tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425579310433486152024-02-19T07:55:41.489-08:00WOMB POETRYWomen + Poetrymdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-13901884104747872022012-10-23T08:48:00.001-07:002012-10-23T08:48:32.859-07:00Signalfrom a place where there is time, and I will gather poems for a new issue. I don't know when in the future that might be, but I hope to get there, eventually.mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-22149218192694763112011-06-18T12:07:00.001-07:002012-10-23T08:49:26.753-07:00BACK IN 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidh-m9kakGvN5DK0MecjJMlWkrA9vFA3A9VWZMYPIOmZK9_fulsmcY6NC0s85M4cd39-YnjR0UqpguepiE3Zfk8xtE-HKC2xE8LGifLha5xl8SQYx7KpyExLVrVZ9D5k_tTOgj8tXR8us/s1600/403224596_167b468977_o.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619638857577478018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidh-m9kakGvN5DK0MecjJMlWkrA9vFA3A9VWZMYPIOmZK9_fulsmcY6NC0s85M4cd39-YnjR0UqpguepiE3Zfk8xtE-HKC2xE8LGifLha5xl8SQYx7KpyExLVrVZ9D5k_tTOgj8tXR8us/s400/403224596_167b468977_o.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 387px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a>There will be a new issue of WOMB. The theme of the issue will be "feral things." I will post more details, including a Call For Work, soon. <br />
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It has been a long time. This has been a hibernation, not a death. We have come back to you. </div>
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xo Michelle<br />
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UPDATE: due to lack of time and funds, this project has been postponed. </div>
mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-139064375024228742010-11-14T12:44:00.000-08:002010-11-14T12:45:14.600-08:00The Seasons Cemented by Amanda Ackerman<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImKrg14LCheU-WAmBp0NcxOkSGhWHexHrY_dcfCgWBZhT7LyLdd7pkOdDUSmCcoB3Oaei8G95zjsRtHnSUDs9SSI9C58qsYL9uj-uN3QYRq3LE9hlgccV3iyEdFV_4vioZmBSh1uVW00/s1600/scattered+seasons+copy+2+.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImKrg14LCheU-WAmBp0NcxOkSGhWHexHrY_dcfCgWBZhT7LyLdd7pkOdDUSmCcoB3Oaei8G95zjsRtHnSUDs9SSI9C58qsYL9uj-uN3QYRq3LE9hlgccV3iyEdFV_4vioZmBSh1uVW00/s400/scattered+seasons+copy+2+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539507428129960450" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImKrg14LCheU-WAmBp0NcxOkSGhWHexHrY_dcfCgWBZhT7LyLdd7pkOdDUSmCcoB3Oaei8G95zjsRtHnSUDs9SSI9C58qsYL9uj-uN3QYRq3LE9hlgccV3iyEdFV_4vioZmBSh1uVW00/s1600/scattered+seasons+copy+2+.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; ">AT LONG LAST!</span></a><div>THE BOOKS ARE IN!!!<br /><br /><br />The Seasons Cemented<br />by Amanda Ackerman<br /><br />Amanda Ackerman lives in Los Angeles where she writes and teaches. She is co-editor of the press eohippus labs. She is a member of UNFO (The Unauthorized Narrative Freedom Organization) and writes as part of SAM OR SAMANTHA YAMS. Her collaborative book Sin is to Celebration has been recently released from House Press. 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Just a note to say that WOMB is still here! I've had a lot going on, so I've had to take a break from the journal, but I'm hoping to publish a new issue this winter! xo Mmdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-48110647170685954782010-01-18T11:56:00.000-08:002010-01-18T12:16:49.771-08:00Trinh T. Minh-ha<blockquote>Women use "womb" to re-appropriate it and re-unite (or re-differ) themselves, their bodies, their places of production. This may simply mean beating the master at his own game. But it may also mean asserting difference on differences. In the first case, the question is chiefly that of erecting inverted images and defying prohibitions. ...In the second case -- that of asserting difference on differences -- the question of writing (as a) woman is brought a step further. ... Motherhood as lived be women often has little to do with motherhood as experienced by men. The mother cannot be reduced to the mother-hen, the wet-nurse, the year-round cook, the family maid, or the clutching, fear-inspiring matron. ...Laying claim to the specificity of women's sexuality and the rights pertaining to it is a step we have to go through in order to make ourselves heard; in ordier to beat the master at his own game. But reducing everything to the order of sex does not, obviously, allow us to depart from a discourse directed within the apparatuses of sexuality. Writing does not translate bisexuality. It (does not express language but) fares across it.