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devils-party-press · 1 year
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POETRY AND THE GRAMMY AWARDS
Want to read all about it? CLICK HERE Poetry is more and more getting its due. Why is that? Could it be because poetry soothes the soul, and so many souls need soothing? Could it be because poetry is easy to read quickly, on your phone? What other thoughts do you have? Dianne here, and I earned my MFA in poetry writing, and I am a fan of the stuff. We try, at DPP, to incorporate poetry into our…
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THE DAY AROSE COLD
Congratulations to OLD SCRATCH PRESS founding member Morgan Golladay, whose poem “The Day Arose Cold,” featured in Solstice, was a Delaware Press Award winner. WAY TO GO MORGAN! The Day Arose Cold The sun roseinto a pink sky, pausingto gain strengthbefore entering this frozen day.Yesterday’s snowis untroddenby the small ones,searching for food.Even squirrelshave forsaken their branchesfor…
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devils-party-press · 11 hours
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Off They Go to Try Their Luck!
Today was such an exciting day—I got to send off three new titles from Old Scratch Press to the National Book Awards! If you’ve been keeping tabs on us, you might remember we did the same thing last year. Sending our books to the National Book Awards feels like stepping into the ring with the big shots. Most of the other books being sent in are going to have been written by well-established…
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devils-party-press · 1 year
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NATIONAL POETRY MONTH: A TIME FOR READING OUT LOUD (reprinted from Old Scratch Press)
By Nadja Maril April is the month for poetry, and in the part of the United States where I live, I’m fortunate to have a hiking trail where years ago small signs were posted with quotes from poetry. What a delight, to only hear the sounds of my shoes crunching into the dirt and the twitter of birds and insects, blue sky overhead, surrounded by green. I pause and read the poem painted on a wooden…
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POETRY AND THE GRAMMY AWARDS
Want to read all about it? CLICK HERE Poetry is more and more getting its due. Why is that? Could it be because poetry soothes the soul, and so many souls need soothing? Could it be because poetry is easy to read quickly, on your phone? What other thoughts do you have? Dianne here, and I earned my MFA in poetry writing, and I am a fan of the stuff. We try, at DPP, to incorporate poetry into our…
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devils-party-press · 11 hours
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Away They Go!
Exciting News!
I was thrilled today to have the privilege to mail three new Old Scratch Press books off to the National Book Awards! If you follow all of our doings around here you may have seen this post from last year, where I was lucky enough to do the same thing! Gosh, you know, we’re going up against the big guys when we send our books in to the National Books Awards. Most of the other books being sent in…
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