Which leaves us helpless helpless helpless helpless
Tupelo is going to publish manuscripts from Harold Schweizer
and Annie Guthrie, from out of their open reading period. That’s good, I’m sure, but what I’m
interested in is the length of the lists for Honorable Mention and Other
Remarkable Work. There are a LOT of
manuscripts out there. I just thought I
should repost this list. We’re living in
a very crowded room, people. “The chains
are locked and tied across my door,” as Neil Young would say it. Here's the electric version:
Honorable Mentions:
Seth Abramson, Madison, Wisconsin, Thievery
Desirée Alvarez, New York, New York, Enchanted Ground
Geoffrey Babbitt, Geneva, New York, Appendices Pulled from a
Study on Light
Hadara Bar-Nadav, Kansas City, Missouri, Lullaby (with Exit
Sign)
Margo Berdeshevsky, Paris, France, The Breaking Book
Deb Casey, Eugene, Oregon, Mothertongue
Victoria Chang, Rossmoor, California, Dear P. and The Boss
Gary Hawkins, Black Mountain, North Carolina, Worker
Paul Hoover, Mill Valley, California, Gravity's Children /
The Windows
Luisa A. Igloria, Norfolk, Virginia, Ode to the Heart
Smaller than a Pencil Eraser
Diane Kirsten Martin, San Francisco, California, Hue and Cry
Juliet Rodeman, Colombia, Missouri, The Voice Of That
Singing
Broc Rossell, Denver, Colorado, Cark
Martha Silano, Seattle, Washington, House of Mystery
Peter Strekfus, Northport, Alabama, Errings
Eliot Khalil Wilson, Golden, Colorado, This Island of Dogs
Sam Witt, Framingham, Massachusetts, Little Doomesday Books
Theodore Worozbyt, Covington, Georgia, Echo's Recipe
Gail Wronsky, Topanga, California, The World in Reverse
Other Remarkable Work:
Angela Ball, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, A Report on the Party
and the Guests
Mary Buchinger, Cambridge, Massachusetts, my heart, and all
the fields --
John De Stefano, New York, New York, Critical Opalescence
and the Blueness of the Sky and Three-Body Problems
Marlon Fick, Wenzhou, China, The Tenderness and the Wood
Harry Griswald, San Diego, California, Under the Piano
Jessica Harman, Arlington, Massachusetts, Overflowing Inner
Beauty TV
Judith Harris, Washington, D.C., Night Garden
George Kalamaras, Fort Wayne, Indiana, We Wore Monk Hair
Janet Kaplan, Brooklyn, New York, Chronicles
Jesse Lee Kercheval, Madison, Wisconsin, Extrajera /
Stranger
George Looney, Erie, Pennsylvania, The Indefinite Clarity of
Sky: Poems of Kinsale
Jacquelyn Malone, Lowell, Massachusetts, The Sedimentary
Layer
Sawnie Morris, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, Her Infinite
Addie Palin, Chicago, Illinois, The Cautery
Linda Tomol Pennisi, Syracuse, New York, Miniscule Boxes in
the Bird's Bright Throat
Maud Poole, New York, New York, Purse Pistol
Carol Potter, Corinth, Vermont, DNA
Jendi Reiter, Northampton, Massachusetts, Bullies in Love
David Roderick, Greensboro, North Carolina, The Americans
Susan Roney-O'Brien, Princeton, Massachusetts, Thira
Helen Klein Ross, New York, New York, Because of Them
Dennis Schmitz, Sacramento, California, Intimacy
Tina Schumann, Seattle, Washington, Praising the Paradox
Gail Segal, New York, New York, Fault Lines
Peter Shippy, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, this theatre of
honey and faded roses
Katherine Soniat, Asheville, North Carolina, A Fan of Bees
Page Hill Starzinger, New York, New York, Vestigial
John Surowiecki, Amston, Connecticut, Significant Others
Joyce Sutphen, Chaska, Minnesota, Sleight of Hand
Brian Swan, New York, New York, World's Shadow
Molly Tenenbaum, Seattle, Washington, Umbilical Travels
Christian C. Thompson, Broomall, Pennsylvania, Low Growth
Daneen Wardrop, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Cyclorama
William Wenthe, Lubbock, Texas, God's Foolishness
posted by John Gallaher @ 10:57 AM
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so why don't you tupe lows publish them all?
Brian Swan . . . any relation to Brian Swann?
The extra n is for No.
In other news, I recognize exactly 0 of those names.
On a second scanning, I did pick out two names.
Also, I hope Molly Tenebaum writes Wes Anderson-esque poems.
I recognized about 15, I think. I didn't count.
Anon, Tupelo can't afford to publish them all, as poetry barely breaks even. But your point is taken. I feel that same way when a journal rejects someone's work with a note saying how much they enjoyed the poems. I mean, if you enjoyed the poems, why did you reject them? You know?
That happened to me the last time I submitted. Bateau sent me a handwritten note saying they really enjoyed my poems, but didn't want to publish them.
Still not quite sure what to make of it.
Fuzz (and John), it can mean several things. It can mean "We enjoyed your poems...but not quite enough," or "We enjoyed your poems...but frankly we enjoyed other work more." It can mean "We really enjoyed your poems...but we're overstocked and have no space for them in our journal right now." And it can mean "I really enjoyed your poems, personally, but some other people on the editorial board didn't, sorry."
I've used it in all of these ways.
Also, some of these manuscripts have already been picked up by other presses. Starzinger's just won the Barrow Street prize, and Abramson's won the Akron prize. Chang has signed at least one of hers too.
GC,
That sounds reasonable. Kind of like the "can't we just be friends" argument when you don't want to date someone.
Starzinger's book beat mine out for that Barrow St contest . . . which I never had a chance of winning anyway . . . :
http://knottpoetryblog.blogspot.com/2012/10/loser.html
... so eventually the good books find publishers, and the bad ones like mine don't.
BK, if you were convinced you "never had a chance of winning anyway," why did you submit to the Barrow Street contest in the first place? I confess I'm curious.
Anon, my pathetic answer:
the same reason the hundreds of others who knew they didn't have a chance and yet paid their money entrance fee to enter this contest:
as an incentive to focus one's efforts . . . as a motivational tool.
If that's not a good enough reason, Anon, I'm sorry. I sent the book out in June to 3 other contests also, and didn't win those either (nor make it onto the runners-up list) . . .
But what's your point, Anon—— are you saying that I shouldn't have wasted my time and money, that I should just accept the fact that no publisher will publish my books, that no magazine will publish my poems, and therefore I should stop trying, stop altogether, stop writing? . . .
though i shouldn't assume that others' reasons for entering these book contest were the same as mine; forgive me for claiming to know what their motives were . . .
Speaking of Neil Young, have you read that new book by him, John? I saw some cool excerpts from it in Rolling Stone. Was wondering what you think of it.
I haven't. I will at some point, I'm sure, though. I've heard some people like it and some others REALLY dislike it. But NY's always kind of been that way.
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