tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56518919785047270902024-03-05T18:37:04.350-08:00BATHTUBWriters CollectiveCome Rolf With Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607594298722916653noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-28321953064666520142010-04-14T15:23:00.001-07:002010-04-14T15:23:31.433-07:00It's back....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">♥ ♥ MFA Graduate Student Reading Series ♥ ♥ </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">featured readers: Mary Stone Dockery, Benjamin Pfeiffer, and Amy Ash. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Sunday, April 18th, beginning at 6pm. The venue has been changed to the basement of The Eighth Street Taproom, which is located at 801 New Hampshire.</span></div>Iris Moultonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964270256771354355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-17541944408702358732009-12-21T18:01:00.000-08:002009-12-21T18:07:33.961-08:00The chilluns haveth nary a script to read uponDang! Laredo, TX's <span style="font-style: italic;">last </span>bookstore (a crummy B. Dalton) is closing down! With almost a quarter million population, Laredo will soon become the largest book-less US city.<br /><br />Check it: <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/12/bookstore-laredo-texas.html">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/12/bookstore-laredo-texas.html</a><br /><br />Now I feel like an asshole for posting what I posted yesterday. I'm like some...Henry VIII, gorging on literary turkey legs, while the less fortunate Texans till the barren soil of the books I own but haven't read.<br /><br />Was Henry VIII the one that ate turkey legs? Does this metaphor make any fucking sense at all?<br /><br />Let's see in the comments...nathanclaybarbarickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672764723324229825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-24153890076256288082009-12-20T11:01:00.001-08:002009-12-20T11:10:48.047-08:00Reading in the intersessionAnother year! Jeez...<br /><br />Hey, what to read this academic intersession? There's so much good stuff!<br /><br />Wait a minute...isn't break like, 10 days or something? I seem to remember last year's break being long enough to beard up. I want a longer break. For reading! With a beard!<br /><br />There are many things to read. What are you reading this break? Is there anything I should read? How do you read? I can't figure out what to read. I want to read. I can read.<br /><br />Reading!!!!!nathanclaybarbarickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672764723324229825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-31043629939232335652009-11-21T13:39:00.000-08:002009-11-21T13:41:11.223-08:00Duel! Oh, the typing!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeaHZ9iHU4mzVsOIOeizihtNPNtiSNh8f8evOL8BFegSxhOTcOisFDAWdvo6AWAl7uMrRm1AbDj-puHKSGJBrSPoRL8YWf9TRrk2Arjlz0Aa7n_fITOScrdiwb7-ko3FvHTExsFOeFcBBN/s1600/web+typewriter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeaHZ9iHU4mzVsOIOeizihtNPNtiSNh8f8evOL8BFegSxhOTcOisFDAWdvo6AWAl7uMrRm1AbDj-puHKSGJBrSPoRL8YWf9TRrk2Arjlz0Aa7n_fITOScrdiwb7-ko3FvHTExsFOeFcBBN/s320/web+typewriter.jpg" /></a><br />
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Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132384882920807654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-3945972971484146192009-11-16T13:45:00.000-08:002009-11-16T13:51:10.563-08:00Calls For Papers with Words on ThemHey Gang,<br /><br />I mentioned this website to some of you once: <a href="http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/">http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/</a><br /><br />People put in their calls for papers, and UPenn lists them, conveniently. I poked around on there and there are mentions of creative writing calls and whatnot. It will definitely be of interest to those of you looking to flesh out your Jane Austen/Buffy the Vampire Slayer theses.<br /><br />I like critical writing. I'm not especially good at it, but it's fun; it seems like my creative writing "borrows" from it, or wears it like some sort of pagan skull-mask. Do you guys dread the academic essay task? Or does it do for you what it does for me-- <span style="font-style: italic;">titillate</span>?!nathanclaybarbarickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672764723324229825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-28606468344166627762009-10-06T12:43:00.000-07:002009-10-06T14:32:18.425-07:00There is a New Captain of This StarplaneI really wanted something grand to announce my ascension to blog captain for these next couple of weeks, but grandness doesn't come easy in this day and age.<br /><br />Nate "Honk If You're Horny for Golf" <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Barberick</span> and I once briefly discussed how terrible a certain movie about a writer was, though I think both of us only saw the trailer.<br /><br />I know I only saw the trailer.<br /><br />A certain passage from this movie that was utilized in the trailer grated on me, burned into my memory and always seemed at the tip of my thoughts. This was in the early days of the Internet, when I was a full five inches taller (don't ask) and the sky was full of kicking horses. I thought about sampling the passage and trying out the baby Internet as delivery system for the ridiculousness that had been branded onto my brain--no explanation, just the passage, looped, on/in/within the Internet, a megaphone of hate.<br /><br />I was under no illusion that the project would exorcise the passage from my being, but it seemed like it could be the next best thing to rebroadcasting my sleeping dreams, image-by-image-feeling-by-feeling (which I had dreamt about as a child and would still if I wasn't so jaded by the ugly realities of existence.).