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Nov.07.2011
I have a poem on this new site, Linebreak.
http://linebreak.org/poems/too-poetic/
Check out the many authors featured and the audio readings.
I'm offering another Poetry Online Workshop:Here are the dates, February 20 to April 15, 2012. For more information, see my website:...
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Sep.30.2011
One night, during the first week of December, I came home after a therapy session and pulled a straight-back chair away from the kitchen table and sat down. All I wanted to do was sit there, looking at the view of the city lights. I was exhausted from the semester and couldn’t wait for...
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Aug.26.2011
I’m teaching a short story writing class this semester. Before the students dive into writing exercises and scenes, I decided to start off--for the first four weeks--with discussing a series of short stories and the elements of the craft of fiction. Most community college students haven...
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Aug.19.2011
This is no joke: One night a man walks into a bar. I serve him a drink. Two weeks later, I move to a tiny town in the middle of the Rocky Mountains and marry him.
I quit my job at the bar. I drop out of college. I don’t tell my parents.
A California girl, I arrived in...
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Jun.04.2011
Hello! A few poetry announcements:
I'm teaching an Online Poetry Workshop. Dates: September 12 to Oct 30, 2011
For more information, here's my website: http://www.susanmariebrowne.com/
Small group, lots of attention to your writing.
I'm doing three poetry readings in June:
Beyond Baroque, June 11...
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Mar.11.2011
Virginia Lewis was my next door neighbor when I was kid growing up in Long Beach, California. An artist, she gave me my first books of poetry. I believe those books and her personality inspired me for the rest of my life.
Both housewives in the late 1950's, my mother and Virginia became best...
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Dec.30.2010
The last days of the year are a time of contemplation. I'm on vacation from teaching for a few weeks, and I have the luxury of not racing off to work. My mind is free to wander and wonder, and at the end of the year it looks forward to a brand spanking new January.
One of the great perks of being...
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Dec.26.2010
Today, December 26, is one of my favorite days of the year. I've had a wonderful time celebrating with my family and friends, and I'm so grateful for them, but I'm always relieved when Christmas is over. Christmas starts too soon and goes on too long, beginning with Thanksgiving. A time of year...
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Dec.17.2010
‘Tis the season to be jolly while heading toward debtors' prison. I have mixed feelings about Christmas presents. As a kid, I was shocked to find out there wasn't a Santa Claus because I couldn't imagine how my parents were able to buy all the gifts they gave their three daughters. When I got...
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Oct.25.2010
My second collection of poetry, Zephyr, just received a good review in Rattle.
http://rattle.com/blog/2010/10/zephyr-by-susan-browne/
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Oct.15.2010
Happy to announce I have a poem on Verse Daily today:
http://www.versedaily.org/2010/odetoautumn.shtml
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Sep.15.2010
Check out this website about poetry and the writing process:
http://howapoemhappens.blogspot.com/
One of my poems from my first collection, Buddha's Dogs, is featured this week.
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Sep.12.2010
Three poetry readings coming up for my new book, Zephyr:
In Berkeley, Thursday, Sept 16, 7:30pm at Moe's, sponsered by Poetry Flash: http://www.moesbooks.com/pages/Upcoming-Events.html
In Chico, Sunday, Sept 26, 6pm at Cafe Coda: http://www.cafecoda.com/?name=event-info&event=596
In...
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Aug.20.2010
I wanted to draw your attention to a website of poetry responding to the BP Oil Spill:
http://poetsgulfcoast.wordpress.com/
Tell others about it, and send in a poem.
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Aug.12.2010
I had to share the good news!: Garrison Keillor selected one of my poems, "The Nose On Your Face," for his Writer's Almanac for August 28, 2010. The poem is from my new collection, Zephyr.
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/
Zephyr was just published this summer. Two Berkeley ...
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About Susan
Born in Long Beach, California, Susan Browne has lived most of her life in the Bay Area. Her poetry has appeared in Ploughshares, Subtropics, River City, The Mississippi Review, Gargoyle, Margie, American Life in Poetry, and other literary journals and...
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Unicef
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