</blockquote><div><br /></div><div>- from <i><a href="http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/bourdier/trinh/TTMHBooks004.htm">Woman, Native, Other</a></i></div><div> </div>mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-9229462290581843572008-11-11T15:51:00.001-08:002008-11-11T15:51:51.844-08:00ICE IN INTERVALS: The Books are IN!!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJKKv2LDGuueBkiceJPneZ-tfLBjIKVZzaY8M0z8UBqYnWO4nAJ4SnRV5N5H1oNrMtS9LbX_e9sD9eO7HyBhHPazqPesdTvCeFJQMHDTgn3X5ejwxtEwhgqobvtLbFIdmxqr9cK_DNW0/s1600-h/iceinintervalscolor+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJKKv2LDGuueBkiceJPneZ-tfLBjIKVZzaY8M0z8UBqYnWO4nAJ4SnRV5N5H1oNrMtS9LbX_e9sD9eO7HyBhHPazqPesdTvCeFJQMHDTgn3X5ejwxtEwhgqobvtLbFIdmxqr9cK_DNW0/s400/iceinintervalscolor+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267550978106188738" border="0" /></a>
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<br />Books printed by a locally-owned print shop on high-quality recycled paper. Full-color cover, saddle stitched, hand-numbered, 32 pages. Available for $7 at the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17020785">Hex Presse shop</a>.
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<br />Laura Goldstein is a writer and text/sound artist living and working in Chicago. She currently teaches writing at Loyola University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MA from Temple University. She went to Penn before that. Her sound and reading performances as well as installations have been exhibited in Philadelphia, Ireland, Chicago and Michigan. She's been published online in Otoliths, The Little Magazine, Great Works, MPRSND, Womb and PFS Post and in print in Combo, Dorothy's Elbow and XConnect.
<br />mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-21536728438037759862008-11-02T21:51:00.000-08:002008-11-02T21:52:03.508-08:00New Issue of Womb Poetry: Skeins and Schisms<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/index.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 341px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdEFFB9hEWTOiWu_WBkIRBiCr-3lLRoMnn9LbAcpIpYDfRThSl3IFAMoqYgvSUGIAlewuqjb63C-XHdeT4AFeE33-rMs08_3vUYv0g7lRjiq0Ycx5CaArHEqCHw1U-swK6Mc_u_TirJU/s400/skeinspic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264303045864748994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />featuring work by:<br /> <p class="style1"><a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/lasky.html">Dorothea Lasky </a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/white.html">Helen White</a><br /><a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/burnett.html">Michele Burnett</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/strand.html">Julie Strand</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/emerick.html">Bonnie Emerick</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/muslim.html">Kristine Ong Muslim</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/wilson.html">Melinda Wilson</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/betts.html">Tara Betts</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/slaviero.html">Susan Slaviero</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/smith.html">Jessica Smith</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/ackerman.html">Amanda Ackerman</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/kaminski.html">Megan Kaminski</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/cartwrightdenison.html">Nicole Cartwright Denison</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/mccool.html">Elisa McCool</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/noonan.html">T.A. Noonan</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/alsop.html">Maureen Alsop</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/merritt.html">Constance Merritt</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/Reed.html">Talia Reed</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/McDaniel.html">Tara