<br /><br />So, I thought about doing it for a while. I lived in an apartment building that smelled like dogs because it was full of pit bulls. Most of the other occupants of the building seemed unhinged and/or special. Me? I was a fucking genius. I video taped a falling burning mattress thrown by a firefighter from a 6story window in the building next door to mine, then a man picking his nose near the scene. I ate <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Morningstar</span> fake chicken every night, ladies!<br /><br />At some point at my desk at work, I believe it was in the A.M. (as if it matters), I received what was then called an email that contained <a href="http://yourethemannowdog.com/">this link</a><em><strong>.</strong></em> I then realized a bunch of shit about the world and myself.<br /><br /><p>D. Rolf (Your Captain, Your Stomach, Your Lotion, for two weeks)<br /></p>Come Rolf With Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607594298722916653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-6926140474198067762009-10-06T11:55:00.000-07:002009-10-06T14:14:47.804-07:00"The Power of Time Off" and A Personal Anecdote/Lament/Cry for Time and SpaceHaving been engaged for the most part of the last eight years in a steady 9-5 job, the thirst for a large chunk of time to devote to my own creative work has been searing my edges.<br /><br />Even though my professional life has been contained in academia where vacation time is relatively generous and my outside creative pursuits are actually valued and encouraged, having precious small amounts of time to devote to personal creative work compacts these times into sun-heavy nuggets in which productivity--actually producing tangible work--seems the only way to extract currency from these moments of personal freedom.<br /><br />It seems harder and harder to find time for pure exploration, experimentation and play when time is packaged in this way. And even when I do allow myself to use this time for musing (however brief) the whine of escaped time is never far from earshot. The value of musing and playfulness, even when it yields valuable thoughts, feelings, etc., gets lost when projects are stalling and stories are sucking ass-butt on the floor. You feel me? Anyway....<br /><br />Designer Stefan Sagmeister talks about his practice of closing his studio every seven years for a one year sabbatical and what it has done for his state of mind, his creative work and his design firm.<br /><br />This talk is thought provoking about process--how we create what we create; inspiring when seeing the work that was created during his sabbatical; and a bit frustrating, because it seems pretty impossible to get the point where you can take a full year off.<br /><br />Thoughts on process, time, the value of it, the measure of it, etc.?<br /><br />D.Rolf (Your Mother, Your Axe, Your Ex, for two weeks)<br /><br /><object height="326" width="446"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/StefanSagmeister_2009G-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/StefanSagmeister-2009G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=649&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=stefan_sagmeister_the_power_of_time_off;year=2009;theme=art_unusual;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=tales_of_invention;theme=might_you_live_a_great_deal_longer;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=what_makes_us_happy;theme=the_creative_spark;event=TEDGlobal+2009;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"><br /> <embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/StefanSagmeister_2009G-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/StefanSagmeister-2009G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=649&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=stefan_sagmeister_the_power_of_time_off;year=2009;theme=art_unusual;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=tales_of_invention;theme=might_you_live_a_great_deal_longer;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=what_makes_us_happy;theme=the_creative_spark;event=TEDGlobal+2009;"></embed></object>Come Rolf With Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607594298722916653noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-71884801483789186182009-10-03T14:50:00.000-07:002009-10-03T14:52:07.346-07:00rebuttal.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7re93W0jTKFMXNUYl-IZgtntqjndEbr6o0OJroamWuF7QU1vub7aTKnmQzPHl9RZ1edVF0n6FDUtS-tBI2TkT_UpTe8n2NYbdsecoCFZnWf7I_BpyR9w6DU995JZaOfqyTwDtLb2lmk/s1600-h/rebuttal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7re93W0jTKFMXNUYl-IZgtntqjndEbr6o0OJroamWuF7QU1vub7aTKnmQzPHl9RZ1edVF0n6FDUtS-tBI2TkT_UpTe8n2NYbdsecoCFZnWf7I_BpyR9w6DU995JZaOfqyTwDtLb2lmk/s400/rebuttal.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388494547661978082" /></a>Iris Moultonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964270256771354355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-70020942485939338652009-10-02T16:15:00.000-07:002009-10-02T16:29:30.803-07:00Fundraising Ideas<div>Ben Cartwright and Iris Moulton walk into a bar.</div><div>Ben Cartwright and Iris Moulton sit down in the bar. </div><div>Ben Cartwright and Iris Moulton drink drinks in the bar.</div><div>Ben Cartwright and Iris Moulton begin discussing financial issues with Bathtub, and propose that perhaps a thread/post should be started on the blog re: fundraising.</div><div>Ben Cartwright and Iris Moulton keep drinking, and brainstorm some ideas themselves.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzwlixyONb6GGj6nfAFZ8pfAcviCTvD1YQwIXZAt6KTS29poN29xdGsZuZLL1DlMYyZgvrdL2-kG7Y9pEgtLPYNK-vQqPqeYKYLePjwP5Oqiv7PYo3NNW_ShQS5m4ME95_TvXvQcZX9M/s1600-h/money.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmzwlixyONb6GGj6nfAFZ8pfAcviCTvD1YQwIXZAt6KTS29poN29xdGsZuZLL1DlMYyZgvrdL2-kG7Y9pEgtLPYNK-vQqPqeYKYLePjwP5Oqiv7PYo3NNW_ShQS5m4ME95_TvXvQcZX9M/s400/money.