentrate on the areas I want to write in?
Also, as of yesterday, I have Amy King's permission to use her book I Want to Make You Safe for my next project. I truly admire her work, both on and outside of the page. She and Ana are inspirations--which is why the next project is autobiographical. As I am reading her work around Topeka, maybe aloud even, it serves as a site for social change. Look at Amy's own work in these areas. Maybe this is the catalyst for the project?
It starts with mapping out Topeka, and mapping out the Table of Contents. I am coping things out of the book. I would love to get my hands on some Topeka maps outside of the web. Maybe there are maps that conentrate on the areas I want to write in?
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