McDaniel</a><br /><a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/bozek.html">Jessica Bozek</a><br /><a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/skeins/cook.html">Juliet Cook </a> </p>Check it out!mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-54155668446998031162008-09-09T18:56:00.000-07:002008-09-09T18:58:42.429-07:00Hi! Still here, just swimming against the tide. The next issue is still coming. I promise.mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-51134742733659242842008-08-06T15:52:00.000-07:002008-08-06T15:54:16.454-07:00ICE IN INTERVALS pre-order<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14029361"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnsSmC_IA4vu2NOEm856KC16odnTV8paL4l7-ZZPjhZ26CfLfNM8z7HQ9jHy1JyScEanTvoRAUvlB-heMeebEMliNTdNeEWRN52y_lrcI8kgaaP02zqVZua80qLdmH_Ue6VaL9En0WRwQ/s400/etsy+zebra+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231499177329362578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14029361">*click*</a><br /><br /><br />*also, I am STILL working on the galleys for WOMB. Stay tuned!mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-40591367194672565802008-07-21T11:11:00.000-07:002008-07-21T11:14:33.000-07:00Still Working on the Galleys for the next issue of WOMB<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sI36nzEOFNHxeLxEiruSIqW-KJmV0axQcmzJ7i8MFyE35itUW4fOHoUW6h6DNkbW16ezhfJXKhTTJyIxPoWMlwk18rIQwX-p-LCdHJOQwQWwJD60VAuZS4sz_BNZLgMHTgzKhpXIqzc/s1600-h/bird+silhouettes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5sI36nzEOFNHxeLxEiruSIqW-KJmV0axQcmzJ7i8MFyE35itUW4fOHoUW6h6DNkbW16ezhfJXKhTTJyIxPoWMlwk18rIQwX-p-LCdHJOQwQWwJD60VAuZS4sz_BNZLgMHTgzKhpXIqzc/s400/bird+silhouettes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225532318744108706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />stay tuned!mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-42846406880335162792008-06-09T12:16:00.000-07:002008-06-09T12:22:13.468-07:00Mercury in Retrograde<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrI5mnSOvv8_myQwADGlGpIoKmk4e3XXhQ3JL0GyuNCSUX-gTuw9I6CfMDGJOxOkGLNWLMqoggXRjFUi4x1qPjWZiF9ywxUDirTRYrEdG9E7UpLShQqV34zLHbNzE-4zOiPTsM6psWXE/s1600-h/key+blessing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrrI5mnSOvv8_myQwADGlGpIoKmk4e3XXhQ3JL0GyuNCSUX-gTuw9I6CfMDGJOxOkGLNWLMqoggXRjFUi4x1qPjWZiF9ywxUDirTRYrEdG9E7UpLShQqV34zLHbNzE-4zOiPTsM6psWXE/s400/key+blessing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209963679060501394" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg204AOQHYqNwgp7HMqedENQuIZj14ICu4DWfL-5kVlI7w6kuz276zAcYqa7J0AOPLJ-xkFreEeC67lIJVmmG5jp5vIrOyjyk6atnf1zX4U7Pqr3-kYS5RsZGNj-KThkhZd2WrHzLGvTZ4/s1600-h/dream+scissors.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg204AOQHYqNwgp7HMqedENQuIZj14ICu4DWfL-5kVlI7w6kuz276zAcYqa7J0AOPLJ-xkFreEeC67lIJVmmG5jp5vIrOyjyk6atnf1zX4U7Pqr3-kYS5RsZGNj-KThkhZd2WrHzLGvTZ4/s400/dream+scissors.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209963588804248338" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfGywfSNk5tAqSX3JTgKy6Eu5zjKApDmsRynRH-AdSMXATZ7TSsfmDB_i67DZfRwLRUZbFaQPop_ALmMJbTNK8xcwbbsJfWb2uv_lUgzfLST7N74QMeAisYPgKLEkAZBEJCZStchOefA/s1600-h/but+it+could+it+yes+flutter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfGywfSNk5tAqSX3JTgKy6Eu5zjKApDmsRynRH-AdSMXATZ7TSsfmDB_i67DZfRwLRUZbFaQPop_ALmMJbTNK8xcwbbsJfWb2uv_lUgzfLST7N74QMeAisYPgKLEkAZBEJCZStchOefA/s400/but+it+could+it+yes+flutter.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209963488368996818" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hit me hard. My computer crashed, and so the next issue of WOMB is being rebuilt from scratch. So, I'm hoping to have things perking by the solstice.<br /><br />Without my computer, I had plenty of time to make new poetry jewelry for the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5069809">Hex Presse shop. </a>Check it out.mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-29795027131769905692008-05-16T17:50:00.000-07:002008-05-16T17:57:43.785-07:00Coming Soon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM76pUVUNiw2BzEjciLbA_3PqikbfamHKojjzSOtUTwR_zSXvHp8QE8MOKXXBElnTEgSWnFLB-m0vT4I-leq8rifE-XxGsc5iW1aZoTaC84eTYJFjpjw-Cpb_dgZ6tQQ5e_pf_dmdsjDs/s1600-h/weeds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM76pUVUNiw2BzEjciLbA_3PqikbfamHKojjzSOtUTwR_zSXvHp8QE8MOKXXBElnTEgSWnFLB-m0vT4I-leq8rifE-XxGsc5iW1aZoTaC84eTYJFjpjw-Cpb_dgZ6tQQ5e_pf_dmdsjDs/s400/weeds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201143546294378386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /></span>I'm working on galleys for the next issue of WOMB. Also, planning to get caught up with the Hex Presse projects. I've had a rough winter, but I'm feeling ready to leave the cave.