<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930</id><updated>2009-11-09T08:50:24.290-05:00</updated><title type='text'>JL Kato's Poetry Notebook</title><subtitle type='html'>Comments and notes on poetry events in Central Indiana. ("Central" means within an hour's drive from Indianapolis). Feel free to respond to any post. "Poetry" is a big tent, so expect anything from Dobyns to Dylan.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>273</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-7304373816116952539</id><published>2009-11-09T08:25:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T08:50:24.299-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michael Rogers'/><title type='text'>Michael Rogers update</title><content type='html'>Michael Rogers, who runs a monthly poetry event at the Garfield Park Arts Center and edits a poetry journal, has been hospitalized at St. Francis-Indianapolis. Two of his friends, Shirley Martin and Linda Gosnell, report that they went to the hospital on Saturday to see Michael. They were told only family members were able to visit him at this time. I'll update this post with contact info for those who wish to send get-well greetings.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-7304373816116952539?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/7304373816116952539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/11/michael-rogewrs-update.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/7304373816116952539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/7304373816116952539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/11/michael-rogewrs-update.html' title='Michael Rogers update'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-7592910299898088717</id><published>2009-11-02T17:05:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-02T17:06:55.794-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ichabod&apos;s Sketchbook'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bookmama&apos;s'/><title type='text'>Ichabod's Sketchbook</title><content type='html'>From Bookmama's, 9 Johnson Ave., Indianapolis:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our long-awaited anthology, &lt;em&gt;Ichabod's Sketchbook&lt;/em&gt;, is now available for sale at our store. It is a collection of works by Indiana authors, some heretofor unpublished, and features several Irvington writers. We are very grateful to all those who contributed to bring this inaugural issue to fruition and we are hopeful that many of you will decide to submit to our next issue. For more information about the submission guidelines please email: ichabodssketchbook@gmail.com with your request. The deadline for submissions is December 18, 2009.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-7592910299898088717?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/7592910299898088717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/11/ichabods-sketchbook.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/7592910299898088717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/7592910299898088717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/11/ichabods-sketchbook.html' title='Ichabod&apos;s Sketchbook'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-8394584345839734811</id><published>2009-10-29T08:30:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-29T08:57:40.331-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='El Salvador'/><title type='text'>Photos from El Salvador</title><content type='html'>During my trip to El Salvador from Oct. 20-25, I helped conduct youth poetry workshops and participated in a wall mural project. I accompanied other Indiana poets Joyce Brinkman, Joseph Heithaus, Phoenix Cole and Ruthelen Burns. We lived with families from Quezaltepeque. Here are some photos from the trip:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pAAgm1t89BA/SumNSmtwccI/AAAAAAAAAJk/HDA0n9NFNks/s1600-h/El+Salvador+040.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398000979149877698" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pAAgm1t89BA/SumNSmtwccI/AAAAAAAAAJk/HDA0n9NFNks/s400/El+Salvador+040.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pAAgm1t89BA/SumNt5a9nZI/AAAAAAAAAJs/55_68x33CFw/s1600-h/El+Salvador+044.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398001448027790738" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pAAgm1t89BA/SumNt5a9nZI/AAAAAAAAAJs/55_68x33CFw/s400/El+Salvador+044.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pAAgm1t89BA/SumPalTbO3I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/h_JJy8sPtC0/s1600-h/El+Salvador+110.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398003315233209202" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pAAgm1t89BA/SumPalTbO3I/AAAAAAAAAJ0/h_JJy8sPtC0/s400/El+Salvador+110.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pAAgm1t89BA/SumPbVGnymI/AAAAAAAAAKE/yaj3tqevhBY/s1600-h/El+Salvador+141.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398003328064408162" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pAAgm1t89BA/SumPbVGnymI/AAAAAAAAAKE/yaj3tqevhBY/s400/El+Salvador+141.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pAAgm1t89BA/SumPayn5weI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/JU8nG1_CfH8/s1600-h/El+Salvador+132.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398003318808756706" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pAAgm1t89BA/SumPayn5weI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/JU8nG1_CfH8/s400/El+Salvador+132.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-8394584345839734811?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/8394584345839734811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/10/photo-from-el-salvador.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8394584345839734811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8394584345839734811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/10/photo-from-el-salvador.html' title='Photos from El Salvador'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pAAgm1t89BA/SumNSmtwccI/AAAAAAAAAJk/HDA0n9NFNks/s72-c/El+Salvador+040.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-8470633562157861281</id><published>2009-10-28T22:48:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-28T22:50:11.081-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bright Star'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='John Keats'/><title type='text'>'Bright Star'</title><content type='html'>Today and Thursday are the final days to see “Bright Star” at Landmark’s Keystone Art Cinema, 8702 Keystone Crossing, Suite 201A. 317-579-3009. It’s a drama based on the three-year secret love affair between John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish),&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Showtimes are 1:15 p.m., 4 p.m., 6:40 p.m., 9:25 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brightstar-movie.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Official movie Web site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Peter Travers of Rolling Stone : &lt;a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/27810091/review/30165983/bright_star?source=movie_reviews_rssfeed"&gt;http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/27810091/review/30165983/bright_star?source=movie_reviews_rssfeed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you saw the movie and would like to comment, post a reply below.