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388145395008012226" /></a>1. Walk/Ride-a-thon: Bathtub members get sponsors, and walk/bike across Kansas. Imagine the inspiration we could glean from that there o'er yonder. (note: seasonal)<div><br /></div><div>2. Write-a-thon: $5+ buy in from members, MFA-MA-PhDers (from all over Kansas, or the world!), and members of the community. Could be done in a variety of ways, but the game is "write for 24 hours." In SLC this was done by giving a writing prompt, then giving 24 hours for those who had bought in to write something, at the end of the 24-hours collecting submissions, hosting a reading/judging, declaring a winner, and potentially publishing a small chap book.</div><div><br /></div><div>Or:</div><div><br /></div><div>Get sponsors to pay a certain amount for however long you can continually write for; stick all of the writers in a room somewhere, writing away, with judges making sure we're all writing and sticking to our word.</div><div><br /></div><div>Or:</div><div><br /></div><div>Other variations.</div><div><br /></div><div>3. Pub crawl, esp for St. Patrick's Day (reading Irish Lit) or other holidays (Horror/vamp stuff on Halloween, Xmas stuff on Xmas, etc). Work with pubs in some way, work our way down Mass.</div><div><br /></div><div>4. Bake Sale-- Ben suggested baking these items, and selling them office by office in Wescoe during office hours. Each item could, potentially, come with a "stanza" or "paragraph" or "something."</div><div><br /></div><div>5. Community read-a-thon. Hosting something somewhere, bring books, everyone brings snacks/booze/drinks/pillows/blankets, and we eat and read-a-thon. Charge a cover? Something?</div><div><br /></div><div>6. Also in the works, as I understand it, is some sort of writing workshop. Something large scale with poets, fiction writers, guest readers, and us? Over the summer + breaks + charging admission to those who want to come to the Kansas Bathtub Writing Workshop. I like this, it's a big idea. How big could it get? Will this eventually morph into our version of the Mid American Review workshop? Only time will tell...</div><div><br /></div><div>So, those are some things we came up with. I am sure, actually, we came up with others, but I can't remember. Perhaps post your own ideas here?</div>Iris Moultonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964270256771354355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-56130042697137545862009-09-25T13:36:00.001-07:002009-09-25T13:43:19.916-07:00WOW I'M DUMB<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWlZGGTAiQM-l3pd-q9MwXrl6wjPh-K4LbH88xA2-sP0_Lv2olT4J02JwziZKbCFIpW9v58RSobzynCJtAV0uLdm5yqStzNQyrVqZdeyWGF3y0xEhZoPzEZ1YkfAbJDvhiCf9xrRba9Pd/s1600-h/BOK.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwWlZGGTAiQM-l3pd-q9MwXrl6wjPh-K4LbH88xA2-sP0_Lv2olT4J02JwziZKbCFIpW9v58RSobzynCJtAV0uLdm5yqStzNQyrVqZdeyWGF3y0xEhZoPzEZ1YkfAbJDvhiCf9xrRba9Pd/s400/BOK.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385506943701750290" border="0" /></a>Ran across this on the internets.<br /><br />Thought it might provoke your thoughts.<br /><br />I can't say I get poetry, really, overall, I think.<br /><br />If you search Christian Bök on the internet, you will find a lot of information on Christian books.<br /><br />Computers don't know if Christians can spell or not.nathanclaybarbarickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672764723324229825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-49437174819550490212009-09-23T12:18:00.000-07:002009-09-23T12:34:46.416-07:00I am really not adept at using a scanner, but if you click on the pictures they get bigger<a href="http://s638.photobucket.com/albums/uu108/benjamindcartwright/?action=view&current=flierpic1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu108/benjamindcartwright/flierpic1.jpg" alt="flier1" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s638.photobucket.com/albums/uu108/benjamindcartwright/?action=view&current=flierpic3.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu108/benjamindcartwright/flierpic3.jpg" alt="flier3" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s638.photobucket.com/albums/uu108/benjamindcartwright/?action=view&current=flierpic2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu108/benjamindcartwright/flierpic2.jpg" alt="flier2" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-59493647427480312672009-09-20T07:28:00.000-07:002009-09-20T07:47:02.932-07:00They came. They read. We thank.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFRDop-rFXiHFAtNLIb3A6VNBE9FpdiWmfuKtUJzsb8YTU86aIHkbadXmy7uFwspQDnbomco7Iouwm20sjYQ4rpKsjppXo0wl5AsINsLhJNBizXGBuDHZ4ePvco5MqV507z6VQmpfkjpi/s1600-h/P9170077.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFRDop-rFXiHFAtNLIb3A6VNBE9FpdiWmfuKtUJzsb8YTU86aIHkbadXmy7uFwspQDnbomco7Iouwm20sjYQ4rpKsjppXo0wl5AsINsLhJNBizXGBuDHZ4ePvco5MqV507z6VQmpfkjpi/s320/P9170077.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383557277950394898" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIj5EJIG8s3a6yDVJlTPrTuylQCOWurCfyb_W0_xzLBcmnjR2dlldP6f2D7sqWB9BDJTSiZ0s60YikrsyDLIGVRqnGpWqAu5WL6bQ8i8scU27a5hTCCNKu5ZhvYB9SExKIWRmFZKgSzVDN/s1600-h/P9170073.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIj5EJIG8s3a6yDVJlTPrTuylQCOWurCfyb_W0_xzLBcmnjR2dlldP6f2D7sqWB9BDJTSiZ0s60YikrsyDLIGVRqnGpWqAu5WL6bQ8i8scU27a5hTCCNKu5ZhvYB9SExKIWRmFZKgSzVDN/s320/P9170073.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383557272657708674" /></a><br /><br />I must say that yesterday's intersection of <a href="http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=creativewriting&p=/index">Wichita State University</a> writers and Bathtub was like a spot of warm sunshine on the living room floor. <br /><br />Thank you to Jodie Liedke, Andrew Bales, and Ruth Moritz for reading their work at DotDotDot. <br /><br />Thank you to Anna at WSU for helping me organize the exchange. <br /><br />Thank you to Rebecca for coming along for the ride. <br /><br />(And now this is sounding much like an acceptance speech...)<br /><br />Thank you to everyone who came out with food or chairs or just themselves to support Bathtub and our Wichita writer friends. It was a great night, with lots of talk of books, writing, and life as a writer-student. <br /><br />The exchange continues on Saturday, September 26th, as our very own Nate Barbarick, Ben Cartwright, and Mickey Cesar will give a reading at <a href="http://www.watermarkbooks.com/">Watermark Books & Cafe</a> in Wichita.Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132384882920807654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-80206494745022243642009-09-16T15:59:00.001-07:002009-09-16T16:02:46.192-07:00Aimee's Open Mic Night is in one hour!I just thought I'd re-post the information about the first Aimee's Open Mic Night of the semester here. Much thanks to Sam Bell and Dan McCarthy for hosting it!<br /><br /><br /><strong>Aimee's Open Mic Night</strong><br /><br />Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009<br />Time: 8:00pm - 9:45pm<br />Location: Aimee's Cafe and Coffeehouse<br />Street: 1025 Massachusetts Street<br /><br />Description: Everyone is welcome. Come with something (poetry, fiction, non-fiction, short-shorts, etc.) to read and/or to listen.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-41073200863585064662009-09-16T10:30:00.001-07:002009-09-16T15:51:30.222-07:00more flash than flash is flashI just wanted to congratulate Andy on winning the One Story Twitter contest!<br /><br />Edit: Fixing post to include a <a href="http://www.one-story.com/blog/?p=1021">better link</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:180%;">Yay Andy!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-75191687439316186552009-09-16T10:08:00.000-07:002009-09-16T10:12:15.929-07:00what have you been waiting for, and was it this?<a href="http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/midamericanreview/">Mid-American Review</a> is hosting it's Winter Wheat Festival on the campus of Bowling Green in November. They are now looking for panel/session proposals from anyone interested in presenting on any writing-related topic. To share your interest or expertise and propose a session topic, write festival coordinator Karen Craigo at karenka@bgsu.edu as soon as you can, or visit the Winter Wheat page of the website:<br /><br />http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/midamericanreview/wwhome08.html<br /><br />Just thought someone, somewhere, might have been waiting for this exact moment to come.Iris Moultonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964270256771354355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-79178907580619250082009-09-15T14:22:00.000-07:002009-09-15T14:30:55.137-07:00The Ultimate Weekend of ReadingsFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 7pm<br /><br />An Actual Kansas Reading:<br />Stacy Szymaszek & Megan Kaminski.<br />Reading Poetry. <br />At the Wonder Fair (which is under Casbah Market at the corner of 8th and Mass. in Lawrence)<br /> <br />SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 6:30pm<br /><br />Writers' Exchange:<br />Wichita State University writers in the MFA program<br />Ruth Moritz (2009-2010 Poetry Fellow), Andrew Bales (2009-2010 Barr Fellow & first-year fiction writer), and Jodie Liedke (third-year fiction writer). <br />At DotDotDot ArtSpace (1910 Haskell in Haskell Square in Lawrence).<br /><br />SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 6:00pm<br /><br />Creative Writers Reading Series<br />Mark Petterson, Iris Moulton, and Abayo Animashaun<br />At Jackpot (943 Massachusetts St in Lawrence).Karihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03132384882920807654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-37853876726995138492009-09-12T11:32:00.000-07:002009-09-12T12:39:02.998-07:00where were you on october 10, 2008?I know I will never forget 10/10/08. <div><br /><div>I was driving to work at my first cool-sounding job ("oh me? I work at the Arts and Science Center, helping launch the <a href="http://www.bodyworlds.com/en.html">Body Worlds</a> exhibit... yeah, I know, it is...") and listening to the Diane Rehm Show. On this particular day was <a href="http://wamu.org/programs/dr/08/10/12.php#23281">an interview with two former poets laureate</a><a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/billy-collins/"> Billy Collins</a> and <a href="http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/264">Donald Hall</a>. </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1UDYIqNamA0lbGxGIkJNwfnfpBXo6ULqUd13YVyJ504sXdf8D1MgHlKeMSId37bLh7ewS6j_4tJNJbdlXNab0ecX0ptZgYY08SIT8_lTbMsjMgpbQUrJKvwj7GhH6MOA4f2dS6uabxE/s1600-h/billy+the+kid.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju1UDYIqNamA0lbGxGIkJNwfnfpBXo6ULqUd13YVyJ504sXdf8D1MgHlKeMSId37bLh7ewS6j_4tJNJbdlXNab0ecX0ptZgYY08SIT8_lTbMsjMgpbQUrJKvwj7GhH6MOA4f2dS6uabxE/s400/billy+the+kid.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380655690874446002" /></a><br /></div><div>It was one of the most stirring interviews on writing, and poetry, I may have ever heard. Here are some highlights:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. I learned that the plural for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Poet_Laureate">"poet laureate"</a> is "poets laureate."</div><div><br /></div><div>2. Billy Collins said the argument that no one reads anymore may feel true but it is actually rather thin, considering there are now more MFA and MA and PhD programs in the fields of writing and literature than ever before, more literary magazines than ever before, and more poetry readings than there have ever been. He said we only feel this way because of our audience: the audience for writers tends to be other writers. He likened this to attending a symphony, and everyone in the theatre seats is holding a violin case (or something... listen to it to double check the metaphor).</div><div><br /></div><div>3. One of them, I think Mr. Collins, said something lovely about death in writing. When we sit down to dinner at a restaurant and there are flowers at the table there's a moment where we reach out to touch them. Why do we do this? he asked, To see if they are real. If they are real, they will die, and are therefore somehow more beautiful. And if they are fake, we aren't as impressed at how that beauty came to us, and that it will be here forever. