tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post1845967263908360369..comments2024-02-12T16:32:03.714-08:00Comments on Book of Kells: Confession Tuesday - The Groundhog EditionKelli Russell Agodon - Book of Kellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01798460634708905783noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-24446629569081773832010-02-05T12:53:25.582-08:002010-02-05T12:53:25.582-08:00I confess that I love love love hearing about Crab...I confess that I love love love hearing about Crab Creek Review. I've always been on the opposite side of the literary journal table, so it's so cool to get a clue as to what's going on that other side, which often feels a million miles away.Writer Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18332064105213167179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-18678999823512240802010-02-02T20:44:30.625-08:002010-02-02T20:44:30.625-08:00During the past month I've been reading Dear E...During the past month I've been reading <i>Dear Editor: A History of</i> Poetry <i>in Letters</i> edited by Joseph Parisi and Stephen Young, a gathering of letters written to the editors of <i>Poetry</i> magazine (the long-running famous one in Chicago) from the first fifty years of the magazine, 1912 to 1962.<br /><br />It gives a wonderful portrait of the poetry world during those years, the great generosity of poets and editors with each other, and also the sometimes pettiness and blood feuds that developed. The editors of the book have included quite a bit of commentary scattered through the book to give historical background to the letters.<br /><br />One of the things that's struck me, reading the book, is that the editors of <i>Poetry</i> struggled constantly with keeping the magazine going, finding funding, and the zillion practical and logistical details, that every other poetry magazine has had to contend with. (Now that <i>Poetry</i> has received the grant of all time, I imagine their concerns are of a slightly different nature these days, though the book doesn't cover the more recent years of the magazine.)<br /><br />*<br /><br />Once when I was a kid, when we were visiting relatives in Iowa (of which I have untold dozens), my great-aunt told about some other family member who was in the habit of calling Groundhog Day "Pork Sausage Day."<br /><br />Get it -- pork sausage -- "ground hog"...?Lyle Daggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-91723264305693135802010-02-02T12:15:41.150-08:002010-02-02T12:15:41.150-08:00January, what's funny is when I reread it, I t...January, what's funny is when I reread it, I thought of you and was going to add "The month of January..." but forgot to!<br /><br />You have made my birthday month a person! I like that!Kelli Russell Agodon - Book of Kellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798460634708905783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37627577.post-33598766638088782092010-02-02T12:11:29.357-08:002010-02-02T12:11:29.357-08:00I confess that every time I read the word January ...I confess that every time I read the word January I think people are talking about me?<br /><br />Our months were very similar--I felt I was overscheduled, which is exactly what I've been trying to avoid.<br /><br />Crab Creek is a terrific publication. Hope you can get funding someday, and more help for the short term.<br /><br />Enjoy your "me" time.Januaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036651950996873368noreply@blogger.com