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-8470633562157861281?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/8470633562157861281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/10/bright-star.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8470633562157861281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8470633562157861281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/10/bright-star.html' title='&apos;Bright Star&apos;'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-8616002608888623701</id><published>2009-10-27T12:11:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-27T12:12:41.702-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lylanne Musselman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='A Charm Bracelet For Cruising'/><title type='text'>Lylanne Musselman's new book</title><content type='html'>A PR release about Lylanne Musselman's reading in Chicagoi and her new volume of poetry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 27, 2009, 7:30p—Open Mic—The October Open Mic welcomes Indianapolis poet Lylanne Musselman as Featured Author when she debuts &lt;em&gt;A Charm Bracelet for Cruising&lt;/em&gt;, recently published by Winged City Press. She teaches at IUPUI, Ivy Tech Community College and the University of Indianapolis ' School of Adult Learning.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;She hosts a monthly open-mic in Indianapolis, and appears on WFHB public radio once a month with her autobiographical series. Lylanne's poetry has appeared in a wide variety of online and print journals, and has appeared in seven TallGrass Writer's Guild 'black &amp;amp; white' anthologies and on the spoken word CD The Sounds of TallGrass. She is an award winning poet, and was most recently a winner of the Eli Jenkins' Five and Country Senses Poetry Competition. Following her presentation is the regularly scheduled open mic where everyone is welcome to perform up to 10 minutes of poetry, fiction, music and more. Cover charge for the evening is $6 reduced to $5 for students. The event is upstairs at The Bourgeois Pig, 738 W. Fullerton, Chicago, 773-883-5282.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-8616002608888623701?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/8616002608888623701/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/10/lylanne-musselmans-new-book.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8616002608888623701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8616002608888623701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/10/lylanne-musselmans-new-book.html' title='Lylanne Musselman&apos;s new book'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-4323266909056756573</id><published>2009-10-27T11:44:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-27T11:49:32.434-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='open mic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Erin Livingston'/><title type='text'>Poetry event updates</title><content type='html'>Erin Livingston graciously sent me an update on local poetry events. I have added them to the calendar. (Look at the upper ledt-hand corner of this page and click on the calendar month for a list of events.). Also, let this be a reminder that if you know of new ormissing event, list it with me. If you spot an error or a defunct event, let me know. I depend on readers to keep me up-to-date.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following is from Erin (all addresses are Indianapolis, except the Barnes and Noble event, which is in Westfield):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can offer you some corrections/update that I found in my searching today:&lt;br /&gt;***The Barnes &amp;amp; Noble reading (at 14709 Hwy 31 N) now happens on the 2nd Tuesday of the month instead of on Saturdays.  The phone number I called to verify this was 317-844-2501, which is a general number for the store.  They did not have a specific contact name.&lt;br /&gt;***When I called Casba today, they informed me that their Tuesday poetry open mic was on hiatus indefinitely.&lt;br /&gt;***Ian Rossman of Lazy Daze has moved to Chicago.  He is no longer running the open mic.  As far as I know it is now run by a man named Charles.&lt;br /&gt;***An event to add: Free Speaker Open Mic at the Earth House Collective Fridays 8:30-11pm&lt;br /&gt;***An event to add: POWERi Slam 8:00pm (3rd Fri Nov &amp;amp; Dec. Last Fri starting in Jan.) Earth House @ corner of East St. &amp;amp; New York St. $3 suggested donation at the door. Contact: Saint Peace 317.701.2402 thesaintpeace@gmail&lt;br /&gt;******An event to add: Write On Open Mic at the Poetry Spot 1111 W. 34th St &amp;amp; Clifton  2nd &amp;amp; 4th Fridays.  10pm-2am. Cover vaires.  This is up and running again.&lt;br /&gt;******An event to add: Indianapolis Poetry Slam 6:30 sign up 7:00pm start (2nd Weds) FREE to watch. $5 to compete. Elbow Room @ 605 N. Pennsylvania St. Contact: Erin Livingston 512-767-4680 &lt;a href="mailto:indypoetryslam@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:indypoetryslam@gmail.com"&gt;indypoetryslam@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-4323266909056756573?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/4323266909056756573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/10/poetry-event-updates.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/4323266909056756573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/4323266909056756573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/10/poetry-event-updates.html' title='Poetry event updates'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-8821876182680112155</id><published>2009-10-26T15:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-29T15:59:55.797-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Brick Street Poetry'/><title type='text'>Poetry on Brick Street</title><content type='html'>Brick Street Poetry, the organization that publishes the Tipton Poetry Journal and runs the monthly Poetry on Brick Street readings in Zionsville, is incorporating as a not-for-profit group. It's now considered a not-for-profit as far as Indiana is concerned, and the federal ID number is pending to make donations tax deductible for federal purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the interests of full disclosure, I must reveal that I'm a member of the board of directors. Others members include Barry Harris, Joyce Brinkman and Susan Williams.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right now we're discussing possible projects for 2010, as well as trying to come up with ideas -- through grants or fundraisers - to improve the Titon Poetry Journal and Poetry on Brick Street readings. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can, in a small way, help by using the search engine GoodSearch. Just indicate Brick Street Poetry as your preferred nonprofit group, and BSP will receive a small monetary contribution.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-8821876182680112155?