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rUnFTvX3Z7iHcwEwGjD7wC7HgRK6ElSjPmR8xMHSFQoj6Y9zDHEr_6-FtqzfWoQGnrHR6j_brTuPQJh5GwKBQ4St3FkS3800dxpzzH0LmbnsNeF9bI3YoVCfHl7HA69t2VcUA5T8qSI/s1600-h/d+hall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5rUnFTvX3Z7iHcwEwGjD7wC7HgRK6ElSjPmR8xMHSFQoj6Y9zDHEr_6-FtqzfWoQGnrHR6j_brTuPQJh5GwKBQ4St3FkS3800dxpzzH0LmbnsNeF9bI3YoVCfHl7HA69t2VcUA5T8qSI/s400/d+hall.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380655682619954546" /></a><br /></div><div>And... that's about all I can remember. I hope that link works, and if it doesn't, that you can find one that does. It is very much worth listening to, no matter what you write.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Billy Collins talks about how the central theme of poetry is death <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4990320">in this interview</a> which took place in November of 2005</div><div><br /></div><div>Another wonderful interview: with fiction writer <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100714476">Antonya Nelson</a> (KU alum!). I delayed my Valentine's Day activities to finish listening to this one.</div></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhba_PnQ1175rDcCXv40F5t59FpWnWqJsSUOGmWaC94D8BFSOfzfXxaE5JBw25AYaplVXIll7Hk2ubVGdCEW1wwJSFre3SGNYiG3joyfDdstMleOsUZduHge1hd3zhCD40iFMiYE_hiLCE/s1600-h/antonya.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhba_PnQ1175rDcCXv40F5t59FpWnWqJsSUOGmWaC94D8BFSOfzfXxaE5JBw25AYaplVXIll7Hk2ubVGdCEW1wwJSFre3SGNYiG3joyfDdstMleOsUZduHge1hd3zhCD40iFMiYE_hiLCE/s400/antonya.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380655670781359970" /></a>Iris Moultonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964270256771354355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-61134160613779596852009-09-09T15:18:00.000-07:002009-09-09T15:36:54.035-07:00i know it's hard, but it's probably nothing to kill yourself over. but way to finish the thesis.<div>Poet Joe Bolton, having just completed his MFA thesis at the University of Kentucky, killed himself. (1990)</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTHjLMz1aVXI7_tJQldDTsbOSrNoixbQkaGTpYPdjFj71yVu1ieF0olprqgnX4hsUeDmmOiNxJBkbGKdnFMkuCvnZK9mlMFRNq-uyRDS99L5q9ySAPOpCF2kHpmAcAIIgwzaP3PAY6NU/s1600-h/joe+bolton+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKTHjLMz1aVXI7_tJQldDTsbOSrNoixbQkaGTpYPdjFj71yVu1ieF0olprqgnX4hsUeDmmOiNxJBkbGKdnFMkuCvnZK9mlMFRNq-uyRDS99L5q9ySAPOpCF2kHpmAcAIIgwzaP3PAY6NU/s400/joe+bolton+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379597710428748274" /></a>Joe Bolton was from Cadiz, Kentucky. It may sound like a strange place to be from, and I imagine it is, but some of the happiest time ever spent on earth I imagine was spent by me, and in Cadiz Kentucky, a few months before I would ever hear of Joe Bolton.<div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNzG9HDPQr2i9slWlZLHYEmnqupHrAWlH2WnG1S64pbbNbjb8W-aKz219PONk8-57p7kzbWcI3F0HpyjajPwpKX9IhXLK0QFSYpEhEmcEY5ms9mh7-ItSKQAfEndvWzj3FvbjmnUf_24/s1600-h/iris+095.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNzG9HDPQr2i9slWlZLHYEmnqupHrAWlH2WnG1S64pbbNbjb8W-aKz219PONk8-57p7kzbWcI3F0HpyjajPwpKX9IhXLK0QFSYpEhEmcEY5ms9mh7-ItSKQAfEndvWzj3FvbjmnUf_24/s400/iris+095.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379597703078420818" /></a><br /></div><div>Joe received a Masters from the University of Florida, and a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Kentucky. His work is the subject of a graduate thesis by Joe Schmidt.... already.... lesson being that the sooner we can pull off dying, the sooner our work can be studied.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.identitytheory.com/poetry/bolton.html">His work</a>, I should mention, is quite lovely.</div><div><br /></div><div>He remains, in his native Kentucky, a bit of a cult classic.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl262vDYrhe0s97kL27AxbOhImGWy1aqBdlw7wVB2_-PQKzFnZZybOeQQZ8r22std32Q2InuDM_2_oNVCcM9oUNofkW8V8LDGyG8TbaQk5TDmJHl1dc6aPxn4i7EOyyWmMfFfPAOsx_6s/s1600-h/joe+bolton+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl262vDYrhe0s97kL27AxbOhImGWy1aqBdlw7wVB2_-PQKzFnZZybOeQQZ8r22std32Q2InuDM_2_oNVCcM9oUNofkW8V8LDGyG8TbaQk5TDmJHl1dc6aPxn4i7EOyyWmMfFfPAOsx_6s/s400/joe+bolton+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379597695143444306" /></a>He published three books of poetry: Breckenridge County Suite (1987), Days of Summer Gone (1990), and Last Nostalgia Poems (1987-1990). Last Nostalgia Poems combines the two books, and other unpublished poems.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_yOQufCyPw4SS74irHy2kouhQnycZDT1Ya7l5SyvJVhHosAcp_r6qOynOJovDlxttmoUyeSkFsJvbH0EUbIFp91yfS8mGmu3RzyAOgE0zOIvdqeotkhDm4BKUvLFwDgqqqaYGGgkfIY4/s1600-h/joe+bolton.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_yOQufCyPw4SS74irHy2kouhQnycZDT1Ya7l5SyvJVhHosAcp_r6qOynOJovDlxttmoUyeSkFsJvbH0EUbIFp91yfS8mGmu3RzyAOgE0zOIvdqeotkhDm4BKUvLFwDgqqqaYGGgkfIY4/s400/joe+bolton.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379597685154028002" /></a>I would recommend picking up a copy.</div><div>I would also recommend not killing yourself.</div><div><br /></div>Iris Moultonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964270256771354355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-42193620588151590742009-09-08T16:02:00.000-07:002009-09-08T16:13:57.985-07:00be about town.<div>well, lawrence, kansas, collectively, we have some readings coming up:</div><div><br /></div><div>wednesday september 9 @ 7pm @ the lawrence public library:</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sC3_Dr4BzzSaY3nWFHAg-maVNWamka4YEevHjFc22bxajmTlJyREEsPfESloCVsDNC_kRaCKevBRWGZzCEZkIBrD2DAHksyjKg5wToYl1R1S0HNk6lF0lL1JqMd0PTOMPc8-CuQQfDM/s1600-h/jayhawk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sC3_Dr4BzzSaY3nWFHAg-maVNWamka4YEevHjFc22bxajmTlJyREEsPfESloCVsDNC_kRaCKevBRWGZzCEZkIBrD2DAHksyjKg5wToYl1R1S0HNk6lF0lL1JqMd0PTOMPc8-CuQQfDM/s400/jayhawk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379236685462082898" /></a>bryce benedict will be reading and signing his book, JAYHAWKERS, THE CIVIL WAR BRIGADE OF JAMES HENRY LANE . know your history, or... else.