Barrelhouse is organizing the Washington, DC Edition of Dzanc Books’ National Creative Writing Workshop Day on March 20, 2010. Workshops will be held across the country (40 states!), with all the proceeds going to support Dzanc’s teaching and writers in residence programs. The DC workshop will be held from 1 til 5:00 at the Wonderland Ballroom (upstairs), at 1101 Kenyon Street, Washington, DC.
Our workshop will be a small, hands-on kind of thing, with craft lectures, writing exercises, and discussion. Focusing on elements of poetry, prose, and the new forms emerging from their overlap, this event will give hands-on feedback and insightful instruction to established and aspiring writers, all with Barrelhouse’s patented pop culture sensibility and sense of humor. Participants include Barrelhouse editors Dan Brady, Dave Housley, and Mike Ingram, as well as writer Laura Ellen Scott and poet and publisher Reb Livingston.
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Welcome to This Week In Kitsch - Week 5!
This week’s Kitsch item is a Vintage Bob’s Big Boy figurine. It’s one of four that currently reside in our tiny NYC apartment, but the latest which my partner Shappy has purchases and the cheeriest of the bunch. He currently resides on top of our fridge, but is sure to join the our the three Big Boys on top of cabinets in our “kitsch-in.”
I had to leave NYC (and my kitchen!) again this weekend when I participated in the Women of the …
How exactly do two people collaborate on a poem? We asked Barrelhouse issue 8 contributor’s and co-poets Elisa Gabbert and Kathleen Rooney to give us a little glimpse into their collaborative process. Mouse over the linky things below to read Elisa and Kathleen’s comments on their poem “The Root of All Money,” writing at work, and their process.
Linda takes the razor, pricks her finger. She holds it out toward Roy, the blossoming drop of blood proving the blade. She puts the tip of the blade to the center of her wrist, pushes in. The skin holds for a second; bends; then, like a shot, like taking a syringe, it gives in, slices open.
We asked two of our issue 8 contributors, Andrea Kneeland and Aaron Burch, to take a crack at annotating one another’s stories. What horrifies Aaron about Andrea’s story? What does Andrea think of first when she hears the word “trick” — magician, dog, or whore? Read on to find out.
Our pal Sandra Beasley has a new book of poems coming out in a few weeks called I Was the Jukebox and she’ll be making her way across this great nation of ours to shake hands, share a few words, and sell you a book or twelve. Don’t worry, you’ll want all twelve so you can share them with friends.
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