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/8821876182680112155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/10/poetry-on-brick-street.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8821876182680112155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8821876182680112155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/10/poetry-on-brick-street.html' title='Poetry on Brick Street'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-8377754287959659409</id><published>2009-10-19T22:05:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-19T22:12:59.275-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='open thread'/><title type='text'>Open thread</title><content type='html'>By the time most of you read this post, I'll be in El Salvador with four other poets. We'll be conducting youth poetry workshops and soaking in the Salvadoran culture. My time on this blog will be at the mercy of whatever time I'll have to spend at Internet cafes. So, this is an open thread. Please leave comments about whatever is on your mind. I will return late Sunday. In the meantime, as they say in some parts of Hoosierland, have at it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-8377754287959659409?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/8377754287959659409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/10/open-thread.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8377754287959659409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8377754287959659409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/10/open-thread.html' title='Open thread'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-2453373223795013473</id><published>2009-10-18T11:06:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T11:09:28.211-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dan Carpenter'/><title type='text'>Dan Carpenter Book Launch</title><content type='html'>Dan Carpenter will appear for a book launch and signing for  his collection of poetry, More Than I Could See, at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Bookmama's, 9 Johnson Ave., Indianapolis (in the Irvington neighbohhod).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-2453373223795013473?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/2453373223795013473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/10/dan-carpenter-book-launch.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/2453373223795013473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/2453373223795013473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/10/dan-carpenter-book-launch.html' title='Dan Carpenter Book Launch'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-5537105706249585902</id><published>2009-09-27T14:00:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-14T14:02:27.503-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='James Alexander Thoma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Susan Neville'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christine Montross'/><title type='text'>Glick Award winners</title><content type='html'>James Alexander Thom, Susan Neville and Christine Montross are winners in the first Glick awards, honoring Indiana writers. Details here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indianaauthorsaward.org/2009/09/award-winners-named/"&gt;http://www.indianaauthorsaward.org/2009/09/award-winners-named/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-5537105706249585902?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/5537105706249585902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/glick-award-winners.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/5537105706249585902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/5537105706249585902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/glick-award-winners.html' title='Glick Award winners'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-1111055312602567709</id><published>2009-09-24T10:38:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T10:39:47.761-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Matthew Brennan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Indiana State'/><title type='text'>Matthew Brennan: 'The House With the Mansard Roof'</title><content type='html'>Terre Haute Tribube-Star article on Matthew Brennan and his fifth poetry collection, &lt;em&gt;The House With the Mansard Roof.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tribstar.com/arts/local_story_246213219.html"&gt;http://www.tribstar.com/arts/local_story_246213219.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-1111055312602567709?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/1111055312602567709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/matthew-brennan-house-with-mansard-roof.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/1111055312602567709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/1111055312602567709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/matthew-brennan-house-with-mansard-roof.html' title='Matthew Brennan: &apos;The House With the Mansard Roof&apos;'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-6737083973384530466</id><published>2009-09-24T10:11:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T10:13:03.248-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Micah Ling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DePauw University'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Three Islands'/><title type='text'>Micah Ling publishes 'Three Islands'</title><content type='html'>From DePauw University:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 16, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. — Micah Ling, &lt;a id="GVLINK_2_0_0" class="GVAdLink" href="http://www.depauw.edu/news/?id=24035#"&gt;part-time&lt;/a&gt; assistant professor of English at DePauw and 2003 &lt;a id="GVLINK_3_0_2" class="GVAdLink" href="http://www.depauw.edu/news/?id=24035#"&gt;graduate&lt;/a&gt; of the University, has authored &lt;em&gt;Three Islands&lt;/em&gt;. In the book of poetry, Ling "brings together the three colossal figures of Amelia Earhart, Robert Stroud (the Birdman of Alcatraz), and Fletcher Christian to examine the solitude and madness that comprises their slight degrees of separation," notes a synopsis. "Existing in the channel between fact and fiction, these poems deftly swim among the slight nuances that divide captivity, isolation, and escape."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read more at &lt;a href="http://www.depauw.edu/news/?id=24035"&gt;http://www.depauw.edu/news/?id=24035&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-6737083973384530466?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/6737083973384530466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/micah-ling-publishes-three-islands.