Daily Prompt Love <3 Poverty
9 April 2019
Make art about poverty, about the scars poverty leaves, about the cost of poverty on the rest of society, about institutionalized poverty.
Posts tagged ‘artist interviews’
Monday Must Read! J.P. Dancing Bear, Love Is a Burning Building
J. P. Dancing Bear is the author of five full-length books of poems, six chapbook, several essays, and more than 1000 individual poems in such magazines and anthologies as Shenandoah, Mississippi Review, Natural Bridge, DIAGRAM, No Tell Motel, Third Coast, Copper Nickel, Cimarron Review, Poetry East, North American Review, Atlanta Review, Verse Daily, Poetry International, Marlboro Review, Hotel Amerika, Seattle Review, Permafrost, Puerto Del Sol, Controlled Burn, Cranky, Rattle, Americas Review, Slipstream and many others. His work has recently been translated into Chinese.
Honors include the 2002 Slipstream Chapbook Prize, the 2010 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles National Literary Award, Highly Commended in The Forward Prize 2010 (UK), and 14 Pushcart nominations.
He is the editor of The American Poetry Journal, owner of Dream Horse Press, publisher of the Orphic Prize and APJ Book Prize series, as well as the first animal rights poetry anthology And We The Creatures.
J.P. Dancing Bear has been invited to give poetry readings around the US.
For nearly 15 years he was the host of “Out of Our Minds” a weekly radio show for public radio station KKUP featuring some of today’s best contemporary poets. Bear works with Nicaraguan poet Blanca Castellon on translating of her poetry into English, the first will appear in Redactions, Marlboro Review, International Poetry Review, iconoclast, Pirene’s Fountain, Numéro Cinq and The Bitter Oleander. He has also worked with Mexican poet Oscar Wong to translate his work into English. He also is currently working with Yu Xuan to translate contemporary Chinese poet, Sheng Tong (aka Holy Child), into English.
Visit J.P. Dancing Bear’s Website
Buy J.P.’s Books
Fish Singing Foxes: Forthcoming Dec 2017 & Available for Pre-Order
Read More from J.P. Dancing Bear Online
https://hyperallergic.com/206837/two-poems-by-j-p-dancing-bear/
http://www.americanliteraryreview.com/jp-dancing-bear—within.html
https://peonymoon.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/j-p-dancing-bear-five-poems/
http://diodepoetry.com/v3n1/content/bear_jpd.html
https://www.valpo.edu/vpr/bearchiroptera.html
Hear Him Read
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AaGL78jXsM
Happy Reading, y’all!
xo
Mary
Monday Must Read! Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin
This week’s recommendation is a collection, a vital gathering of voices that should be in every poet’s library, in every classroom where we talk poetry: Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin,compiled by Phil Cushway and edited by Michael Warr.
“This stunning work illuminates today’s black experience through the voices of our most transformative and powerful African American poets.
Included in this extraordinary volume are the poems of 43 of America’s most talented African American wordsmiths, including Pulitzer Prize–winning poets Rita Dove, Natasha Tretheway, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Tracy K. Smith, as well as the work of other luminaries such as Elizabeth Alexander, Ishmael Reed, and Sonia Sanchez. Included are poems such as “No Wound of Exit” by Patricia Smith, “We Are Not Responsible” by Harryette Mullen, and “Poem for My Father” by Quincy Troupe. Each is accompanied by a photograph of the poet along with a first-person biography. The anthology also contains personal essays on race such as “The Talk” by Jeannine Amber and works by Harry Belafonte, Amiri Baraka, and The Reverend Dr. William Barber II, architect of the Moral Mondays movement, as well as images and iconic political posters of the Black Lives Matter movement, Malcolm X, and the Black Panther Party. Taken together, Of Poetry and Protest gives voice to the current conversation about race in America while also providing historical and cultural context. It serves as an excellent introduction to African American poetry and is a must-have for every reader committed to social justice and racial harmony.”
Buy Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin Here
More on this collection online
Of Poetry and Protest in Poets & Writers
Michael Warr on The Morning Mixtape discussing Of Poetry and Protest
Of Poetry and Protest Readings
Friday Call for Submissions Love <3 Double Call from Hofstra
Hofstra University Has Two Forums for Your Literary Work
Submissions accepted year-round.
Submissions for AMP: Always Electric (a digital literary site) are accepted in poetry, short prose, innovative and cross-genre texts, video poems and literary videos. AMP is a project of the Hofstra University Digital Research Center and is co-sponsored by the MFA program and the Department of English. amp.hofstradrc.org
Windmill: The Hofstra Journal of Literature & Art accepts both print and digital submissions including fiction, creative nonfiction, art and photography, and poetry. Our inaugural issue will be published in January 2017. Windmill is a joint project of Hofstra University’s MFA in Creative Writing and BA in English/Publishing Studies. hofstrawindmill.com
Hey Artists! HeartWood wants to hear from you!
Hey Artists! HeartWood wants to hear from you!
Check out the guidelines for our
Appalachian Arts Interviews
We also welcome queries from Appalachian artists (writers, visual artists, musicians, performers, folk artists, etc) interested in being included in our Appalachian Arts section. We define Appalachian artists as an artist who is heavily influenced by the Appalachian region and its traditions, history, and people. At HeartWood, we are looking for artists who take these traditions and speak to them in a new and unexpected way.
To query about possible inclusion in the Appalachian Arts section: Submit the following in one document (doc, docx) through the Appalachian Arts link on our Submittable page:
- Artist bio
- Artist statement addressing what being an “Appalachian artist” means to you, how you uniquely define yourself as an Appalachian artist, and how your connection to Appalachia as you see/define it connects (or doesn’t) to your work.
- At least one link to where artwork or samples can be seen/heard (artist website, other publications, YouTube, etc).
If we’re interested, based on the query, editors will email requesting additional information and work sample.
Complete guidelines here:
Mary Carroll-Hackett: Poetry and Prose 
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