Amazon Announces Kindle Indenture: Print & Digital Editions, Plus Two Hours of Domestic Help from Beloved Authors.
SEATTLE–Sep. 5, 2013– (NASDAQ:AMZN)—Amazon today introduced Kindle Indenture: a new program that gives customers the chance to buy–for $1.99–the Kindle edition of print books they have purchased new from Amazon. […]
Our Cover Department Covers our Poems
The show this week had many highlights, but on a personal (and personnel?) note, it was lovely to welcome Kate Kinsey back to San Francisco, this time to stay! Kate […]
The Power and Peril of Free
We rolled out Alight, our first full-length E-book, one week ago, as a free download for most major platforms. And then our servers crashed. By “our servers crashed,” I really […]
A Poet Goes to Pitch Club
Pitch Club SF held its inaugural event last night in the South of Market District (SOMA) of San Francisco. To my knowledge, I was the only poetry editor who bought […]
Thoughts on Bottomless Websites (language)
I aim for the footer and “Hiss!” It Vanishes! Who are these misfit Designers extolling Their “Infinite Scrolling?” Let’s get to the bottom of this shit! Thanks to Yogev […]
What a Tech Startup can Learn from a Slam Poet
You have three minutes at the podium to impress a panel of so-called “experts.” If they like you, you’re a rock star. If they don’t like you, you’re heading back […]
Here’s How to Teach Pentameter in Schools!
Whether it’s sonnets or Shakespeare, iambic pentameter is a key skill in high school English classes. I was an eleventh-grader in Dr. Taylor’s AP English class when we spent an […]
Protected: Notes on How to be a Professional Poet
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Artie Moffa Reading on the East Coast this April
Artie Moffa, editor of Bicycle Comics, is heading east this April for a few shows. Not a tour, not really, just a few shows. Artie has deep roots in the […]
Partial List of Active Bay-Area Poetry Shows
Updated August 30, 2013 We’ve made a partial list here for Bay Area poetry. Many local open mics and poetry slams now use Facebook as their primary Web presence. Facebook […]