Blogging Finale at BAP
Guest Blogger Silano is almost no more, at least for the foreseeable future. Wow, that was fun! I don't think I've ever blogged seven days in a row. I am in awe of those who keep writing and putting it out there for public consumption day in and day out. I am winded, very winded, but perhaps this little lesson in wimpiness will help me to blog more than once every two weeks here at BP. We are all tired of how much time mama has had to spend at the computer since last Sunday night, and I thought I was getting carpel tunnel at

BAP Guest Blogging Continues with Susan B. Ramsey Interview
Susan Ramsey on center stage today on The Best American Poetry Blog.

Guest Blogging this Week for the BAP Blog
This week I'm guest blogging at The Best American Poetry blog. My first post is an interview with 2009 guest editor David Wagoner, one of my very first poetry teachers

When the Wall Came Tumbling Down
Okay . . . let me see if I've got this right.The Wall came down, and Czechs went wild with glee. Communism was awful. A living hell. The worst part was not being able to travel to places like Paris. (Okay, really: the worst part was being tortured.) Also, artists couldn't make a

Cliff Mass, WA's ...
Cliff Mass, WA's weather guy extraordinaire, posted this morning about a huge series of waves coming toward the WA coast. Since then the wave action has begun, with swells over 30 feet. 30 feet waves. JEE-sus. That's like a 2-stor