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">~~~~~~~~~~~</span><br /><br />Womb will be reading submissions for the fall issue in August. Any submissions received before will be held until then. If you've submitted something in the last few months and you have yet to hear from me, you can expect a response within the next week.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">~~~~~~~~~~~</span>mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-60822517965313966642008-02-26T12:01:00.000-08:002008-02-26T12:02:22.703-08:00Unintentional Hiatus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXY37c1-6OXdLzQqwGcKbiySTSqohs53dCH-5a5siV1aMSJP8T2xum7scHksVEtHCsywkB21Oj8oDYhapsLza7q6r5IFlOE9casgPTmAFdfdyHxAYlqZU6z0k3L3poxx9ipeKHLVsleQ/s1600-h/460053-p07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXY37c1-6OXdLzQqwGcKbiySTSqohs53dCH-5a5siV1aMSJP8T2xum7scHksVEtHCsywkB21Oj8oDYhapsLza7q6r5IFlOE9casgPTmAFdfdyHxAYlqZU6z0k3L3poxx9ipeKHLVsleQ/s400/460053-p07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171380319879353202" border="0" /></a><br />WOMB and Hex Presse have been hibernating. We plan to be all caught up and bloomy by April.mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-73182375240962751252008-02-02T09:00:00.000-08:002008-02-02T09:04:59.942-08:00Happy New Year<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jgEiVd1bKpI&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jgEiVd1bKpI&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-14372711427224711252007-12-05T21:46:00.001-08:002007-12-05T21:46:58.282-08:00now available @ etsy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5069809"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJR3otWX4XJrZNg7F8TA_IlmfkxhvOIjnmS9uvBGQwrMLC72XPal78f-cXBhMNfQCzlDfjEqFT-bDQOzSJKKEXX4k6J-ECV41Qf8G80lZsrcKltIHg156FwA6jBiHcynSyfEkuaG668eM/s400/resurrectionpartyweb+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118450172379713122" border="0" /></a>mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-10999264576685268502007-09-22T17:49:00.000-07:002007-09-22T17:52:17.933-07:00WOMB POETRY :: EQUINOX ISSUE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://wombpoetry.com"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hkwX5mtoLQ60qlecNM0E-UlhAN-NxAANY-wnwX3LPB4lK2H8STy-R2sq9L7ZhILn1lqTif3cs6Xymkq-ufEdb-_KlHY3PJoMtL7Q-EpfsA5p3jE7kisIdMbWMnWG9ZxFc4dk3LTpU98/s400/equinox2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113195872598543778" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal">WOMB POETRY :: EQUINOX ISSUE</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p><a href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/">http://www.wombpoetry.com</a><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">featuring work by<o:p>: </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Kelli Russell Agodon<o:p></o:p><br />Nicole Cooley <o:p></o:p><br />Kate Greenstreet <o:p></o:p><br />Luisa A. Igloria <o:p></o:p><br />Eve Rifkah<o:p></o:p><br />Jennifer Karmin + vispo<o:p></o:p><br />Nicki Hastie <o:p></o:p><br />Raina León <o:p></o:p><br />Alexis Pauline Gumbs <o:p></o:p><br />Arlene Biala <o:p></o:p><br />Nava Fader<o:p></o:p><br />C Mehrl Bennett<o:p></o:p><br />Laura Goldstein <o:p></o:p><br />Jill Alexander Essbaum<br />Kristen Orser <o:p></o:p><br />Pearl Pirie <o:p></o:p><br />Kathryn Douglas <o:p></o:p><br />Angela Veronica Wong<o:p></o:p><br />Juliet Cook <o:p></o:p><br />Lillian Baker Kennedy <o:p></o:p></p>mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-9560298803549796792007-09-06T16:25:00.000-07:002007-09-07T16:06:03.372-07:00Best of the Net NominationsAmy King<br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/king.html" target="_blank">http://www.wombpoetry.com/king<wbr>.html</a><br />IN CASE OF SPINE<br /><br />Elizabeth