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/6737083973384530466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/6737083973384530466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/micah-ling-publishes-three-islands.html' title='Micah Ling publishes &apos;Three Islands&apos;'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-6775482868586072965</id><published>2009-09-24T09:58:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T10:04:11.842-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deborah Grindhart Dragoo'/><title type='text'>Deborah Grindhart Dragoo</title><content type='html'>Deborah Grindhart Dragoo has published a poetry chapbook titled My Cemetery Plot is Paid For. This Sept. 22 Muncie Star article focuses on her artwork and her exhibit "Poetry Slam in Paint: Observations of a Poet Painter," which will run the entire month of October at The Artist Within, 313 S. Walnut St., Muncie.:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20090922/ENTERTAINMENT03/309220001"&gt;http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20090922/ENTERTAINMENT03/309220001&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-6775482868586072965?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/6775482868586072965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/deborah-grindhart-dragoo.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/6775482868586072965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/6775482868586072965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/deborah-grindhart-dragoo.html' title='Deborah Grindhart Dragoo'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-8707622803002276986</id><published>2009-09-23T12:12:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T12:15:54.849-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Purdue University'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marianne Boruch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry Magazine'/><title type='text'>Marianne Boruch in Poetry Magazine</title><content type='html'>Marianne Boruch, who teaches at Purdue Univeristy, has two poems in th e October 2009 issue og Poetry Magazine. The first lines of the poems are "On rain washed paper dried, ink" and "Some dreamily smoke cigarettes, some track."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-8707622803002276986?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/8707622803002276986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/marianne-boruch-in-poetry-magazine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8707622803002276986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8707622803002276986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/marianne-boruch-in-poetry-magazine.html' title='Marianne Boruch in Poetry Magazine'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-3127391885136218671</id><published>2009-09-22T12:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T12:29:09.404-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Butler University'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='University of Indianapolis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jorie Graham'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jan Flexon'/><title type='text'>Heads up: Jorie Graham at Butler, Jan Flexon at U of I</title><content type='html'>7:30 p.m. Jorie Graham at Reilly Room, Atherton Union, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis. Free. Part of the Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series. 317-940-9861. &lt;a href="mailto:nvonnegu@butler.edu"&gt;nvonnegu@butler.edu&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="http://www.joriegraham.com/"&gt;www.joriegraham.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7:30 p.m. Jan Flexon &amp;amp; Friends in the Schwitzer Student Cebter at the University of Indianapolis, 1400 E. Hanna Ave., Indianapolis. Flexon, a writer, musician, and artist who resides in Indianapolis, is originally from the Appalachian mountains of Virginia. Her first book and CD of poetry, &lt;em&gt;Words Are Electric, But Not Always Static-Free,&lt;/em&gt; was published by New Century Publishing. She is also singer/songwriter for the band the Dancin’ Nancys, which recently released their second album, &lt;em&gt;Cover Me.&lt;/em&gt; Her music and poetry have been included in numerous anthologies, and she has performed nationally and internationally. She co-owns the Underground 9 Studio, which holds such monthly events as an open mike for writers, poets, and musicians of all ages. Flexon has performed her poetry at the Chicago Printer’s Row Book Fair,and she is on the editorial board of Ichabod’s Sketchbook Literary Journal, based in the Irvington community. Part of the Allen &amp;amp; Helen Kellogg Writers Series. Free.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-3127391885136218671?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/3127391885136218671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/heads-up-jorie-graham-at-butler-jan.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/3127391885136218671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/3127391885136218671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/heads-up-jorie-graham-at-butler-jan.html' title='Heads up: Jorie Graham at Butler, Jan Flexon at U of I'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-6386861717872600408</id><published>2009-09-22T10:26:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T10:29:43.630-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hather McHugh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MacArthur Foundation'/><title type='text'>Heather McHugh: genius grant</title><content type='html'>Heather McHugh, 61, Seattle, was one of 24 recipents of the so-called genious grants from the MacArthur Foundation. The prize is worth $500,000. The poet uses such wordplay as puns and rhymes in intricately patterned compositions. Read more at: &lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/21/macarthur-genius-list-200_n_294252.html" target="_blank_"&gt;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/21/macarthur-genius-list-200_n_294252.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-6386861717872600408?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/6386861717872600408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/heather-mchugh-genius-grant.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/6386861717872600408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/6386861717872600408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/heather-mchugh-genius-grant.html' title='Heather McHugh: genius grant'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-4886177092971287515</id><published>2009-09-22T10:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T14:50:52.017-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Indianapolis Cultural Trail'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Writers Center'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moving Forward'/><title type='text'>Bus shelter poetry competition</title><content type='html'>News from the Writers Center of Indiana (9-8-09):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Moving Forward," is a new permanent public art project for the Indianapolis Cultural Trail that will bring three bus shelters, custom-designed by Indianapolis-based architect Donna Sink, to the Trail. Importantly, they become the vehicle for permanently displaying three poems. Published poets, who live in or who have close ties to Indiana, are invited to submit work to be considered for the project. Subjects may include, but are not restricted to, community, neighborhoods, landmarks, shared spaces, transportation, history, and the