Two good things

1. Got my contributor's copies of the premier issue of Barn Owl Review today. Yay! It seems like it's been a long time since I had something come out in print. It's always fun to have something to hold in my hand & page through. I love the immediacy of online publication, and I love how easy it is to share it with others. But I like paper, too. Anyway, I am looking forward to having a little time to sit down with this; there are lots of familiar names here, and I'm betting there's a lot of good poetry! Thanks to Mary, Sara, and the rest of the BOR gang.



2. Muddy Prints, Water Shine -- the first chapbook by fine poet Carol Peters -- is now available for pre-order from Finishing Line Press. (Go to their new releases page and scroll down a ways; the titles are in alpha order by last name.) Order it before March 28th and get free shipping. --I first met Carol a couple of years ago in Provincetown, in D.A. Powell's workshop; the poems she was writing that week were attentive and ambitious, full of intellect and observation. I'm definitely looking forward to reading her chapbook!