tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.comments2023-10-19T04:22:15.942-07:00MindbookT.R. Hummerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12113264848463596680noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-48765713415947789782011-09-21T07:57:57.303-07:002011-09-21T07:57:57.303-07:00for any who wish to know, i have reprinted Clemo&#...for any who wish to know, i have reprinted Clemo's prose work THE INVADING GOSPEL.<br /><br />all the best<br /><br />- louis hemmingslouishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16032510580670617808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-36419967601587324762011-09-07T01:00:55.566-07:002011-09-07T01:00:55.566-07:00I am looking for new techniques and gadgets to mak...I am looking for new techniques and gadgets to make my life easier. Every week I am going to try out a “As Seen On TV” product to see if they work.<br />Thanks for sharing with us.<br /><a href="http://www.seenontvspot.com/wonder-file/" rel="nofollow">Wonder file</a>seenontvspot1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04417217153025301813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-38391330484473445712011-05-24T22:36:46.588-07:002011-05-24T22:36:46.588-07:00Amazing! nice design I want my home like that.you ...Amazing! nice design I want my home like that.you can check my <a href="http://www.suitusa.com/SearchResult.aspx?searchword=Jet%20Black" rel="nofollow"><b>Black Suits</b></a> product.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948115149015814935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-50806282212485897562011-05-24T05:48:44.216-07:002011-05-24T05:48:44.216-07:00ThanksThanksMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948115149015814935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-38402226332047569802009-12-22T11:51:51.414-08:002009-12-22T11:51:51.414-08:00A great read. I like the photo. He looks like Bo...A great read. I like the photo. He looks like Bob Hass, doesn't he?Theo Hummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01742781462981193183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-32007987990949160272009-12-22T11:26:35.792-08:002009-12-22T11:26:35.792-08:00@David Grove:
As far as I can tell, there are sti...@David Grove:<br /><br />As far as I can tell, there are still a couple of advantages to publishing in online lit mags instead of on one's own blog. First, readers can find a number of works by writers they like all gathered together at a lit mag rather than having to pick through the blogosphere and find such poets one by one. So lit mags--even online ones--are more convenient for readers than blogs are. Also, readers go to mags they trust to read their favorite writers, but they also discover new favorites there. Thus, unless a writer is already famous, they're likely to get a wider readership at a mag (especially an online one) than at an individual blog.<br /><br />The other reason has purely to do with the academic job-market game. Publishing a poem in a magazine--online or not--provides one with a line for the CV; publishing a poem on one's own blog does not.<br /><br />That said, I rejoice at the plethora of wonderful poetry blogs out there. And I rejoice at the Internet's contributions to poetry, quite possibly the least marketable art form around these days and thus particularly indebted to the kinds of cheap and free venues the Internet offers it. AND I honestly still prefer the printed page and the low-tech book. But really, I have to agree with Dad . . . er . . . Terry that the more media are distributing poetry, the better for everyone.Theo Hummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01742781462981193183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-89950620590695269162009-12-18T09:07:41.123-08:002009-12-18T09:07:41.123-08:00What can a graded, expensive class do that free a ...What can a graded, expensive class do that free a association of writers at different stages can't? ... sharing work, challenging, networking.<br /><br />Credentialism feeds the system, a way to keep writers and poets under the thumb of authority.Jacob Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07090220157886320148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-54954481562124463932009-11-30T08:33:44.279-08:002009-11-30T08:33:44.279-08:00I was 19 or 20 when I subscribed to The Georgia Re...I was 19 or 20 when I subscribed to The Georgia Review, around the time you took over editing. Some of us whippersnappers still prefer the physical page, although I am excited about the possibilities of online media.Kevin Cutrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03194892353323156231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-12893342987043401602009-11-08T06:41:28.735-08:002009-11-08T06:41:28.735-08:00Forgive the naivete of this question--I've bee...Forgive the naivete of this question--I've been writing for years, but I'm unsavvy about publishing: if lit mags are apostatizing from paper to screen, are they not superannuated? I just went to the first online issue of Ascent and read a T.R.Hummer poem without paying a nickel. I could have read it at this blog or some other site with as little trouble and expense. Why should I go through the tedious process of finding a mag that likes the sort of thing I write, formatting my submissions, submitting, etc., when I can put my poems online myself? Why is it a vanity publication if I hawk my own wares, but a modesty publication if sanctioned by inclusion in an on-line mag whose editor mightn't know a good poem if it buggered him in broad daylight? How many people read these online mags, anyway? Would my poem attract about the same number number of readers if I simply blogged it? But let's say, for the sake of argument, that if my poem appeared in Ascent it would pick up, oh, ten more readers. Where does that get me? Does it extend my publishing history, making me a more attractive prospect for book-publishing companies? But if "young folks like the keyboards and screens," who'd buy my book? And if the publishing company couldn't expect to make any money from my book, why would they publish it?Delia Psychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020484032408233158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-25244521377558007842009-09-23T16:57:06.967-07:002009-09-23T16:57:06.967-07:00Thank you for this. It was fascinating to read abo...Thank you for this. It was fascinating to read about these people; it makes me want to go find Clemo's poems and, of course, to read Aquinis (sp?)!Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-36632983736088367512009-08-29T01:42:00.165-07:002009-08-29T01:42:00.165-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-61463813235670396092009-08-27T17:17:12.830-07:002009-08-27T17:17:12.830-07:00This is so moving and powerful TerryThis is so moving and powerful TerryT.R. Hummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12113264848463596680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-84533256658829690122009-08-27T12:31:35.663-07:002009-08-27T12:31:35.663-07:00As Winonie Harris put it so well, "All I wann...As Winonie Harris put it so well, "All I wanna do is rock. . . ."T.R. Hummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12113264848463596680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-1922615056064917202009-08-25T18:56:36.858-07:002009-08-25T18:56:36.858-07:00Beautiful. One of the most engaging mini-memoirs o...Beautiful. One of the most engaging mini-memoirs of adolescence I've read.Delia Psychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020484032408233158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-71934227193514041012009-08-25T09:36:33.505-07:002009-08-25T09:36:33.505-07:00You are Rocking Daddy O---------!!!!!!!You are Rocking Daddy O---------!!!!!!!Billy Cioffihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00664447231626347107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-69400096095962948092009-08-09T17:20:03.727-07:002009-08-09T17:20:03.727-07:00Love your lush lexicon in this piece and the one a...Love your lush lexicon in this piece and the one above it. It's inspiring.<br /><br />"raptor masks"? I imagine the creepy masquerade/orgy in Eyes Wide Shut.<br /><br />I haven't read Duras in a long time, and I've never read her thoroughly, but something about this piece--the discrete, elliptical sections, perhaps, and the subject matter--put me in mind of Duras.Delia Psychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03020484032408233158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-37688639116357702772009-07-28T18:42:56.903-07:002009-07-28T18:42:56.903-07:00Love This
"Nothing but the bed and the lover...Love This <br />"Nothing but the bed and the lovers on the bed"....Billy Cioffihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00664447231626347107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-80253087910887064972009-07-07T08:38:53.334-07:002009-07-07T08:38:53.334-07:00T. R.
I like the poem very much.
Assimiliation...T. R.<br /><br />I like the poem very much. <br /><br />Assimiliation/immigration/alienation are all things I think about a lot. <br /><br />The opening stanza reminded me of something E. L. Doctorow said about how we never escape our pre-assimilation selves. Sometimes we turn a corner and re-enter our immigrant universe.John Guzlowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052735138993479204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-80475620956274616962009-06-23T17:25:49.872-07:002009-06-23T17:25:49.872-07:00Thanks to you both!Thanks to you both!T.R. Hummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12113264848463596680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-52405898135542705402009-06-22T22:19:42.602-07:002009-06-22T22:19:42.602-07:00I was doing a little blog surfing on other poetry ...I was doing a little blog surfing on other poetry pages. I found yours and just wanted to say that I enjoyed reading over your poetic texts. You have some nice work on here.Poetic Painterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01821959440802536795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-6002593387472847562009-06-20T09:42:02.266-07:002009-06-20T09:42:02.266-07:00Oh the images and the thoughts such conjure up wit...Oh the images and the thoughts such conjure up within my mind's eye.Very good, you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-71703493067538047012009-06-03T06:34:39.543-07:002009-06-03T06:34:39.543-07:00Distance does help -- though I think it's not ...Distance does help -- though I think it's not a completely necessary condition for perspective. Thanks for the good words about this. A lot of it has not been terribly easy to revisit.T.R. Hummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12113264848463596680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-41002591490804781662009-06-02T20:56:36.697-07:002009-06-02T20:56:36.697-07:00I have nothing against escapism. If you can't...I have nothing against escapism. If you can't leave this place in body, you've got to go somewhere in your mind to survive. My friend tells me this is especially true for Macon. I think he said something like "that town will make you want to set fire to yourself if you have any sense at all."<br /><br />This is a beautiful, profound series. I've enjoyed reading. Your writing about Mississippi says all the things I've thought and some I didn't know I'd thought. Every time I read one of these pieces I have the urge to write my own. But I'm not sure I'm ready. Part of me is afraid I can't keep living here if I say too much. Here's to the importance of elsewhere.Sharon Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01662224997030187062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-21809963715791217952009-05-31T23:48:19.866-07:002009-05-31T23:48:19.866-07:00These are lovely.These are lovely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667521601821857519.post-24385471111169451632009-05-24T09:04:42.624-07:002009-05-24T09:04:42.624-07:00Mulled hermit crabs are pretty tasty.Mulled hermit crabs are pretty tasty.T.R. Hummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12113264848463596680noreply@blogger.com