Treadwell<br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/treadwell.html" target="_blank">http://www.wombpoetry.com<wbr>/treadwell.html</a><br />3 from Virginia or the mud-flap girl<br /><br />Holaday Mason<br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/mason.html" target="_blank">http://www.wombpoetry.com<wbr>/mason.html</a><br />Claimed<br /><br />Anne Heide<br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/heide.html" target="_blank">http://www.wombpoetry.com<wbr>/heide.html</a><br />from The Blue City<br /><br />Ebony Golden<br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/golden.html" target="_blank">http://www.wombpoetry.com<wbr>/golden.html</a><br />hocking a wedding ring<br /><br />Eileen Tabios<br /><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.wombpoetry.com/tabios.html" target="_blank">http://www.wombpoetry.com<wbr>/tabios.html</a><br />from "EVERYONE TOUCHED BY / LIGHT BECOMES / SAINT"<br />(—after David Baptiste-Chirot's "After Rimbaud's Illuminations")<br /><br /><br />find out more about "best of the net" <a style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.sundress.net/bestof/">here</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255); font-weight: bold;">.</span>mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-57687379940869518582007-09-04T20:46:00.000-07:002007-09-04T20:53:29.879-07:00Late Summer Will be Golden<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi187degv0E7dR8m1JC9ZeSO0x0q14hgjciMu0Vvl8KMLJDMA5kDaBj2_gE14pAGyWgEXYzTLM6PyMkMiHGwtLuQmnF2c8C4M6gzwLwYN4fYWD9Kv9lSj4UV1DBGehjm23YslYhn2Hi9o4/s1600-h/nordic+fauna.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi187degv0E7dR8m1JC9ZeSO0x0q14hgjciMu0Vvl8KMLJDMA5kDaBj2_gE14pAGyWgEXYzTLM6PyMkMiHGwtLuQmnF2c8C4M6gzwLwYN4fYWD9Kv9lSj4UV1DBGehjm23YslYhn2Hi9o4/s400/nordic+fauna.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106562619940836082" border="0" /></a><br />I'm working on the special late summer mini-issue of WOMB. Expect to see it by the equinox.mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-86928919361174720122007-08-22T17:06:00.001-07:002007-08-22T17:07:21.817-07:00Summer Issue Coming Soon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcDiLyXGPnw5-bQ2pZufGeZ7nwe6ZO77Pmz2QuvTFMKSFBPPf8CxB9ooIf6f6k2oJJG4e2hUqN4jDTErBFGEZUrknpN_zcLVCFeUgrpccxnULp3E0ROeZ51n-M00SmDFl9ZDD1vSLOMA/s1600-h/wombentry1number2+copy.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcDiLyXGPnw5-bQ2pZufGeZ7nwe6ZO77Pmz2QuvTFMKSFBPPf8CxB9ooIf6f6k2oJJG4e2hUqN4jDTErBFGEZUrknpN_zcLVCFeUgrpccxnULp3E0ROeZ51n-M00SmDFl9ZDD1vSLOMA/s400/wombentry1number2+copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101680826968216274" /></a>mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-33640635075617305622007-08-03T14:08:00.000-07:002007-08-03T14:14:02.664-07:00Poetry Puzzles~*~ SPECIMEN JAR POETRY PUZZLES ~*~ for sale at the <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);" href="http://daphnomancy.etsy.com">Hex Presse Shop</a><br /><br />Poetry Puzzles inspired by Mina Loy, Sylvia Plath, and Elizabeth Bishop. More coming soon!<br /><br />The letters of six words from a single poem are gathered and stored in glass specimen jars. "Sestina," "Fever 103," and "Lunar Baedeker" come in a triangular jars and contain brightly-colored letter beads which allow the player/puzzler to experience the letters synesthetically. Because the letters are also impressed on the beads, once can "feel" the letters, thus allowing for the experience of "feeling" and "seeing" as simultaneous acts of "reading." The puzzle jars can be emptied and their letter contents "solved" to spell the words from the poem. The letters can be used to make anagrams and new words also. In addition to letters, other materials are harvested and added to the jar for further delight and stimulation. These additional materials are carefully selected and are -- to a certain degree -- intended to conjure sensory details related to the poem which inspired the puzzle. Something for each of the *six* senses is contained in each Hex Presse Specimen Jar Poetry Puzzle. This "syntax of tangibles" can be used to create poems, to conjure new ideas, and to amuse, delight, and inspire. For students of poetry, Hex Presse Specimen Jar Poetry Puzzles enhance understanding and enjoyment of the poetry. Like Cleromancy games, Hex Presse Specimen Jar Poetry Puzzles are an exciting, surprising, and unique way to engage with poetry.mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-3646945321807274692007-08-03T14:07:00.001-07:002007-08-03T14:07:33.691-07:00Forthcoming CleromanciesI've finalized the list for the first 12 Cleromancy Games!