future. Each poet selected will receive a $1,000 Prize. For submission guidelines, click&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://view.exacttarget.com/?j=fe881d77756d077477&amp;amp;m=fef41177736306&amp;amp;ls=fdf115717763037f7317787c&amp;amp;l=fec715787065037f&amp;amp;s=fe2615747066017a721678&amp;amp;jb=ffcf14&amp;amp;ju=fe671c707365057d7712"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the message from the Writers' Center of Indiana, sent via Facebook:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Subject: "Moving Forward" Call for Poems&lt;br /&gt;Throughout Indiana, Hoosiers are on the move—and so is our capital city. Nothing exemplifies this better than the Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A legacy of Gene &amp;amp; Marilyn Glick, an urban bike and pedestrian path that links five downtown cultural districts in an eight-mile celebration of the cityʼs vibrant culture. Traveling along it, walkers, runners, and cyclists pass by and through many of the cultural destinations and public art installations that have given Indianapolis its reputation as a world-class city, one with its sights set firmly on the future.&lt;br /&gt;“Moving Forward,” is a new permanent public art project for the Indianapolis Cultural Trail that will bring three bus shelters, custom-designed by Indianapolis-based architect Donna Sink, to the Trail. Importantly, they become the vehicle for permanently displaying three poems. Published poets, who live in or who have close ties to Indiana, are invited to submit work to be considered for the project. Subjects may include, but are not restricted to, community, neighborhoods, landmarks, shared spaces, transportation, history, and the future. Each poet selected will receive a $1,000 Prize.&lt;br /&gt;Eligibility:&lt;br /&gt;• Poets must live in or have close ties to Indiana.&lt;br /&gt;• Poets must have published at least one poem in a print magazine or anthology prior to submitting their work to “Moving Forward.”&lt;br /&gt;INDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL TRAIL: A LEGACY OF GENE &amp;amp; MARILYN GLICK“MOVING FORWARD” CALL FOR POETS&lt;br /&gt;Guidelines for Submission:&lt;br /&gt;• Each poet may submit one poem, no longer than 50 lines. (The poem may have beenpublished previously.)&lt;br /&gt;• Each entry must include a cover sheet with the following:&lt;br /&gt;• Contact information.&lt;br /&gt;• Verification of publication: a list of 1-5 published poems that includes the title of each poem, name of print magazine or anthology in which it was published, and publication date.&lt;br /&gt;• Poets who do not live in Indiana must provide a brief statement describing their tie to Indiana.&lt;br /&gt;• Content must be appropriate for public display with sensitivity to diverse audiences.&lt;br /&gt;• Entries must be in English. (If appropriate, poets may include a translation to anotherlanguage.)&lt;br /&gt;• All submissions must be made electronically to &lt;a href="mailto:movingforward@indianawriters.org" ymailto="mailto:movingforward@indianawriters.org"&gt;movingforward@indianawriters.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;• Entries must be attached as a Word document (.doc) or PDF.&lt;br /&gt;• The Writersʼ Center of Indiana and the Cultural Trail Management and Design Team retain the right to disqualify any entry that does not comply with the above guidelines. Deadline for&lt;br /&gt;Submissions: Midnight on Friday, November 22, 2009.&lt;br /&gt;Selection Process &amp;amp; Timeline:&lt;br /&gt;• Entries will be judged blindly by three out-of-state judges. Poetsʼ names and contactinformation will be removed from all submissions.&lt;br /&gt;• The judges will submit six finalists to the Writersʼ Center of Indiana. A panel includingrepresentatives from the Writersʼ Center, Art Strategies, and the Cultural Trail Managementand Design team, along with project architect, Donna Sink, will choose the three poems tobe used in the bus shelter installations.• Winners will be announced in mid-March 2010.&lt;br /&gt;• Installation will begin in 2010 with expected completion in Spring 2011.&lt;br /&gt;Selection Criteria:&lt;br /&gt;• Quality of writing.&lt;br /&gt;• Thematic connection to the Indianapolis Cultural Trail and the “Moving Forward” project.&lt;br /&gt;• Appropriateness for public display with sensitivity to diverse audiences.&lt;br /&gt;Contracts:&lt;br /&gt;Winning poets will retain the copyright to their work, but must license the Indianapolis CulturalTrail and/or the City of Indianapolis to make reproductions of the poem for not-for-profiteducational and promotional purposes. While the projectʼs creator, Donna Sink, and the CulturalTrail Design and Management Team may ask for input on the visual manifestation of the poemwithin the project, both Donna Sink and the Indianapolis Cultural Trail Management and DesignTeam reserve the right to make the final decision about how the text will be displayed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;INDIANAPOLIS CULTURAL TRAIL: A LEGACY OF GENE &amp;amp; MARILYN GLICK“MOVING FORWARD” CALL FOR POETS&lt;br /&gt;Contact Information: If you have questions about this project, please contact:Barbara Shoup, Executive Director pf Writersʼ Center of Indiana. Tel: 317-255-0710 or e-mail: &lt;a href="mailto:barbarashoup@indianawriters.org" ymailto="mailto:barbarashoup@indianawriters.org"&gt;barbarashoup@indianawriters.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.indianawriters.org" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.indianawriters.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Project Partners: The Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene &amp;amp; Marilyn Glick is made possible by a largepublic and private collaboration led by Central Indiana Community Foundation, the City ofIndianapolis and several not-for-profit organizations devoted to building a better city. Forinformation about the Indianapolis Cultural Trail, visit &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.indyculturaltrail.org" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.indyculturaltrail.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The poetry portion of this project is being administered by the Writersʼ Center of Indiana with additional support provided by the Arts Council of Indianapolis and Art Strategies, LLC. Funding provided by the Indianapolis Cultural Trail Fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPDATE: Nore information about the bus stops. &lt;a href="http://archinect.com/news/article.php?id=91975_0_24_0_C"&gt;http://archinect.com/news/article.php?id=91975_0_24_0_C&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-4886177092971287515?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/4886177092971287515/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/bus-shelter-poetry-competition.