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Seven Questions with Gene Strother

Author J. Patrick Lemarr interviews Gene Strother, his friend, mentor, and fellow author.

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The Insomniac Writer Newsletter #2

Dearest readers, the time has come once again. Another month has passed, and another newsletter is upon us. I hope your January was filled…

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Poetry Lab: Week Four

            This is our fourth Poetry Lab and the first time we focus on a single poem instead of the…

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Poetry Lab: Week Three

            Greetings, all. For this Lab, we’ll take a look at Nautical Terms (and How Best to Love Them) and…

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Poetry Lab: Week Two

Today, we’ll take a look at two more pieces from Pearl Dandy, “Loretta” and “A Poem for Children.” Both pieces are a bit absurd…

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Poetry Lab: Week One

I sometimes think poetry is a mystic art. It is the conjuring of words and forms, meter and (sometimes) rhyme to transport—intellectually and emotionally…

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Buy Once, Share Often

I've spent the last few days bombarding social media with information about my two new chapbooks: "How The Story Ends" and "Pearl Dandy." The…

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Bye-Bye Social Media, Hello New Poetry

If you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, you likely know that I've taken a temporary break from those two tyrannical titans of social media….

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Bonus Book Friday is here!

On Friday, June 7th, between Noon and Midnight (CST), each order of "I Am A Broken House"in paperback will receive a 2nd work from…

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Why Poetry?

As a stay-at-home dad and part-time writer of fiction, I knew that poetry was never going to put me on a best-seller list. I…

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