A thousand thanks to David Garyan for his kind invitation to interview me for his CA Poets Series, which you'll find below my poems on L'Adige: davidgaryan.wixsite.com/ladige/post/mi….

Please share widely, this happened just this morning.

A wonderful review of an absolutely gorgeous book! If you haven't already gotten your copy, get one now!

Just up on the Seneca Review website, @SheilaMurphy's review of Joseph Lease's amazing Fire Season: hws.edu/offices/seneca…. Send us your reviews of challenging books of poetry and lyric essay here: senecareview.submittable.com/submit/139739/….

CALL FOR REVIEWS—we at SENECA REVIEW are looking for closely read longer reviews and keenly insightful “flashes” of books of challenging poems and lyric essays. See our “Wish List” for examples of books we want to see reviewed and upload your reviews at senecareview.submittable.com/submit/139739/….

Received today and available to review for Seneca Review--Kate Colby's Paradoxx (Essay Press)! Message me here or gmail (TodEdgerton@) for a digital review copy. You can upload your review of this book or any other innovative essay or poetry collection at senecareview.submittable.com/submit/139739/….

So happy to offer my workshop via Zoom on field composition, "Trip the Lines Fantastic: Composing Poems that Dance," for November's session of Maker Mentor Muse. My thanks to Maw Shein Win for the invitation! See details here: tickettailor.com/events/makerme….

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Last reminder--I'm offering a 90-minute writing class on choreographing sculptural poems, "TRIP the LINE FANTASTIC: COMPOSING POEMS that DANCE," this SUNDAY, Nov 2, on Zoom from 4:00 to 5:30pm PDT. Register here ($15 to $45 sliding scale): tickettailor.com/events/makerme…

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New poetry to review for Seneca Review--two New Orleans poets' brand new books, Bill Lavender's CITY of GOD (madhat-press.com/products/city-…) and Henry Goldkamp's JOY BUZZER (dornsife.usc.edu/goldlinepress/…). Email me at my gmail, TodEdgerton "at," to receive an electronic copy to review for us.

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