<div><br /></div><div>and friday, september 17th @ 7pm @ Wonder Fair, we have: </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9pChrjfGn6v-KUvSpIS_CVjbLNA7Kb4Yd8Wm89rYCjEnzOIzL5BATXTqjRnjrgRSnu7qrCcROAXqFI0SIsJZEZoa3DNKfSa8vb55S4-kFCVkznxs9jFYT6kU78rAVHikidPo3-t5f8k/s1600-h/stacy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9pChrjfGn6v-KUvSpIS_CVjbLNA7Kb4Yd8Wm89rYCjEnzOIzL5BATXTqjRnjrgRSnu7qrCcROAXqFI0SIsJZEZoa3DNKfSa8vb55S4-kFCVkznxs9jFYT6kU78rAVHikidPo3-t5f8k/s400/stacy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379236674282828786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">[[[[ ........ and......]]]]]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPhsWn0R2-kAVKqGl1k5dxpDXE1g46KI9c9G-AvN65pBu65OZvvXdJGd8J9iDg1gbEnUMYjgbvnJ9kAKdWDDfc6aK45uc6TaXcHs48qhLjNz2ghR7wAbeaDBVSiN4UtldXgsIF9KQsQmw/s1600-h/megan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 360px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPhsWn0R2-kAVKqGl1k5dxpDXE1g46KI9c9G-AvN65pBu65OZvvXdJGd8J9iDg1gbEnUMYjgbvnJ9kAKdWDDfc6aK45uc6TaXcHs48qhLjNz2ghR7wAbeaDBVSiN4UtldXgsIF9KQsQmw/s400/megan.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379238144144542402" /></a><br />a poetry reading from Stacy Szymaszek and Megan Kaminski</div>Iris Moultonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964270256771354355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-87143584224617993312009-09-04T10:51:00.001-07:002009-09-04T11:02:52.459-07:00Read-a-thon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9WpyGryS9adHaVxakRlASQD60ZtD3JxobWdR26gEaYlrhHWe7id7Xc8DneQOmpOthw8YbLQ2fGt0IRu83St-EsZAmSPImqarr85pLqI_ICh40RtyBrLMo0Y7W37Wl1yyH8eUY_uwtcI/s1600-h/man+reading.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 345px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9WpyGryS9adHaVxakRlASQD60ZtD3JxobWdR26gEaYlrhHWe7id7Xc8DneQOmpOthw8YbLQ2fGt0IRu83St-EsZAmSPImqarr85pLqI_ICh40RtyBrLMo0Y7W37Wl1yyH8eUY_uwtcI/s400/man+reading.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377673439713308866" /></a><br />The Oxford American (southern magazine of good writing) has come out with<a href="http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2009/aug/05/editors-picks-books/"> a list of books </a>that have "knocked [their] socks off" for the month of August. We have a long weekend coming up, and I envision curling up and watching the rain with a blanket, coffee, and a great book. Some of us (ahem) have taken vows to do nothing that resembles lesson planning or teaching. That means more time for fun, and fun can mean reading, and reading can be fun!<div><br /></div><div>The books they examine range from flash fiction to a profile of an indie label, to novels and short stories. Head on over and see if there's something you might want to spend your time on...</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhf31kuP7eKwiRMDNks88aNu_dRpLz0oa4X6jaRxu3D2PKnmCjiLbqsaNBPxCVNwzLWeo7f-W6LYyrWi0-AkEsSMF8sHeCNjupKYHFw0_QPI4UHsTiK18mAlYc-kyzD8Wm0IRkYtGmmj0/s1600-h/woman+reading+1.jpg"></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhf31kuP7eKwiRMDNks88aNu_dRpLz0oa4X6jaRxu3D2PKnmCjiLbqsaNBPxCVNwzLWeo7f-W6LYyrWi0-AkEsSMF8sHeCNjupKYHFw0_QPI4UHsTiK18mAlYc-kyzD8Wm0IRkYtGmmj0/s1600-h/woman+reading+1.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 339px; height: 391px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhf31kuP7eKwiRMDNks88aNu_dRpLz0oa4X6jaRxu3D2PKnmCjiLbqsaNBPxCVNwzLWeo7f-W6LYyrWi0-AkEsSMF8sHeCNjupKYHFw0_QPI4UHsTiK18mAlYc-kyzD8Wm0IRkYtGmmj0/s400/woman+reading+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377673447264625986" /></a>p.s. remember read-a-thons? we should have one.</div>Iris Moultonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964270256771354355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-77836695743536808142009-09-02T20:40:00.001-07:002009-09-02T20:47:33.181-07:00Diversity and Bathing, and Diverse BathingYo, to mah brotha's and sista's. Andy and I were talking on the phone, and I was like "Woah, the shit that's been happening with Bathtub makes me want to break my face off, because I can't handle this awesome-ness." And Andy was like, "Woah." And I was like, "Yeah, woah." Then we had a moment of silence, or two.<div><br /></div><div>Anyway, we decided to give Bathtub blog some virtual liposuction. The general message of the facelift is, "Come join us in an ethnically-diverse pool of suds." I hope this is a message that everyone can agree on.</div><div><br /></div><div>Give some big-ups to Ben for rockin' the shit on the new website. Love from the South.</div>Jameelah Langhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08886094318310093524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-91626673692740941342009-09-02T15:37:00.000-07:002009-09-02T15:45:55.914-07:00kansas bathtub goes live.<a href="http://kansasbathtub.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">kansas bathtub</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">-- a more streamlined, professional, etc, answer to this here blog-- has gone live. thanks to ben </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Pfeiffer, of MFA @ KU fame. </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Collective-ers are invited, encouraged, to visit the site, explore it, create an account, and give feedback. Feel free to post comments here if you like. Some of the ideas kicked around @ </span></span><a href="http://bathtubcollective.blogspot.com/2009/08/gathering-was-bloody.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">the mosquito-infested but otherwise lovely get together</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> we recently experienced: why do we want this website? (something to put on a card to hand out @ AWP, for example) how will it differ from the blog? (it essentially wouldn't, but it could, as much as we want as designers-- it could, for example, have a basic and "professional" face, with options to click into this kind of madness if one so chooses-- and an informative sidebar with profiles of members or profiles of what we are doing would be an option).