tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54290062024-02-06T00:46:54.662-08:00Marsh Hawk Press BlogMarsh Hawk Press is a poetry collective. Our books' forms and sensibilities assimilate modern and post-modern traditions but expand from these without political or aesthetic bias.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger689125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-79119233912828760982014-09-17T22:02:00.001-07:002014-09-17T22:03:09.749-07:00OUR BLOG HAS MOVED!You are invited to follow Marsh Hawk Press developments at its new blog at
http://marshhawkpress.blogspot.com
Thanks for your attention,
Marsh Hawk Press
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-60613608911465652792014-09-15T12:49:00.003-07:002014-09-15T13:35:48.468-07:00UPDATE: BASIL AND MARTHA KING
Madeline Tiger (MHP, 2003) wrote a wonderful appreciation of Basil King's work, published in Jacket 2 this summer, along with a few reproductions of his paintings.
See https://jacket2.org/article/reactions-basil-kings-work
Basil King (whose newest book is on the MHP fall 2015 list) will participate in the the Next Wave Festival at Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-43043872339297185032014-09-12T18:45:00.001-07:002014-09-12T18:45:16.414-07:00NEW FALL BOOKS BY BASIL KING AND EILEEN R. TABIOSMarsh Hawk Press is delighted to announce our two new Fall 2014 books:
The Spoken Word / the Painted Hand from Learning to Draw / A History by Basil King
about which Advance Words include:
“Dare I say profound & playful & deeply serious?”
—David Meltzer
SUN STIGMATA (Sculpture Poems) by Eileen R. Tabios
about which Advance Words include:
"Eileen Tabios's poems twist Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-83155103438214571792014-09-11T09:20:00.004-07:002014-09-11T09:20:49.176-07:00INVITATION TO OUR WEBSITES AND BLOGS
Information about many of
Marsh Hawk Press’ authors are also available at their websites and/or
blogs. The following list presents some
of the links to their writings and/or information about their works:
Tom Beckett: http://tom-beckett.blogspot.com
Claudia Carlson: http://claudiacarlson.blogspot.com
Neil de la Flor: http://almostdorothy.wordpress.com
Sharon Dolin: http://Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-56107955914829890472014-09-09T20:38:00.004-07:002014-09-09T20:38:23.885-07:00YOU ARE INVITED TO PAUL PINES' VARIOUS EVENTS!September 12 - 14th: Paul Pines will host the 30th Lake George Jazz Weekend, a free outdoor event in Shepherd Park, in the village of Lake George, featuring a world class roster of artists: http://www.lakegeorgearts.org/lakegeorge-jazz.htm
Tuesday, September 23: at William Bronk-Sheldon Hurst Lecture Series talk by Paul Pines on "Poetic Imagination & The Submerged Center: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-79896890016084237802014-09-05T13:00:00.004-07:002014-09-05T13:00:53.946-07:00THE MARSH HAWK REVIEW, FALL 2014You are invited to read the Fall issue of The Marsh Hawk Review, Edited by Eileen R. Tabios, which has just been released and is available HERE.
