FRIENDS & THEIR WEBSITES/CONNECTIONS:
WRITE ON RADIO - Broadcast every Thursday, 11 am - noon on KFAI, 90.3 FM Mpls & 106.7 FM St. Paul, and live on-line at www.kfai.org. Shows archived for two weeks. WRITE ON RADIO SITE LINK:
Harry Griswold (we took a Jim Moore class together at Split Rock) www.harrygriswold.com
Anya Achtenberg, fellow poet/novelist and friend I met in New Mexico: http://www.anyaachtenberg.com
The Dogwood Studios - my massage therapist. Amy Mattila and I occasionally team up for workshops using therapeutic bodywork to enhance creativity. http://www.thedogwoodstudio.com
5 AM Magazine of poetry edited by Ed Ochester: www.5ampoetry.com
Poet & radical Chris Shillock (WOR's honary poet laureate of Minneapolis) http://www.shillock.com
Gallery 13 in northeast Minneapolis: http://www.gallery13.com
Anthony Peyton Porter (Write on Radio's "Essay from the Edge") is at: http://anthonypeytonporter.com
E. Ethelbert Miller http://www.eethelbertmiller.com/main.html
John Caddy, Caner an Norvyss, Bard of the Cornish Gorseth - Poetry, teacher resources, ecoliteracy.
http://www.morning-earth.org
All the Pretty Horses: http://www.prettyhorses.net
Venus of Mars documentary http://www.venusofmars.com
Cool free fonts, from the nordeast neighborhood: http://www.chank.com
Greg Schaefer & Fret, Frame & Chatter Series: http://www.breakevenrecords.com
Grand Slam Master and fellow poet Cynthia French: http://www.cynthiafrench.com
Mary Hirsch: humorist, writer, and swell gal: http://www.maryhirsch.net/
Doug Beasley Photography http://vqphoto.com/main.asp
ORGANIZATIONS
Independent Public Radio (No, NOT MPR or NPR - IPR!) KFAI and other independent stations are members: http://www.iprradio.org/
Springboard Center for the Arts (St. Paul, MN) classes and assistance for all artists http://www.springboardforthearts.org
The Loft Literary Center: creative writing classes, mentor series (Minneapolis, MN) http://www.loft.org/
National Writer's Union - Twin Cities Chapter http://www.nwu-tc.org/
SASE: The Write Place http://www.saseonline.org
AWP Writer http://www.awpwriter.org
MOVEMENTS/CAUSES/NEWS:
http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org
http://www.democracynow.org Jules interviewed Amy Goodman April 15, 2004 on Write on Radio about her book "The Exception to the Rulers"
http://www.gregpalast.com Jules interviewed Greg Palast about his book, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" on Write on Radio in 2002.
http://www.fair.org
Another Mother for Peace http://www.anothermother.org
Twin Cities Daily Planet on-line news: http://www.tcdailyplanet.net
LITERARY MAGAZINES & GOOD READING:
Poets & Writers magazine: http://www.pw.org
Poynter on-line magazine, national, deals with writing issues: http://www.poynter.org
Rain Taxi, Minnesota-based magazine: book reviews, interviews. http://www.raintaxi.com
Cabinet magazine: http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/
Spout press: http://www.spoutpress.com
BOMB Magazine is a non-profit arts and culture quarterly http://www.bombmagazine.com
POETRY LINKS:
http://www.poetry.com/
http://www.poems.com/
http://www.poets.org
http://www.poetrymagazine.org
USED/INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES & MISC STUFF:
http://www.sixthchamber.com
my fave local used bookstore; search online too (in St. Paul, MN)
mnartists.org (listings of Minnesota artists and their work)
mnartists.org
Open Book (Minnesota's center for reading, writing , and book arts)
www.openbookmn.org
Dictionary.com
Dictionary
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
Roget's Thesaurus
MFA PROGRAMS: Contemporary Poetry Review has published their survey of graduate wriitng programs on-line. They interviewed alumni from five programs, including Bennington, Brown, and Columbia, among others.
You can read it here: http://www.cprw.com/Houlihan/mfa.htm