The Real Writer

Dodge Poetry Festival in New Jersey

Historic Waterloo Village in Stanhope, New Jersey will be re-opened especially for the audiences of up to 20,000 expected for the 12th biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, which will run from Thursday, September 25 through Sunday, September 28, 2008.

Join poets Chris Abani, Coleman Barks, Taha Muhammad Ali, Coral Bracho, Billy Collins, Lucille Clifton, Mark Doty, Martín Espada, Joy Harjo, Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Edward Hirsch, Jane Hirshfield, Ted Kooser, Maxine Kumin, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, Linda Pastan, Charles Simic, C.D. Wright, Franz Wright and dozens of other accomplished poets, musicians and storytellers for four days of poetry and music beside the Musconetcong River and among Waterloo Village’s lawns, trees, and landmark historic buildings.

http://www.dodgepoetry.org/

Baltimore Sun Blog for Writers

This is such exciting news for the Baltimore community - The Sun has a new book-related blog. We have needed something like this for ages and now it's here. I met the editors, Dave Rosenthal and Nancy Johnston, at the CityLit Festival and they are as excited about it as we writers.

The blog highlights the social side of reading in the Baltimore area: book clubs, author appearances, festivals, etc.

At www.baltimoresun.com/readstreet you'll find:

-Profiles of local book clubs, and what they've liked and disliked (Mondays and Thursdays)
-Recommended reading from bookstore owners and others (Wednesdays)
-Highlights of author appearances, readings and other events (Thursdays)
-A monthly calendar of book-related events
-Profiles of local bookstores (Fridays)

Go there, get involved, comment, submit - help make it the best resource for the Baltimore writing community (and readers) it can be!