Featured poets are
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-63539330380972242272014-08-14T14:00:00.004-07:002014-08-14T14:00:54.989-07:00EILEEN TABIOS BOOK LAUNCHYOU ARE INVITED! Eileen R. Tabios' forthcoming Marsh Hawk Press book will be represented at:
http://versestyphoonyolanda.blogspot.com/2014/08/sonoma-california-book-launch.html
The Sitting Room - A Community Library based in Santa Rosa (near Sonoma State University) will present a book launch for Eileen R. Tabios' three 2014 books:
147 MILLION ORPHANS (MMXI-MML) (gradient books, Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-72344463013867875982014-08-11T11:01:00.001-07:002014-08-11T13:28:02.682-07:00PAUL PINES' ESSAY ON NUMERO CINQPaul Pines has written a wonderfully in-depth look at "High Culture, Poetic Imagination and the Submerged Center" -- it is published at NUMERO CINQ. Here's an excerpt:
The Great Depression confirmed for many that there was nothing of substance at the center. A few grieved the demise of High Culture. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Nathaniel West wailed in the 1930s Waste Land. West wrote Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-63945497037130857082014-07-23T14:46:00.001-07:002014-07-23T14:46:38.113-07:00YOU ARE INVITED TO A PAUL PINES READING[Click on image to enlarge]
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-9765980793839281262014-07-08T15:06:00.005-07:002014-07-08T15:06:58.705-07:00THE 2014 MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZES Chosen by Brenda Hillman
THE MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZE
Christina Olivares
Cash Prize of $1,000 plus Publication of the Manuscript
The Rochelle Ratner Memorial Prize
Kathleen Winter
Cash Prize of $250
The Robert Creeley Memorial Prize
Jennifer Firestone
Cash Prize of $250
Finalists
Bob Heman, Richard Carr, Andrew Ruzkowski, Robert McNally, Francine Sterle, Peter Waldor, Steve Myers,Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-14491061237126294552014-06-02T08:56:00.003-07:002014-06-02T08:56:41.788-07:00REVIEW OF THOMAS FINK'S JOYRIDEWilliam Allegrezza posts a brief but wise review of Thomas Fink's JOYRIDE. Click on excerpt below for the whole thing:
Thomas Fink's Joyride is distinguished from other poetry collections immediately because of its forms. In just flipping through the book before reading, I thought the forms looked interesting, for they range from hay(na)kus to shaped poetry, and the Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-49139585385778727332014-05-03T11:24:00.000-07:002014-05-03T11:24:15.968-07:00A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL PINESPaul Pines converses with Jon Curley over at The Conversant! Here's an excerpt:
The messages I listened for in my young life with its profound early losses were oracular, something to quiet a sometimes explosive desperation. I recall sitting on a winter’s day in my tenement apartment on Avenue B, sans heat or hot water, and maybe some chicken-hearts in the fridge, concerned about what Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-12568132879258243312014-04-16T07:24:00.003-07:002014-04-16T07:24:26.949-07:00A PAUL PINES READING!
Northshire Book Store
Saratoga: Paul Pines and Sherry Kearns
Start: 05/30/2014 7:00 pm
Poets Paul Pines and Sherry Kearns will present a reading of their work.
New Orleans Variations & Paris Ouroboros by Paul Pines
As Paul Pines moves through two cities he reminds us that 'we go where we must to find / what we need.' And what he finds is plenty—plenty in all senses and for allUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-72312777032710180572014-03-28T14:42:00.001-07:002014-03-28T14:42:15.163-07:00SPRING 2014 BOOK LAUNCH & PARTY!You are invited to Marsh Hawk Press' Spring 2014 Book Launch and Party. We shall celebrate the new books by Mary Mackey, Tom Beckett and Harriett Zinnes. Details:
Spring 2014 Book Launch & Partyat Poets House, NYC When: Friday, April 11, 2014 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Where: 10 River Terrace, New York City Free and Open to the Public
For more information, including Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-5416162552838143522014-03-26T10:52:00.001-07:002014-03-26T10:52:33.732-07:00INVITATION: BIBLIOTHECA INVISIBILIS
Eileen Tabios has inaugurated a new project and you are invited to visit and/or participate!
Eileen is the Library Director for BIBLIOTHECA INVISIBILIS, an online library of conceptualizations of the invisible. The Library consists of books and publications as well as other media.
Marsh Hawk Press authors participating, to date, are
Eileen R. Tabios: HERE and HERE (the latter Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-1963436665425428102014-03-21T09:00:00.002-07:002014-03-21T09:00:27.745-07:00A REVIEW OF TOM BECKETT'S NEW BOOK!
Richard Lopez provides a wonderful write-up on Tom Beckett's just-released Dipstick/(Diptych) over at Really Bad Movies blog. Here's an excerpt:
these texts are tombeckettian at their finest. they are acute metaphysical constructs of our quotidian world as contemplated by a clown with a massively sized IQ.
by clown i mean an artist of the first rank who works fromUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-90617091935934031132014-03-14T13:30:00.006-07:002014-03-14T13:30:53.844-07:00RECENT LINKS TO PAOLO JAVIER ACTIVITIES
Current Queens Poet Laureate and Marsh Hawk Press author Paolo Javier has curated ETERNiDAY: QUEENS POET LORE FESTIVAL. This day-long festival showcasing poets, artists, musicians and others will take place March 15, 2014 at Queens Museum, from 12-8 pm. Participants include two other Marsh Hawk Press poets: Justin Petropoulos and Thomas Fink. More information is at http:/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-67549255283920881052014-03-04T14:06:00.008-08:002014-03-05T07:45:09.456-08:00REVIEW OF PAUL PINES' DIVINE MADNESS
Justin Moore reviews Paul Pines' DIVINE MADNESS on his blog. You can peruse his insightful take at
http://www.sothismedias.com/2014/03/04/speaker-for-the-dead-paul-pinesdivine-madness/
As well, Golden Handcuffs #18 contains his "Salami Dialogues", and Burt Kimmelman's fine review of New Orleans Variations & Paris Ouroboros.