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/4886177092971287515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/4886177092971287515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/bus-shelter-poetry-competition.html' title='Bus shelter poetry competition'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-4628673273808154285</id><published>2009-09-21T09:42:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T22:39:41.330-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Masterpiece in a Day'/><title type='text'>Masterpiece in a Day winners</title><content type='html'>Writing:&lt;br /&gt;1-Danielle Wheeler--"In Each Other's Faces We take out lines, streets, stories"&lt;br /&gt;2- Cindy Ragsdale---"Parade Rest"&lt;br /&gt;3 - John Hawn -- "She Paints a Poem" (Note: Even though the entry specified JL Kato as the author, for some reason, MIAD organizers chose to use the real name, presumably for tax-reporting purposes.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read the winning entries here: &lt;a href="http://bigcar.org/archive/2009/09/images/09_Maspterpiece_writing.pdf"&gt;http://bigcar.org/archive/2009/09/images/09_Maspterpiece_writing.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Art&lt;br /&gt;Best in show: Jessica Dunn- _O_N_A_N Sqaure&lt;br /&gt;Category pick&lt;br /&gt;2D-Kyle Ragsdale--Fountainless Square&lt;br /&gt;Runner up 2D-Thomas J. Lemanski-"The 65/To Split"&lt;br /&gt;Category pick&lt;br /&gt;3-D-Lukas Schoder-Cabinet of Curiosities&lt;br /&gt;Runner up 3D-- Lauren Ditchley--All In A Day&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-4628673273808154285?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/4628673273808154285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/masterpiece-in-day-winners.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/4628673273808154285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/4628673273808154285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/masterpiece-in-day-winners.html' title='Masterpiece in a Day winners'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-7216095903670482502</id><published>2009-09-18T08:17:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T08:20:52.239-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fountain Square'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Masterpiece in a Day'/><title type='text'>Heads up: Masterpiece in a Day</title><content type='html'>I like to call this the most lucrative first-draft contest of the year. From &lt;a href="http://www.bigcar.org/"&gt;www.bigcar.org&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Masterpiece in a Day&lt;br /&gt;When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 19&lt;br /&gt;Where: 1043 Virginia Ave. (in front of Murphy Art Center), Indianapolis&lt;br /&gt;Cost: Free for participants and visitors&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The writing contest presented by Second Story features a single combined contest this year for prose writers and poets. The overall winner receives $600, with the second-place writer taking $300 and third place picking up $100.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The contest begins at 9 a.m. with day-of registration ending at 11 a.m. Typed copies of writing are due for judging at 3:30 p.m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winners from both contests will be announced at about 4:30 p.m. All work must be completed in the Fountain Square neighborhood during contest hours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Writing judges are Fountain Square writer and Urban Times contributor Connie Zeigler and NUVO critic and poet Dan Grossman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Download rules for writing contest &lt;a href="http://bigcar.org/archive/2009/09/images/MIADwriting09.pdf"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-7216095903670482502?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/7216095903670482502/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/heads-up-masterpiece-in-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/7216095903670482502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/7216095903670482502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/heads-up-masterpiece-in-day.html' title='Heads up: Masterpiece in a Day'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-8818904772529282957</id><published>2009-09-11T10:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-11T10:22:32.603-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nancy Pulley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Evening With the Muse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Writers Center'/><title type='text'>Heads up: Nancy Pulley at An Evening With the Muse</title><content type='html'>7 p.m. An Evening With the Muse presents &lt;strong&gt;Nancy Pulley&lt;/strong&gt; and an open mic, at the Writers' Center of Indiana, 812 E. 67th St., Indianapolis (in the Cultural Complex Center just west of the Indianapolis Arts Center). Host: &lt;strong&gt;Rohana McCormack&lt;/strong&gt;, (317) 259-7900. Every second Sunday of the month. Pulley's new chapbook, &lt;em&gt;Dream Puzzle&lt;/em&gt;, published this spring by Art in the Heartland Publishing, Columbus, Ind., will be available at this reading. Her previous chapbook, &lt;em&gt;Tremolo of Light&lt;/em&gt;, was the winner of the 2nd Indiana Poetry Chapbook Contest sponsored by the Writers' Center of Indiana. Nancy is a graduate of Indiana Central College--now the University of Indianapolis. Her poems have appeared in The Flying Island, Arts Indiana Literary Supplement, Passages North, Plainsong, The Sycamore Review, the Humpback Barn Collection and A Linen Weave of Themes, a collection of poetry on tape, as well as other journals and publications. Nancy lives in Ogilville and works in Columbus as a Case Manager for Agency on Aging. She is married to the sculptor, Bob Pulley, and they have two grown children, Emily and Dylan.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-8818904772529282957?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/8818904772529282957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/heads-up-nancy-pulley-at-evening-with.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8818904772529282957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8818904772529282957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/heads-up-nancy-pulley-at-evening-with.html' title='Heads up: Nancy Pulley at An Evening With the Muse'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-6540070509786200313</id><published>2009-09-04T20:07:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T20:19:30.497-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dennis Jacobs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='University of Indianapolis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alice Friman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry Magazine'/><title type='text'>A fan of Alice Friman's</title><content type='html'>The current issue of &lt;em&gt;Poetry&lt;/em&gt; magazine (September 2009) contains an essay by Dennis Jacobs. chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. The essay is part of the section "The Voew From Here," a feature un which people from various fields comment on the experience of poetry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacobs writes, "...my long interest in poetry has yielded a respect for the language that people should employ when they undertake to speak the law. It helps to be able to weigh words, to hear their resonance, and to pay attention to sound and rhythm."