This is not how a book review is supposed to go. The day I joined Shelly Miller’s launch team for Searching for Certainty, my father passed away. I did what I could to help promote the book over the next few weeks, but didn't have the mental … [Read more]
By Heart: ‘Some One’
November 18, 2020 By
published October 30, 2020 https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2020/10/30/by-heart-some-one-new-walt-whitman-challenge/ … [Read more]
Children’s Book Club: R.L. Stine
November 11, 2020 By
published October 9, 2020 https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2020/10/09/childrens-book-club-just-beyond-the-scare-school/ … [Read more]
Introducing ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ book club
November 4, 2020 By
Published October 2, 2020 This book club is still accessible to Tweetspeak Patrons. Learn more here. https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2020/10/02/a-ritual-to-read-to-each-other-introducing-a-wrinkle-in-time-book-club/ … [Read more]
By Heart: ‘To Autumn,’ by Keats
October 28, 2020 By
Published September 25, 2020 https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2020/09/25/by-heart-to-autumn-new-walter-de-la-mare-challenge/ … [Read more]
Children’s Book Club: ‘Nine, Ten: a September 11 Story’
October 21, 2020 By
Published 9/11, 2020 https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2020/09/11/childrens-book-club-nine-ten-a-september-11-story/ … [Read more]
A Ritual to Read to Each Other: ‘A River Runs Through It’
October 14, 2020 By
Published September 4, 2020 Note to readers: I published this post exactly one week before my father died, on September 11, 2020. His death was sudden and peaceful. I had been planning to write about "A River Runs Through It" for months, and … [Read more]
By Heart: ‘The Dandelion’ by Vachel Lindsay
October 7, 2020 By
Published August 28, 2020 https://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2020/08/28/by-heart-the-dandelion-new-keats-challenge/ … [Read more]
Woman of Interest: Miss Vivian, The Story Lady
September 30, 2020 By
Published in the WACOAN magazine, September 2020 https://www.wacoan.com/vivian-rutherford/ … [Read more]
Chronic Joy: Poetry for Illness
September 23, 2020 By
Published August 11, 2020 https://chronic-joy.org/poetry-for-illness/ An update: I wrote this post about Shelly Miller, who passed away November 1, 2020. She had given me permission to share her name, but I was hoping against hope that she … [Read more]