Paul Pines also will be Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-58467667716886107392014-02-19T12:31:00.000-08:002014-02-19T12:31:04.169-08:00THE MARSH HAWK PRESS REVIEW, Spring 2014The Spring 2014 issue of The Marsh Hawk Press Review is live! Guest-edited by Mary Mackey, the issue presents poems by
Al YoungSusan TerrisEileen R. TabiosPaul PinesMarge PiercyJane OrmerodDennis NurkseDaniel MorrisStephen Paul MillerJoshua McKinneySandy McIntoshRichard LorangerBurt KimmelmanJoan GelfandEdward FosterNorman FinkelsteinThomas FinkThomas Fink and Maya Diablo Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-52469748972130509132014-02-13T13:22:00.001-08:002014-02-13T13:22:05.657-08:00"LEARNING EXPERIENCES" FEATURING A POEM BY EILEEN R. TABIOS
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-36925450877607017382014-02-11T20:36:00.000-08:002014-02-11T20:36:04.185-08:00YOU ARE INVITED TO A PAUL PINES READING IN NEW ORLEANSPaul Pines will read at the Maple Street Bar sometime in the afternoon, about 1:00
New Orleans Time. The address is 8316 Oak Street. For more info: (504) 866-9359,
website:
http://mapleleafbar.com
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-40725215881533714252014-01-27T01:06:00.004-08:002014-01-27T01:06:52.037-08:00CLAUDIA CARLSON AT MASSACHUSETTS POETRY FESTIVAL!
Claudia Carlson will be part of the 6th Annual Massachusetts Poetry Festival with the panel "Small Presses, Big Poets: An Inside Look at Five Exciting New Books." The Festival will take place in Salem, MA, on May 2-4, 2014. Here's panel information:
Small Presses, Big Poets: An Inside Look at Five Exciting New Books
While mass-market publishing has consolidated into a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-52906790001773136722014-01-27T01:04:00.002-08:002014-01-27T01:04:27.821-08:00JASON MCCALL'S DEAR HERO OFF TO A GREAT START!Marsh Hawk Press is delighted to announce that Jason McCall's Dear Hero is off to a wonderful start:
Dear Hero made SPD's December best-seller list(http://www.spdbooks.org/pages/bestsellers/poetry/default.aspx), and the book was chosen as a Staff Pick for 2014 (http://www.spdbooks.org/pages/staff-picks/default.aspx)
Dear Hero also won the Whirling Prize from the University of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-69907163918335605122014-01-03T08:51:00.000-08:002014-01-03T08:51:10.675-08:00MARSH HAWK PRESS CONTESTS!
THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL MARSH HAWK PRESS POETRY PRIZE
Announcing Two New Prizes:
The Marsh Hawk Press Robert Creeley Memorial Award
Named for the late Poet and Member of the Marsh Hawk Press Advisory Board
&
The Rochelle Ratner Memorial Award
Named for the late Poet and Marsh Hawk Press Editor
Submission Deadline: April 30, 2014
CONTEST JUDGE:
Brenda Hillman
The Marsh Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429006.post-43451472514131450752013-11-07T14:35:00.000-08:002013-11-07T14:35:02.730-08:00 MARSH HAWK PRESS FALL 2013 BOOK LAUNCH!Friday, November 15, 2013, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
(The poets will read at about 7:30.)
Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York City, (212) 431-7920
Free and Open to the Public
The Launch celebrates:
Joyride by Thomas Fink and Pocket Park by Claudia Carlson
Directions to Poets House
By Subway: Take the 1, 2, 3, A or C lines to Chambers Street Station. Walk west along Chambers Street allUnknownnoreply@blogger.com