<br /><br />#1 EMILY DICKINSON curated by Michelle Detorie (june 2007)<br />#2 CHRISTINA ROSSETTI ("cup-like lilies") curated by Jessica Smith (july 2007)<br /># 3 CHRISTINA ROSSETTI ("a summer wish") curated by Jessica Smith (july 2007)<br /><br />forthcoming (not necessarily in the order in which they will be published)<br /><br />GWENDOLYN BROOKS curated by Evie Shockley<br />GERTRUDE STEIN curated by kathryn l. pringle and Magdalena Zurawski<br />LORINE NIEDECKER curated by Julia Drescher<br />JUNE JORDAN curated by Alexis Pauling Gumbs<br />ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING curated by Catherine Daly<br />AUDRE LORDE curated by Kate Greenstreet<br />VIRGINIA WOOLF curated by Michalle Gould<br />EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY curated by Susana Gardner<br />ALICE CHILDRESS curated by Cherryl Floyd-Miller*<br /><br />*Hex Presse will also be publishing a special-edition author-curated Cleromancy by Cherryl Floyd-Miller. More about this in Spring 2008.mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-60130329056941806002007-07-12T21:13:00.001-07:002007-07-12T21:20:27.995-07:00Cleromancy Poetry Game # 2, "cup-like lilies" : CHRISTINA ROSSETTI, curated by JESSICA SMITHNow available at <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5069809">Etsy</a>.<br /><br />******six word dice for poetry, divination, and play******<br /><br />*Cleromancy Poetry Game # 2, "cup-like lilies," is sourced from the work of Christina Rossetti<br />*Curated by Jessica Smith<br />*Six dice; each side of each dice has a different word (for a total of 36 words)<br />*Comes in a hexagon shaped box<br />*Dice and box are pyrographed and inked by hand<br />*Roll the dice to make poems or divinations<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAI4AApSZn82vzBpgOM9pnqnEHIsojSVoGOA0rcn6rPlAns-iFbQ5xN8p9wxSEKctS3xkfCzp0JXVib6Lm6Pdw1Oq80bKOG1nfMKEzvnobxBimlC8bRRvLHNdUSN78J3GAZCDJLmKaREE/s1600-h/lid.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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Due to their handmade nature and differences in the patterns and texture of the woodgrain, each Cleromancy game is entirely unique.<br /><br />____________________________________<br /><br />Jessica Smith edits Outside Voices Press, an umbrella for Outside Voices Books, Take-Home Project chapbooks, and FOURSQUARE magazine. Her first book, Organic Furniture Cellar, is available from the Press website at <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.outsidevoices.org/">outsidevoices.org</a><br /><br />____________________________________<br /><br /><br />There will be MORE cleromancy poetry games from Hex Presse. Each game will be sourced from "woman-authored texts"** and contemporary poets will be invited to "curate" the dice. Cleromancy #3 also will be curated by Jessica Smith and sourced from the work of Christina Rossetti. Cleromancy #4 will be curated by Michalle Gould and sourced from the work of Virginia Woolf.<br /><br />**open to interpretation :)mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-24275447483933923552007-07-03T15:09:00.000-07:002007-07-03T15:15:05.309-07:00UpdatesDear Lovely People,<br /><br />1.) Womb is open for submissions throughout July. <br /><br />2.) I am updating the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">blogroll</span>. If you identify as a woman + make poems + blog, please leave a link to your blog in the comments if you do not see your name in the sidebar. Also, if you know of a blog that I have missed, please leave a link.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">xoxoxo</span> Michellemdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-54680293138615947132007-07-01T14:45:00.000-07:002007-09-06T16:29:29.067-07:00Call for Submissions: Summer Mini-issue<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">~*~W_O_M_B~*~</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">, a new, online journal of poetry by women, seeks submissions for a summer mini-issue, scheduled to launch in August 2007.