Ruth Daigon’s Payday at the Triangle Released
Ruth Daigon’s newest book, Payday at the Triangle (Small Poetry Press, Select Poets Series), pays homage to those who both survived and died in the Triangle Factory Fire. The fire occurred in 1911 in New York City, and 147 young people died. Ruth creates a poetic marker in the form of a poetry collage that gives voice to the survivors, the dead, the onlookers, and everyone else whose lives were touched by this tragedy.
Tillie Olsen describes the book as poetry that, “gives life to those who perished in the fire as no one has done before.” She calls Payday, “a poignant and beautifully written account.” Studs Terkel says, “Ruth Daigon’s poetic remembrance touched me as profoundly as any I’ve read in years. It brought forth feelings of anger and sorrow. It is so contemporary...a must.”
Ms. Daigon ranks as one of the most prolific and effective voices in contemporary American poetry. Her latest book is available for $9.00 (includes postage) from:
Payday at the Triangle
86 Sandpiper Circle
Corte Madera, CA 94925
Get your poems ready for spring contests!
We've sleuthed around and discovered contests that are credible. There are no exorbitant entry fees, and poets who win can be proud of the credits. Let us know if you win!
http://www.mochamemoirs.com/contests.sht...
Mocha Memoirs
Contest at this great ezine celebrates National Poetry Month. Deadline is April 30. Kudos to this fine zine for paying contributors.
http://www.writersdigest.com/catalog/con...
Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition
deadline: May 31, 2001
http://www.poetscanvas.org/
Poet's Canvas
This site is a fine resource for poets, and there is a fantastic opportunity for a fine poet in this contest. No entry fee; deadline is June 15, 2001. Check it out--you'll be delighted with the variety and quality you find at this quarterly ezine.
http://www.bluemountain.com/esub/contest...
Blue Mountain Arts
Poetry contest with a June, 2001 deadline. Yeah, it's a greeting card company, but it's a classy one.
http://www.suite101.com/discussion.cfm/c...
Survivors' Poetry Contest at Child abuse and recovery/suite101.com
Susan Maree Jeavons has a multi-layered site here and it's devoted to one of the most worthy causes. Deadline for the contest is May 31, 2001.
Shann Palmer’s New CD and Chapbook Available
Gallery is Shann Palmer’s latest publication, and the 48 page chapbook contains a CD in a sleeve in the back. The chap carries a sedona card stock cover, with off white pages in Lucinda sans unicode. No two CD labels are alike. The CD was engineered by Jody Boyd at West End Audio, and contains many of the poems Shann has read in Richmond, at the Austin Poetry Festival, and at the many other places she presents. The combination pack is $20 (carefully packed in bubble wrap). Write to:
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