Seattle Poetry Festival

Jeannine Hall Gailey, Peter Pereira, & Martha Silano will be there. As will Heather McHugh, Mary Jo Bang, and others... View the full list here.

Happy National Poetry Month - Free Poems!

In honor of National Poetry Month, I'll be giving away a signed/inscribed copy of Small Knots and Geography, as well as a five small poetry broadsides from The Making of Peace Poetry Series with poems by Lola Haskins, Martha Silano, Alisa Gordaneer, Lana Hechtman Ayers, and Lisa Suhair Majaj and also a copy of Jeannine Hall Gailey's chapbook, Female Comic Book Superheroes (I'm sure we can get this signed as well! . . .J9?)

If you'd like to have your name in the drawing, please leave a comment below. I'll take all the names on April 14th and put them in a poet's hat and post the winners here on April 15th (TAX DAY!) Someone should get good news on tax day.

If you already have a copy of my book or chapbook, you're still welcome to be in the drawing, I'd be happy to inscribe it to someone else if you win.

So, leave me a note in the comments and I'll drop your name in the hat.

Notes from a Poet Superhero--

Jeannine Hall Gailey reads in Portland, Chicago, and Seattle…And More Villainess Tour News

Received this note from Jeannine Hall Gailey-- mark your calendars!! See below--

Hey there! Wanted to drop you a quick note about readings around the country coming up in the next few weeks. Thanks again for your support and friendship.

I’ll be in Portland, Oregon, to read with Joshua Stuart and Marvin Bell this Wednesday night at 6:30 (I know, super-early, but we have to be out by 8 PM!) at the Central Library, 801 SW 10th Avenue, in the US Bank Room (1st floor.) Books will be on sale before the reading.

Next, I’m swinging a little closer to home to read with Natasha Moni, my co-editor at Crab Creek Review, on Wednesday, April 4th at 7 PM at Kirkland, Washington’s ParkPlace Books.

Then, I’m flying out to Chicago to read with Ander Monson and Catherynne M. Valente on Wednesday, April 11 at 7:30 PM at the Hopleaf for the Bookslut Reading Series in Chicago.

Finally, I’m coming back to Seattle for the Seattle Poetry Festival, where I’m performing, noon-ish, with Natasha Moni on Saturday, April 21st. The full schedule, which includes tons of interesting poets, is available here: http://www.poetryfestival.org/festival/Schedule2007.html

Please come out and say hi! I’d love to see you there.

You can also check out new reviews from Rattle and Diner of Becoming the Villainess here: http://www.wku.edu/~tom.hunley/steeltoebooks/villainessreviews.htm

And, for those of you who have asked about Villainess tour T-shirts, check this out:
http://www.cafepress.com/webbish6

That’s all the poetry news for now. Thanks and keep in touch!
Take care,
Jeannine Hall Gailey
www.webbish6.com/poetry.htm