</span><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">~*~W_O_M_B~*~</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">is intended to showcase the innovative and intriguing and electrifying work of contemporary poets who self-identify as women. We also hope to provide links to resources that are of particular interest to women poets, and to build a comprehensive blogroll of women poets who blog. If you'd like to suggest a link, please e-mail </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">femme feral at gmail dot com</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">. We believe this will be a vital contribution to the exciting world of online poetry journals and to the community of poets who blog. </span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-weight: bold;">SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:<br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">*WOMB publishes the work of people who self-identify as a woman<br /><br />*Please send 3-6 poems as inline text (in the body of an e-mail) or as .doc or .rtf or .pdf attachment.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">*We also welcome submissions of audio, visual, tactile, and collage poetry. To submit poetry of this nature, please attach a sound file or jpeg/pdf image of your work. If the work is hosted online, you can also just send us a link. If you think the file is too large to send via e-mail, please contact us to obtain a snail mail address. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">*If you are interested in submitting hypertext or video poetry or poetry that requires a flash player, please send a file that is viewable using quicktime or real player. Again, if you think your file is too large to send via e-mail, please contact us to obtain a snail mail address.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">*Collaborations and translations are also welcome. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">*If you are interested in submitting something that does not fit into any of the above descriptions, that's fine. Just help us out by providing us with a brief description of the piece. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">*Please query if you are interested in doing a book review. We can't offer review copies at the moment, but we would love to hear from you if you would like to share your thoughts about a book.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><br />* Send all submissions to</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">wombpoetry at gmail dot com</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">NUTS AND BOLTS: </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">* We are open for submissions from July 1, 2007 to July 30, 2007. Issue 1.5 will launch in late August 2007.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><br />*Please put your name and date in the subject line of your e-mail. Please also include a cover letter with a brief bio so that we can get to know you a little bit. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">*Simultaneous submissions are allowed, just let as know asap if a piece has been accepted elsewhere. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">*Please note that we do not consider previously published work (however we are willing to consider work that has been posted to a personal blog; if this is the case, please make a note in your cover letter). </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">*Expect a response by the first week of August. Since this is a mini-issue, we'll only be accepting a small handful of submissions. We'll begin reading for our super-sized annual issue in October.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"><br />~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"><br /></span>mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42557931043348615.post-11014262463260658642007-06-25T13:16:00.001-07:002007-06-25T13:18:08.745-07:00finally updating the blog!under construction. Check back soon!<br /><br />you can view the old blog at <a href="http://wombpoetry2.blogspot.com">here.</a>mdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16678218271885988491noreply@blogger.com0