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Later on, he writes:  "My subscription to &lt;em&gt;Poetry&lt;/em&gt; has heightened my interest in translation, kept me abreast of current writers I've admored, and intriduced me to poets such as Alice Friman and Bob Hicok."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friman is a former professor at the University of Indianapolis.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-6540070509786200313?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/6540070509786200313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/fan-of-alice-frimans.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/6540070509786200313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/6540070509786200313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/fan-of-alice-frimans.html' title='A fan of Alice Friman&apos;s'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-4161007370906808544</id><published>2009-09-04T12:08:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T20:20:38.193-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Susie Bieman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mother Loss'/><title type='text'>Wanted: Submissions for anthology</title><content type='html'>Susie Bieman is editing an anthology of poems dealing with the death of a mother. The following classified ad appears in the September/October issue of Poets &amp;amp; Writers:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Has your mother died? An anthology about the death of a mother seeks emotionally honest and compelling submissions that will resonate with the reader. Through the writer's varied experiences, readers will recognize themselves and be encouraged in knowing they are not alone. Prose poems and poetry, max 100 lines. Short prose, max 750 words. If previously published, please include reprint permissiuon and literary credit. Send up to 5 submissions and brief bio. No fee. 1 free copy if accepted. Submit by December 1 in a 12-point, double-spaced Word doc. To &lt;a href="mailto:motherlosspoetry@gmail.com"&gt;motherlosspoetry@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; or mail to Mother Loss/Deatils, 8663 River Crossing Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46240.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-4161007370906808544?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/4161007370906808544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/wanted-submissions-for-anthology.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/4161007370906808544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/4161007370906808544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/wanted-submissions-for-anthology.html' title='Wanted: Submissions for anthology'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-8807598049635382362</id><published>2009-09-03T11:25:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-03T11:32:25.288-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hannah Faith Notess'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus Girls'/><title type='text'>Update: Hannah Faith Notess</title><content type='html'>Hannah Faith Notess earned an MFA in creative writing at Indiana University, where she was the poetry editor at Indiana Review. She was the 2008-2009 Milton Center Fellow at Seattle Pacific University. She is the editor of a collection essays titled "Jesus Girls: True Tales of Growing Up Female and Evangelical Experience in Evangelicalism, Vol. 1."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;A collection of personal essays by up-and-coming female writers, &lt;em&gt;Jesus Girls&lt;/em&gt; offers a window into a world of flannel board Jesuses, Christian "rap" &lt;a id="GVLINK_3_0_2" class="GVAdLink" href="http://7thspace.com/headlines/318705/jesus_girls_un_testify_about_growing_up_female_and_evangelical_in_new_book_by_cascade_books.html#"&gt;music&lt;/a&gt;, faith healing, and Bible memorization competitions. Eschewing pat formulas, these women provide insights on topics of community, worship, &lt;a id="GVLINK_2_0_1" class="GVAdLink" href="http://7thspace.com/headlines/318705/jesus_girls_un_testify_about_growing_up_female_and_evangelical_in_new_book_by_cascade_books.html#"&gt;education&lt;/a&gt;, sexuality, and &lt;a id="GVLINK_1_0_0" class="GVAdLink" href="http://7thspace.com/headlines/318705/jesus_girls_un_testify_about_growing_up_female_and_evangelical_in_new_book_by_cascade_books.html#"&gt;identity&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Evangelicals are taught to tell their life stories as "testimonies," inspirational tales of dramatic conversion. But this formula leaves out a lot of stories--and a lot of voices, especially female voices, according to editor, Hannah Faith Notess. In &lt;em&gt;Jesus Girls&lt;/em&gt; "un-testimonies" from women with varying experiences in evangelicalism are given voice. "I think it would be hard to overestimate how my faith and church experience influence my writing," says Sara Zarr, a National Book Award-nominated young adult novelist who contributes an essay to Jesus Girls. Notess adds, "You have to figure out how to make your beliefs your own."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;For more information, click here: &lt;a href="http://7thspace.com/headlines/318705/jesus_girls_un_testify_about_growing_up_female_and_evangelical_in_new_book_by_cascade_books.html"&gt;Jesus Girls&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-8807598049635382362?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/8807598049635382362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/update-hannah-faith-notess.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8807598049635382362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/8807598049635382362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/update-hannah-faith-notess.html' title='Update: Hannah Faith Notess'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-4130371678797267448</id><published>2009-09-02T16:58:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-03T11:44:05.107-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ruthelen Burns'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barry Harris'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joseph Heithaus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joyce Brinkman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zionsville'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='James Murdock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Phoenix Cole'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mary Brown'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Norbert Krapf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laurel Smith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Art of Poetry'/><title type='text'>The Art of Poetry Experience, Zionsville</title><content type='html'>October 2-3, 2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spend time with visual artists and poets to explore the art of poetry. Twelve poets and twelve visuals artists in various medium have collaborated on works which can be experienced on the Art of Poetry Tour. Those attending all events beginning with the Friday Tea will be eligible for the drawing of a piece of artwork at this event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Art of Poetry Schedule&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FRIDAY, OCT. 2&lt;br /&gt;2 p.m.