Finding an old post about the Tennessee Williams Tribute, leads me to a realization about the value of blogging (or journaling).
Category Archives: Writing
How to Read a Book of Poems
Several times at readings for Tree Fall with Birdsong, the question has come up: Is there a right way to read a poetry book? Here is my answer.
July Update: Book Events and Interview
This is a quick post to let people know how my July is going. I’ve had a great time in Iowa at three book events in Osage, Charles City, and Mason City. I got to know the owners of two local bookstores, Prologue Books and Wine and Three Bells Books, which were new to me,Continue reading “July Update: Book Events and Interview”
Does Using AI Really Make You Stupider?
A morning rant on the evils of AI, this time after reading about how using it can lead to cognitive decline.
A Few Book & Poetry Notes
Notes on readings, events, bookstores, and a new poem.
Updates on Tree Fall with Birdsong
The initial pub day for Tree Fall with Birdsong is paired with an interview on being a transplant in Mississippi.
Watch My Events Page
With a new book coming out in May, it’s time once again to brush off my Events page. I hope to be adding lots of events in the coming months,, but for now, I updated it with two exciting new appearances: February 1, I’ll be in Long Beach, Mississippi, at Homegrown: A Writers’ Exchange, talkingContinue reading “Watch My Events Page”
Re-Release of River Hill: A Ghost Story
I am reposting a story on Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads that I originally wrote on Twitter in 2019. Here’s how I’m doing that.
The Meaning of Rejection
Submittable calls it “Decline.” I like to refer to it as “Returned” when my manuscripts come back to me, which they still do more often than not. As an editor for Poetry South and a frequent submitter to many magazines, I have a complicated relationship with rejection. On the one hand, I have a toughContinue reading “The Meaning of Rejection”
How Do You Know When You’ve Written a Poem? — A Dream Answer
In a dream last night, I was at an event aswering questions, and someone asked, “How do you know when you’ve written a poem?” I had a pretty good answer, or at least so it seemed in the dream. So let’s see how much I can remember here. The first part of my answer wasContinue reading “How Do You Know When You’ve Written a Poem? — A Dream Answer”
Kendall Dunkelberg 