Category Archives: poetry

Swindle, the daily poetry aggregator

Posted on August 18, 2009 by nancohen

Via Slog, the Stranger‘s blog, a link to the online journal Linebreak‘s aggregator, Swindle, which daily collects poetry published on the Net and archives the links for seven days.  They’re looking for more feeds, so drop them a line to suggest a site … Continue reading →

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dA Center for the Arts Poetry Contest

Posted on March 14, 2009 by nancohen

dA Center for the Arts 2009 Poetry Contest David St. John, Judge First Prize: $250 Winner and Finalists will be invited to participate in an awards ceremony, reading, and reception at the dA Center for the Arts. The prize does … Continue reading →

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Poems wanted for the 2009 Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage Month Calendar

Posted on March 6, 2009 by nancohen

From a posting on LA CultureNet.  The deadline is March 16: The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs is a proud supporter of Los Angeles’ 2009 Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage Month. This celebration will promote and … Continue reading →

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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, April 26-27

Posted on April 20, 2008 by nancohen

I’m thankful to be able to read all the lovely comments people have left about Felicia in the post below.  If you’ve found this blog by searching for her name, please feel free to add your own comment.  You can … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Hacker appearing at Antioch next week!

Posted on February 27, 2008 by nancohen

Link to the poster with full details  Marilyn Hacker will read at Antioch University Los Angeles on Saturday, March 8 at 5:30 PM in room A1000.  (Antioch is all one building–next to a large parking structure!–so it’s very easy to visit.  … Continue reading →

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Unexpected places

Posted on January 30, 2008 by nancohen

Because my poem “Rope Bridge” takes as its starting place a well-known psychology experiment (Dutton and Aron, 1974), I occasionally run across mentions of it in social-science contexts such as this organizational behavior course .  My friend Audrey Shafer (writer and … Continue reading →

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