&lt;/strong&gt; Art of Poetry Tea and Talk at Serenity, 135 S. Main St. Zionsville. Immediate past Poet Laureate of Virginia, Dr. Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda is both a poet and visual artist. She conducts popular talks and workshops on poetry and art at universities and art museums. Come for a tea under the white tent in the Serenity garden, and hear Dr. Foronda. $15. Profits benefit the Writers’ Center of Indiana. Serenity: 317.873.5590&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Art of Poetry Reading Tour. Free. Those visiting all fourZionsville tour sites will be entered in a drawing for a special signed poem. Schedule of artworks, artists and poets follows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6 p.m.&lt;/strong&gt; Goodman Jewelers, 106 N. Main St.:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Edge of Day&lt;/em&gt;, Laura Villanyi, glass – poet &lt;strong&gt;Joseph Heithaus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Differences,&lt;/em&gt; Peg Neal, pottery – poet &lt;strong&gt;Barry Harris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Porcellana,&lt;/em&gt; Lynn Miller, pottery – poet &lt;strong&gt;Phoenix Cole&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6:30 p.m.&lt;/strong&gt; The Yarn Shop, 40 N. Main St:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Calla Lilies&lt;/em&gt;, Kim Ort, nature photography – poet &lt;strong&gt;Dr. Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Leaving the Present Tents&lt;/em&gt;, Laura Teshdahl, colored pencil – poet &lt;strong&gt;James Murdock.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;On Mallard Landing&lt;/em&gt;, Kevin Bowles, wood – poet &lt;strong&gt;Joyce Brinkman&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7 p.m.&lt;/strong&gt; Brown’s on Main, 98 S. Main St.:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;In October&lt;/em&gt;, Katherine Meade, oils – poet &lt;strong&gt;Jane Gentry Vance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Why I Run&lt;/em&gt;, Sandy Ezell, watercolors – poet &lt;strong&gt;Marjory Wentworth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shorter Days&lt;/em&gt;, Katie Lane, gourds – poet &lt;strong&gt;Laurel Smith&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7:30 p.m.&lt;/strong&gt; Art In Hand, 211 S. Main St.:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Songs in Sepia &amp;amp; Black &amp;amp; Whi&lt;/em&gt;te, J.D. Nolan, black &amp;amp; white photography, poet &lt;strong&gt;Norbert Krapf.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fallen,&lt;/em&gt; Jody Flynn, Acrylics – poet &lt;strong&gt;Ruthelen Burns.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Internet Exchange,&lt;/em&gt; Cindy Leavesly, pastels – poet &lt;strong&gt;Mary Brown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SATURDAY, OCT. 3&lt;br /&gt;10 a.m.&lt;/strong&gt; The Art of Poetry Community Discussion at Serenity, 135 S. Main St., Zionsville. Munch on scions and sip lemonade with poets, visual artists, and everyone interested in culture, for a community discussion of the Art of Poetry Experience and how artistic collaboration enriches our lives. Free.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-4130371678797267448?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/4130371678797267448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/art-of-poetry-experience-zionsville.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/4130371678797267448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/4130371678797267448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/art-of-poetry-experience-zionsville.html' title='The Art of Poetry Experience, Zionsville'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-9011715089925796004</id><published>2009-09-02T14:41:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-02T14:42:47.151-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry on Brick Street'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Roger Pfingston'/><title type='text'>Heads up: Poetry on Brick Street &amp; Roger Pfingston</title><content type='html'>6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poetry on Brick Street presents Roger Pfingston, followed by an open reading at G. Simone's Cafe, 120 S. Main St., Zionsville. Free. For information, call Barry Harris at 317-733-1811 or Susan Miller at 317-587-1438, or send an e-mail to &lt;a href="mailto:poetryonbrickstreet@cyberroad.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:poetryonbrickstreet@cyberroad.com"&gt;poetryonbrickstreet@cyberroad.com&lt;/a&gt;. Every first Thursday of the month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roger Pfingston (&lt;a title="1940" href="http://www.bloomingpedia.org/wiki/1940" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;1940&lt;/a&gt;- ), Roger Pfingston is a lifelong Hoosier, who was born in Evansville and has lived most of his adult life in &lt;a title="Bloomington" href="http://www.bloomingpedia.org/wiki/Bloomington" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Bloomington&lt;/a&gt;. Roger Pfingston was born and raised in Evansville, Indiana, and later he attended &lt;a title="Indiana University" href="http://www.bloomingpedia.org/wiki/Indiana_University" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Indiana University&lt;/a&gt;, graduating in &lt;a title="1962" href="http://www.bloomingpedia.org/wiki/1962" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;1962&lt;/a&gt;. He taught English and photography in a Bloomington high school from &lt;a title="1967" href="http://www.bloomingpedia.org/wiki/1967" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;1967&lt;/a&gt; until his retirement in &lt;a title="1997" href="http://www.bloomingpedia.org/wiki/1997" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;1997&lt;/a&gt;. He still lives in Bloomington today, where he continues to pursue both his writing and photography, which often focuses on Midwestern landscapes. He's received an NEA Fellowship for poetry, two PEN Syndicated Fiction Awards, and a Teacher Creativity Fellowship from the Lilly Endowment to explore alternative processes in black and white photography. His poems and photographs have appeared in New Letters, Orion, The Laurel Review, American Photo, Shots, Spoon River Poetry Review, The Sun and Ontario Review.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5081121885159415930-9011715089925796004?l=jlkato.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/feeds/9011715089925796004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/heads-up-poetry-on-brick-street-roger.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/9011715089925796004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5081121885159415930/posts/default/9011715089925796004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2009/09/heads-up-poetry-on-brick-street-roger.html' title='Heads up: Poetry on Brick Street &amp; Roger Pfingston'/><author><name>JL Kato</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='09539357537337715726'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>