The Blue Hour, which is truly a great press, now has their second Anthology available for pre-order. I’m not saying you should get it cause they were kind enough to include me, but because it is a solid intense moving collection of poetry. And because if we don’t support small presses giving voice to new… Continue reading The Blue Hour Anthology Volume Two Pre-order, AKA the onus is on us
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Poem – Savagery
Savagery While I understand it is a savagery that overtime will be abated though not extinguished and that it grows from intuition and not understanding I still find it terrifyingly poignant to watch a shrieking toddler chase a pigeon with such ferocious determination as if were he able he would catch each… Continue reading Poem – Savagery
Six Gallery Bowie
So back in 2008, Six Gallery Press published my first (and currently only) book of poems entitled The Wanting Bone. Why am I telling you this? Cause they got a new blog and I think you should check it out. They publish really great writers like John Grochalski (who in full disclosure I am married… Continue reading Six Gallery Bowie
Point Mass Anthology
Since my last post was so long, I’ll keep this one short. I just wanted to say thank you to AJ Huffman at Kind of a Hurricane press for including my poem, Astronaut in her anthology Point Mass. You can download the whole thing here for free or you can buy a paperback copy from Amazon.… Continue reading Point Mass Anthology
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
The title is an Einstein quote. Put on your smarty glasses kids. We’re gonna talk about Research. One of my favorite parts about writing a book is doing the research. When I was writing Lizzy I spent hours looking up mythological creatures and Shakespeare in the library. I used books like Barthe’s and the Encyclopedia… Continue reading If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
Ally Malinenko 