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2000 Poet's Market (Poet's Market, 2000)

cover of 2000 Poet's Market (Poet's Market, 2000)author: Chantelle Bentley
asin: 0898799155
binding: Paperback
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Writer's Digest's annual Poet's Market offers great entertainment value. Sure, it lists a whopping 1,100 journals and magazines, 500 book publishers, and 200 chapbook publishers of poetry. Of course it is a great resource for information on contests, awards, conferences, workshops, organizations, publications, and Web sites of interest to poets. This year's edition even features bold new icons, so that you can expediently locate new markets, significant contact- information changes, online publishers, and publishers that actually pay real money for poems.  read more »

2003 Poet's Market (Poet's Market, 2003)

cover of 2003 Poet's Market (Poet's Market, 2003)asin: 1582971242
binding: Paperback
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Includes over 1,800 completely updated listings Features exclusive articles, interviews, and how-to guides, keeping readers up-to-date on trends in the poetry publishing world. Offers additional listings for the reader's personal enrichment, including conferences and workshops, organizations for poets, print and online resources, state arts organizations, and glossaries. Readers will find all the information necessary to research markets and submit poetry for publication.  read more »

Hands: Physical Labor, Class, And Cultural Work

cover of Hands: Physical Labor, Class, And Cultural Workauthor: Janet Zandy
asin: 0813534356
binding: Paperback
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What are two hands worth?  read more »

How to Make a Living as a Poet

cover of How to Make a Living as a Poetauthor: Gary Mex Glazner
asin: 1932360697
binding: Paperback
list price: $14.95 USD
amazon price: $11.21 USD


In How to Make a Living as a Poet, leading slam poet Gary Mex Glazner shows how to turn poetic passion into a paying profession, revealing how he and other writers have become "full-time poets," actually listing their life's passion on their tax forms. Glazner should know. He has worked as a poet-in-residence at a hotel, secured sponsorship for 100 poets on an 8,000-mile tour of the U.S., and traveled the world with a poet's eye and budget, performing everywhere from Katmandu to Bangkok to Paris.  read more »

The Journey From the Center to the Page

cover of The Journey From the Center to the Pageauthor: Jeff Davis
asin: 159240068X
binding: Hardcover
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The first book to show how yoga can help create better writing, with invigorating postures, breathing techniques, and wisdom for wordsmiths of any level. Combining the enlightened perspective of Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones with the gentle practical advice of Anne Lamott’s classic Bird by Bird, nationally known yoga and writing instructor Jeff Davis shows how yoga principles and myriad tools can help writers deepen their writing process, become more versatile, and enrich their writing style.  read more »

Poet Power: The Complete Guide to Getting Your Poetry Published (Culture Tools)

cover of Poet Power: The Complete Guide to Getting Your Poetry Published (Culture Tools)author: Thomas A. Williams
asin: 1591810027
binding: Paperback
list price: $16.95 USD
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It's a must read for aspiring poets and published poets who want to expand their market.

Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry

cover of Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetryauthor: Kenneth Koch
asin: 0684824388
binding: Paperback
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In Making Your Own Days, celebrated poet Kenneth Koch writes about poetry as no one has written about it before -- and as if no one had written about it before. Full of fresh and exciting insights and experiences, this book makes the somewhat mysterious subject of poetry clear for those who read it and for those who write it -- and for those who would like to read and write it better.  read more »