About.com: Poetry
Updated Poetry Blog of Bob Holman & Margery Snyder
Afaa Michael Weaver
Bilingual (English/Chinese) Black academic poet
Arts Boston
“A robust online calendar…w/ reviews, info, and links.”
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
Bostix
“Half-price ticketing programs”
Boston Poetry Collective
Calendar of Boston poetry events
Boston Public Library
Link to first public lending library in the USA
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.
GG Silk Screen
Beautiful job and great prices by young entrepreneurs
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
Johnny's List
“…of weird events in Boston.”
JP Open Studios
Visual artists from Jamaica Plain, an area of Boston
Life, Love, & Loss
Anti-violence DVD by Boston filmmakers.
Lo Gallucio Queen of Mars
Cambridge poet, musician, actress
Loom Press
“30 years of publishing in Lowell”
Making Poetry: The Blog of Writer Mignon Ariel King
Mass POP
Link to creators of Mass Poetry Festival!
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.
Off The Coast
A lively lit. journal from veteran poets/slam mc’s–Maine
Off the Grid Press
“For previously published 60 plus poets”
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.
PBS
Public TV Boston
Poetry Foundation
Check out the lit. blog links
Public Art boston
“Guide to 100 public artworks”
Regie O'Hare Gibson (Poet/Performer)
Fantastic African-American Performance poet (Mass.)
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)
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 coloring books
It’s “a new line of inspirational, creative and humorous products for women.”
Women's Empowerment (Homeless Services)
“…educates and empowers women who are homeless [with job skills, etc.]“
WordPress.com
Zvi A. Sesling (Poet/Editor)
New England poet (Check out the Jewish poetry)
How I spent my summer…
Whew! Haven’t worked at all in maybe 4 months, thanks to letting a few things slide by due to an offer to run a summer writing workshop (never panned out, no reason given); haven’t had a nice, steady day job in over a year; and my copyediting gig just fell through. Lovely!
But someone called [...]
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