</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I don't even know what the options are, I'm just guessing.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Ben is open to suggestions and ideas, so if you have a </span></span><a href="http://carolinecollective.cc/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">favorite collective</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">'s site, post it here: we can compare and contrast it. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Well, get over to our fledgling and check it out.</span></span></span></div>Iris Moultonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964270256771354355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-31303826956119298672009-09-01T09:40:00.000-07:002009-09-02T21:18:12.714-07:00Going to Kansas City, Here I Come<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I don't know about you, but<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoeoLDDq6Cg&feature=related">I am going to Kansas City</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoeoLDDq6Cg&feature=related"> </a>on September 25th.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.writersplace.org/default.aspx?PageID=1">The Writer's Place</a> (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">3607 Pennsylvania Kansas City, MO 64111-2820)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> is hosting a reading starting @ 7pm.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Poets Robin Behn, Michelle Boisseau, Andrea Hollander Budy, and Jo McDougall read from </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/When-She-Named-Fire-Contemporary/dp/1932870261">When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women</a></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/When-She-Named-Fire-Contemporary/dp/1932870261"> </a>(Autumn House Press 2009). Robin Behn, creative writing teacher at the University of Alabama, is the author of </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Horizon Note</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">, winner of the Brittingham Prize from the University of Wisconsin Press. Michelle Boisseau, professor and director of creative writing at UMKC, is the author of the recently published </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sunday-God-Years-University-Arkansas-Poetry/dp/1557289018/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251825531&sr=1-1">A Sunday in God-Years</a></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> (University of Arkansas Press, 2009). Andrea Hollander Budy, Writer-in-Residence at Lyon College, is the editor of </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">When She Named Fire</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">and author of </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Woman in the Painting</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> (Autumn House Press, 2006). Jo McDougall, Associate Professor Emerita at Pittsburg State University, is an award-winning poet whose prose memoir,</span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> Daddy's Money</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">, is forthcoming from the University of Arkansas Press.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">This one will be at the castle:</span></span></div><br /><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXSqPUYQrWVk-QdNk54Db9hVfHlpjsQpkILGmDybPHqtKoZ04ub-zGF0PXovnp4mWp6XJwWWZZDwMrtae4tFki92P_SJo8eE18O9dtdrMpsDp9c-TDvyeH4CMmL6OnjgLa9R3qoGIbA3k/s400/conwy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376548821084565090" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Oops. I mean:<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0f_LdvH6OtHCU53wYcZlbXQEgPO4G32zfCbjdFBMz9yccBrLWwPc6BaCx4TRNg1MG0c6tAWidktMhdjMvsFhRRLP_cpXfwNF77W_HRApX47mi2QOCf4C6Rlxeac_XoS7LvKQDGF5RHs/s1600-h/writers+place+kc.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 192px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0f_LdvH6OtHCU53wYcZlbXQEgPO4G32zfCbjdFBMz9yccBrLWwPc6BaCx4TRNg1MG0c6tAWidktMhdjMvsFhRRLP_cpXfwNF77W_HRApX47mi2QOCf4C6Rlxeac_XoS7LvKQDGF5RHs/s400/writers+place+kc.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376548812032051906" /></a>Feel free to post how you're getting there, if you have room in your vehicle, or if you need a ride. Bathtub, away!Iris Moultonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17964270256771354355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-12098536635163008852009-08-31T15:12:00.000-07:002009-08-31T16:02:52.343-07:00Online Bathtubs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wBv52co9Z1Y/SpxOnpy6JiI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/5l5JW1AOmmU/s1600-h/iStock_000009939162Small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wBv52co9Z1Y/SpxOnpy6JiI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/5l5JW1AOmmU/s320/iStock_000009939162Small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376258498314774050" border="0" /></a>Hi, everyone,<br /><br />My name is Ben Pfeiffer, and I am working on a website for the collective, <a href="http://kansasbathtub.org/">KansasBathtub.org</a>, which will hopefully help us raise the collective's profile. That is, make us more visible, professional, and give us a new place to post to each other and to the world.