Justin Barrett’s remark describes itself as “a ’zine of damn fine poetry,” “poetry fer ilitirates” & “poetry that kicks you in the groin,” publishing lots of conversational, usually short-lined poems ... Read More

You may have noticed the new box labelled “Poetry Offers” in the lefthand column on all the pages of this site. Your guides want you to know that these are ... Read More

Not long ago, Doug Holder sent out an announcement about his newest micro-chap release, Eating Out, published by the Poems-for-All Project out of Richard Hansen’s 24th Street Irregular Press in ... Read More

...when Don Yorty wrote us two letters that threaded the reading & writing of poems into days made memorable by events large & small, but mostly by the words woven ... Read More

Use our links to browse among poetry publishers & online lit zines... and be sure to check Allison Joseph’s listings of contests & submission guidelines at the Creative Writers Opportunities ... Read More

from The Telegraph: “Spain to exhume poet killed by fascists” It’s a crucial part of the legend & mystery of Federico García Lorca: his death at the hands of nationalists at the ... Read More

from Slate: Reviewing the new biography of John Clare, Christopher Caldwell notes that “peasant, lunatic, poet... John Clare was once as famous... as John Keats,” and asks “What happened?” Clare was briefly ... Read More

from Justin Edward Sirois: “Get hip about Narrow house recordings: it’s an avant garde and contemporary poetry record label featuring Anselm Berrigan (director of the St. Marks Poetry Project), Ryan Schneider ... Read More

from The Guardian & BBC News: “Poets’ poll crowns Larkin king of verse,” “Larkin is nation’s top poet” of the last 50 years. Reporting the results of a reader survey taken by ... Read More

The 2nd in our new series of contemporary poet profiles, brief reference pages where you can find an introduction to the poet’s life & work plus links to read poems ... Read More

Our unsinkable correspondent Shann Palmer has survived Hurricane Isabel & all the other storms of 2003 to return to Museletter with notes about the poetry readings sprouting in their wake, ... Read More

from Backstage.com, with thanks to JforJames of the Newpoetry list for pointing out the story: Leonard Jacobs talked with both Taylor Mali & his agent about the movement of spoken word ... Read More

from trAce Online Writing Centre: “We are pleased to invite proposals for Incubation3, the leading international event for writers and artists working online, 12-14 July 2004 at The Nottingham Trent University, ... Read More

Your poetry guides are keeping an eye on local papers all over the world, and during the past few weeks we’ve noted a cluster of news stories revealing how many ... Read More

from Medaille College of Buffalo: BILL 2003, October 10 - 11, is “a unique weekend-long celebration of small presses, journals and literary organizations located in Western New York, as well as ... Read More

from Troy Teegarden of the Society of Underground Poets in Lexington, Kentucky: “Break out those Halloween costumes and your funky clothes and prepare your ears for an evening of good reading, ... Read More