About.com: Poetry
Updated Poetry Blog of Bob Holman & Margery Snyder
Afaa Michael Weaver
Bilingual (English/Chinese) Black academic poet
Barbara Bialick (poet)
Alum entry of a fine Newton-area poet
Blog Catalog: Poetry
Link to poetry blogs, with thumbnails of sites.
Blogcrowds (Templates)
Templates for blogs/links to other fun stuff
Books Inq.
Check out the links
Boston Poetry Collective
Calendar of Boston poetry events
Boston Rockers: Houndstone
Serious, hard, Southern-influenced, dynamic Rock (and, Lordy, these guys are sexy). None of that “alternative” crap!
Brunsli’s Hairstory
A bi-racial lawyer talks about her hair Issues. –Funny as all get out!
Carrie Fisher's (official site
She’s a highly entertaining writer too, ya know.
CE Chaffin’s Blog
A bipolar poet’s diary–fascinating if you’re in a weird sorta mood.
Coleen T. Houlihan: Words
Boston poet and novelist
Conversations with an unapologetic Black liberal.
Man, she’s funny! Spot-on, sister!
Doug Holder’s (Literary) blog
The small-press champion, gentleman, and poet tells you anything worth knowing about MA’s lit. scene.
Ed Galing, 90 (Poet)
Devoted to 90-year-old poet Ed Galing
Elizabeth Quinlan
One of the better “confessional” poetry collections (Part 1 of 3).
Enjoyourself
Natural beauty products for Black women
FragLit
AN ONLINE MAGAZINE OF FRAGMENTARY WRITING.
Gloria Mindock (Poet/Publisher)
Small-press poet and respected chapbook publisher (Cambridge)
Hanover and Prince
News about Boston’s North End
Humble Sun Stuff
Pretty drawings and digital art
InkNoire
Canadian lit. blog
Irene Koronas
Poet/painter/poetry editor (Cambridge)
January O’Neil’s blog (Poet)
African-American North Shore poet
Lo Gallucio Queen of Mars
Cambridge poet, musician, actress
Making Poetry: The Blog of Writer Mignon Ariel King
Mike Amado
Performance poet and musician (South Shore)
Molly Lynn Watt’s Blog
Well-loved Cambridge poet, editor…
New Pages Blog
Book Reviews, links, contests, etc.
Outsider Writers
Skimpy site, but their heart’s in the right place.
Painting a Day
An oil painter paints tiny oil paintings instead of boring us with his diary.
Poetry Foundation
Check out the lit. blog links
Regie O’Hare Gibson (Poet/Performer)
Fantastic African-American spoken-word artist (Boston)
Sandra Cisneros (Poet!!)
Mexican-American poet/novelist
Scott Esposito’s blog
A Nat’l Book Critics Circle member makes industry info. a tad less dull.
Shalom Boston
“Everything for and about the Jewish Community in Greater Boston and Beyond”
Sika Jewelry Designs
Elizabeth Doran’s “exotic to classic” jewelry
Slushpile
“Writing about writing”
Somerville Blog
Somerville Blog
Steve Glines (Poet/Book designer)
Writer and book designer’s funny blog (North Shore)
Stone Soup Poets
Man, just click the link, hunh? (Cambridge)
Taneya’s Blog
A genealogist (African-American family, TN)
Thema Bryant-Davis
Poet-performer/Creative Arts Healer (West Coast)
Timothy Gager (Fiction/Poetry)
Fiction writer/poet/editor/Dire Series host (Greater Boston)
Tyra Show
Yes, from the former supermodel’s talk show, but there’s a refreshing Girl Power! component.
Very Like a Whale
Getting blogged poems published
Women's Empowerment (Homeless Services)
“…educates and empowers women who are homeless [with job skills, etc.]“
WordPress.com
WordPress.org
Zvi A. Sesling (Poet/Editor)
New England poet (Check out the Jewish poetry)
Favorite New Quote
“There is a world of difference between being a woman and being an old female. If you’re born a girl, grow up, and live long enough, you can become an old female. But to become a woman is a serious matter. A woman takes responsibility for the time she takes up and the space she [...]
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