<br /><br />For this fabulous new site, I am recommending a powerful Content Management System (CMS) -- programed by a race of highly advanced aliens -- called <a href="http://www.drupal.org/">Drupal</a>. Yes, I know the name is stupid. But wait 'til you see what it can do! This is the CMS that powers <a href="http://redroom.com/">RedRoom.com</a>. Forums, blogs, etc., etc., even complete integration with <a href="http://pocketreview.org/pages/upcoming-events-pocket-review">Google Calendar</a> and with your own, personal blogs. For an overview of how a drupal-based site works, you're welcome to click over to RedRoom or to our struggling online literary journal, <a href="http://www.pocketreview.org/"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Pocket Review</span></a>, and test out some of its more interesting features. By the way, if anyone's interested, what <span style="font-style: italic;">Pocket Review </span>needs is submissions of poetry and fiction. Managing editors Jen Edwards and D. Gilson have been starved for good reading lately, which is why we haven't put out an August issue.<br /><br />Now, where was I? Drupal allows for a wide range of themes. You can dress up the site however you like. Nice and simple is best, I must say. But if you'd like an overview of our choices, you can click over to <a href="http://drupal.org/project/Themes?page=1">THEMES</a> on the Drupal page and check out the (free) options.<br /><br />That's the best thing about Drupal: It's free.<br /><br />Comments, questions, rants, and personal attacks are encouraged. If you have an idea, please, don't hesitate to share it with everyone... It will help.<br /><br />First and foremost, I need to know about Bathtub's professional aesthetic: That is, which do you like, an antique marble bathtub (pictured above) or something sleek and new (pictured below)?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wBv52co9Z1Y/SpxWQYERopI/AAAAAAAAAGY/ViRv2BzEgRg/s1600-h/iStock_000002308879Medium.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wBv52co9Z1Y/SpxWQYERopI/AAAAAAAAAGY/ViRv2BzEgRg/s320/iStock_000002308879Medium.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376266894511809170" border="0" /></a>Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08639070728975861811noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5651891978504727090.post-63314986425331939792009-08-31T11:33:00.001-07:002009-09-02T22:44:30.262-07:00The Gathering Was Bloody<div><br /><div>Hey All-</div><div><br />Just wanted to say it was great kicking the semester in the stomach with all of you last Friday.<br /><br />You all were and you all are! And for that I thank you all, and love you all, deeply, all of the time, forever, amen.</div><div> </div><div><br />Here are some pics from the evening:</div><div> </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOH9FApXmuay_-sDtizEio9VOWIEU4H3AVxs2GuTmINLZe5ogOjRvhOLFzGR_U5WWPI5w2u1HfyVaTC4C3OZwRWWCCZ1RbqE6DXOPmoLQdmkNwm-7lGUdzhmYpeLlF0_j3i5rRIYB39s/s1600-h/mosquito4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376200066125790002" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOH9FApXmuay_-sDtizEio9VOWIEU4H3AVxs2GuTmINLZe5ogOjRvhOLFzGR_U5WWPI5w2u1HfyVaTC4C3OZwRWWCCZ1RbqE6DXOPmoLQdmkNwm-7lGUdzhmYpeLlF0_j3i5rRIYB39s/s320/mosquito4.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1Dly0x9Arq5LiOYybLHNMvnBT6bt2_ecbhlyM8GOKSoEZPccG37pMGjAAnUTsvPDhZYol5-QUaISu8I6f_gf69S7AbIed-4thkxKzqbkOTv69f-uZYi4hIkxu0FEELnvqyzHtUPGvKc/s1600-h/mosquitoes2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376200087657510594" style="WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1Dly0x9Arq5LiOYybLHNMvnBT6bt2_ecbhlyM8GOKSoEZPccG37pMGjAAnUTsvPDhZYol5-QUaISu8I6f_gf69S7AbIed-4thkxKzqbkOTv69f-uZYi4hIkxu0FEELnvqyzHtUPGvKc/s320/mosquitoes2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsQsXjfBmPl-RV2M1enpbHvC3ZNwdjWWMuEHiPrxcJ4vEVayhdClaxxDNXWGOg1XJJaegaamvyCCgPHtP4Qb_fHaJJ6zT0Sfe_nYgXVw_mBBjd0Cbxm0a_CMiVLRtDNpLmIZ7syQ0oMs/s1600-h/mosquito5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376200068170532994" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsQsXjfBmPl-RV2M1enpbHvC3ZNwdjWWMuEHiPrxcJ4vEVayhdClaxxDNXWGOg1XJJaegaamvyCCgPHtP4Qb_fHaJJ6zT0Sfe_nYgXVw_mBBjd0Cbxm0a_CMiVLRtDNpLmIZ7syQ0oMs/s320/mosquito5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3E2ISMA9xdBFznMQEHIowNP7tXjDflem20Ui6oxjS4SJWwt1QIWDROnS6v42Mk9tS8QaqrXc7YXWu82XFl8WVvDZwKzN8Vvt_ngX4HZol9i8yRI1TmDW0WxnuoJR6MjqkNju7Q7K3_Wk/s1600-h/mosquito3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376200050641907778" style="WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3E2ISMA9xdBFznMQEHIowNP7tXjDflem20Ui6oxjS4SJWwt1QIWDROnS6v42Mk9tS8QaqrXc7YXWu82XFl8WVvDZwKzN8Vvt_ngX4HZol9i8yRI1TmDW0WxnuoJR6MjqkNju7Q7K3_Wk/s320/mosquito3.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtCNDAw7Oc5RccwHVoDNDmWtlStWdh70QwKrWMIW-XFU4IXMykB4LM84aS4q5YRJrU3Cxi-c-v3yC2e4twUWMU4CnO7yPmsVFGfaK1nYDVYZmWtJEIjj_-rpFczp70Oz9rrhduS84JkA/s1600-h/mosquito6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376200077919189570" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtCNDAw7Oc5RccwHVoDNDmWtlStWdh70QwKrWMIW-XFU4IXMykB4LM84aS4q5YRJrU3Cxi-c-v3yC2e4twUWMU4CnO7yPmsVFGfaK1nYDVYZmWtJEIjj_-rpFczp70Oz9rrhduS84JkA/s320/mosquito6.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8L_uapn4nhtRjmaB5wyEDLrTGHyNOjgK6ame0iZJ58syqOADumOrJpVRHOT1A__f9-3n5dXxNsX0PuDtPY5_j4HzkwuxWtLn7F8QegAI-AurnbRQ9CGV3K5aVsWgv1nR8JCRO4WOi4Vk/s1600-h/mosquito1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376199854037995538" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 254px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8L_uapn4nhtRjmaB5wyEDLrTGHyNOjgK6ame0iZJ58syqOADumOrJpVRHOT1A__f9-3n5dXxNsX0PuDtPY5_j4HzkwuxWtLn7F8QegAI-AurnbRQ9CGV3K5aVsWgv1nR8JCRO4WOi4Vk/s320/mosquito1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_MTSvdJuOAuMimHIx8qWNYc6oB2An3nBgud98938WenpgTuwvEJBx7GcuKgcyjKEtuRJlss3tQYuk5DGscvFo-iQaS6GyXKGu7ZGfxedtFhS-7Tss-F08yX_cSvDDvl6WFzUbUnQS_o/s1600-h/unalaska.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376203772064417938" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_MTSvdJuOAuMimHIx8qWNYc6oB2An3nBgud98938WenpgTuwvEJBx7GcuKgcyjKEtuRJlss3tQYuk5DGscvFo-iQaS6GyXKGu7ZGfxedtFhS-7Tss-F08yX_cSvDDvl6WFzUbUnQS_o/s320/unalaska.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Come Rolf With Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16607594298722916653noreply@blogger.com3