Excited to find Eireann's book all the way in a charming bookstore in New Orleans!

I've written a review for Sun Yung Shin's Skirt Full of Black; it is appearing on CutBank and can be seen here: "Organs of Articulation."

Florida State University called to accept me into their MFA program. Bonus: my friend Becky Lehmann is in the Ph.D in creative writing program there.

La Fovea has an interesting concept: each person who publishes a poem then becomes an editor and solicits from poets, who then solicit, and on. My friend Becky Lehmann (MFA, Iowa and Ph.D in progress at FSU) requested a pair of poems from me, so you can see "Blood Test" and "What I Won't Say" on La Fovea.

And so it begins: I received an acceptance packet in the mail today from Emerson College.

This January, I attended the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, where I worked with Malena Morling, got to meet one of my favorite poets, Sharon Olds, made a good friend in fellow classmate Sarah McCann, and fell in love with a poet new to me, Claudia Emerson. Oh, and I was in Palm Beach in January--this, for a Minnesotan, was heavenly. Feel free to browse more photos from the week here.

The Carol Connolly Reading Series Friday, January 11, 2008 7:30 PM at Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts 6666 E River Rd, Fridley Free and open to the public

Hosted by Anna George Meek


Featuring:


Raised in the south, MOLLY SUTTON KIEFER currently teaches English in Red Wing, Minnesota where she lives with her husband. She received her BA in English at the University of Minnesota, where she is also currently studying for her Master's degree. Her poem "Harry Houdini" can be purchased as a poetry postcard broadside through Yes Press (www.yes-press.com). More information can be found at her website, http://www.mollysuttonkiefer.com/.


EMILY K. BRIGHT the author of Glances Back, a chapbook collection of history and storytelling. Originally from Connecticut, she lived in France and Ghana before settling in Minnesota. Her writing is fascinated by the original landscape we carry with us when we move to a new place. Emily will receive her MFA in poetry from the University of Minnesota this spring.
This Carol Connolly Reading is sponsored in part by Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts.