Ventana Monthly

Interdisciplinarian

Community, Newsletter, Poetry, Press, Publications / By Robert Peake

I had a great time recently meeting Julie B. Montgomery, a painter who incorporates words in her works, and Ken McAlpine, a wily travel writer, in a round-table discussion for the August issue of Ventana Monthly. “An Author, a Painter, and a Poet” sounds like the beginning of a joke–but turned out to be the …

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A Week in Hyperdrive

Humor, Life, Newsletter, Poetry, Technology / By Robert Peake

Normally, as the weeks roll by, I get up early to write, read in the evenings after work, and collect the occasional acceptance or rejection slip from the mailbox. By contrast, this week felt like the equivalent of some kind of poetry hyperdrive, including: Receiving two rejection slips on the same day. Being asked to …

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