Ariel & Polly have approached me about maybe putting together a chapbook of work from this site/project, which is something I happened to be thinking about already. I am just wondering if everyone would be interested in this idea.
What I’m thinking about right now is this: at the end of the month, each poet will look back over what they’ve written & select 4 poems. Then they can have until June 20 to revise these poems & submit them to me along with a bio & a brief write-up on how they enjoyed/hated the experience of working on the project. I’ll do a quick edit/design in July & turn the chapbook out mid-to-late August before I move out of the city (we can set up a launch some day that works for everyone). I’d probably also ask Ariel & Polly to write a quick intro describing the project itself & how it started, etc., if they were interested. Everyone will receive 20 free copies (out of 200).
Sound good? Comments (or other ideas)?
3 comments:
Chapbook or no, I think it would be beneficial at the end of the month for us each to go back over each other's work and select 3-4 (or more!) poems that were either our "favorites" or we felt were strong beginnings and merited more work to make even stronger.
Although I enjoy the idea of a chapbook, I'm wary of getting too caught up in writing Really Good poems for the rest of the month in anticipation of a chapbook. I know there's days when I've got to just get some words in to fill the spirit of the workout. Just a caveat...
by no means feel that you now have to write "chapbook-worthy" poems or anything. i certainly think much of my stuff can use some cleaning up...
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