This week, I decided to spotlight a local New Orleans poet, Brad Richard, who I met at the Tennessee Williams Festival. His new poetry collection, Motion Studies, published in January 2011, won him the 2010 Washington Prize from The Word Works by impressing the judges with its blend of personal and historical. He read from [...]

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My first spotlight poet is Elizabeth Bishop, who is my personal favorite poet and, in my opinion, one of the best technical poets to ever live. Elizabeth Bishop was born in Worcester, MA on February 8, 1911. Her mother was mentally ill, and her father passed away when she was about one year old, so [...]

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In lieu of a Friday Flash story this week, I would like to celebrate National Poetry Month! My Cheshire smile is bright today, and Wonderland is all a flurry with preparations for parties to celebrate poetry! The Academy of American Poets started National Poetry Month in 1996 to increase visibility for poetry, encourage increased publication [...]

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Wonderland is all a flurry with preparations for National Poetry Month this month! We are putting up lovely decorations in blue and white to match the poster, and the Mad Hatter has even made a matching hat! We are very excited about celebrating poetry, and we would love for you to join us! My Cheshire [...]

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