http://www.poetlore.com/blog A Second Century of New Writing Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:31:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Writer's Center, Poet Lore's publisher, is getting a new Web site! Starting tonight, if you have any trouble with links leading out of poetlore.com and to the new site, I've provided the proper links below. Click here to check out TWC's exciting catalog of classes, including poetry workshops. Click here to ... http://www.poetlore.com/blog/?p=58 From Executive Editor Jody Bolz to all locals! Happy icy, windy 2010!  Hope you'll bundle up and join us at the Folger Shakespeare Library at 7:30 pm on Monday, January 11th, for a celebratory reading in honor of Poet Lore's 120th anniversary and Beltway Poetry Quarterly's 10th. Kim Addonizio, whom Poet ... http://www.poetlore.com/blog/?p=56 from our own Kerrin McCadden: Dear Caitlin, I just want to say what an astonishing read this issue of Poet Lore is. The arc of the poems is stunning. I love to see if I know anyone else in whatever journal I'm in, and who my neighbor is on the ... http://www.poetlore.com/blog/?p=53 Please note that this event is free, and do email us to reserve a space.  The RSVPs are already comin in!  Caitlin.Hill at writer.org! http://www.poetlore.com/blog/?p=45 I know you’re all chomping at the bit for our special 120th Anniversary issue. I’ll post more on that later, as we get closer to printing time. Suffice it to say, every time I open up Quark to edit it I get a little thrill up my spine.  Executive editor ... http://www.poetlore.com/blog/?p=29 Poet Lore will have a booth in the bookfair exhibit at the upcoming AWP Conference in Chicago, where we'll be celebrating our 120th year in print.  When Charlotte Porter and Helen Clarke started their 25 cent journal on "Shakespeare, Browning & Contemporary Literature" in 1889, I don't think they could have imagined ... http://www.poetlore.com/blog/?p=28 Teddy "Trust-Buster" Roosevelt might've taken a great interest in this year's election.  In 1901, he became the first President* to invite an African American, Booker T. Washington, to dine with him at the White House.  The historical weight this Presidential and Vice Presidential race brings with it is inspiring.  Our ... http://www.poetlore.com/blog/?p=6 As our Fall/Winter 2008 issue winds its way to galley form, the editors of Poet Lore are splitting their attention between selecting poems for the Spring/Summer 2009 issue, and the upcoming 119th Birthday of Poet Lore.  The celebration will be in November, and we will have more information as the ... http://www.poetlore.com/blog/?p=5 As Poet Lore approaches its 120th year, it’s finally getting the space it needs to promote its poets and celebrate its legacy. Visit us here regularly to read samples from past issues, get information about submitting your own poetry, subscribe to this incredible journal, read news on our poetry blog, ... http://www.poetlore.com/blog/?p=3