Monthly Archives: July 2012

Workshop Blues

Posted on July 28, 2012 by R.T. Smith

With my usual trepidation, I’m reading manuscripts, sharpening my perceptions, concocting exercises to prepare myself to lead another brief poetry writing workshop.  I’ve been a participant from time to time in the kind of leaderless, round robin cabal that often … Continue reading →

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John Ehle’s The Winter People

Posted on July 13, 2012 by R.T. Smith

I was recently re-reading John Ehle’s The Winter People, one of the novels I regrettably had to omit from my “Appalachian Literature: Idea and Identity” syllabus.  It just missed the cut, and my memories of it (from about a decade … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Word

Posted on July 10, 2012 by R.T. Smith

Why isn’t contemporary English good enough for me?  As I run through the glossary of terms which crop up often in my writing, no particular word gives off a luster that sparks my heart more than my mind, though owl  … Continue reading →

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