[stylist] call for poets

Barbara HAMMEL poetlori8 at msn.com
Sun Apr 19 12:28:44 UTC 2015


This is the poetry magazine that's on NewsLine, correct?
Barbara

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> On Apr 17, 2015, at 13:16, Chris Kuell via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> Hello everyone!
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> Now that I'm half recovered from AWP, I'd like to take this opportunity to
> personally encourage all poets with disabilities to submit work to POETRY
> magazine. Don Share, the editor, wants to see more disability poetry.
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> At the panel Jennifer Bartlett, Jim Ferris, Jillian Weise, and I did, Don
> said he did not want to do a special issue or an installment of disability
> poems. He's not interested in "ghettoizing" our poetry. He wants our poetry
> in the magazine proper, and he emphasized POETRY's Open Door policy.
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> In the past year, POETRY magazine has done the following:
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> Published poems by Sheila Black
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> Published the "Disability and Poetry" roundtable
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> Published a feature on Larry Eigner, along with additional online material,
> including a podcast
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> Proposed and sponsored a panel for this year's AWP, "Poetry and Disability"
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> Published poems by Jillian Weise
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> Sponsored the creation of an accessible, 3D poem by Weise, which included
> Braille, that was displayed at AWP
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> And will soon publish some translations of ASL poetry
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> After all these, do you know what he said?  "I hope this is only the
> beginning." The people at POETRY are serious about continuing with
> disability poetry and serious about not putting it aside.
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> So send your unpublished poems their way. This very instant. You can find
> their submissions page here:
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> <http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/submissions>
> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/submissions
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> I know that Submittable is not accessible to everyone. We're working on it.
> If it's a barrier to your submission, email me at
> <mailto:jlc at johnleeclark.com> jlc at johnleeclark.com, and
> I will connect you directly to an editor.
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> Also: Prose pieces are welcome-criticism, memoir related to poetry in some
> way, reviews, etc. And, sure, they could be interested in special
> installments that are more specific, such as, to use only two imaginary
> examples, poems from a workshop of brain injury survivors or a feature on
> Braille-based poetries. If you have any such ideas, pitch them to POETRY!
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> Do forward this to all of the poets you know, including students-my first
> appearance in the magazine was from when I was a sophomore in college, so
> you never know . . .
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> Submit away!
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> John
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> I'm passing along a letter I got from a friend who just returned from the
> AWP Conference. 
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