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The Conjuring of a Poet Tarot Deck: An Interview with Two Sylvias Press

I’ve been on the Royal Road of Tarot for many years with all the usual detours in focus (degrees, children, career). But once on such a path, one is always a pilgrim in some form and blessed by synchronicity. I spent the month of February preparing to teach a new on-line course focusing on writing and the tarot, Exploring the Minor Mentors of Tarot: A Tour Through the Suits (starts March 17,  2014; enroll here). And then I pored over lists of carpool schedules for my three children so they’d survive the five days I’d attend my first AWP Conference in Seattle (held annually by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs—hundreds of presses, MFA program tables, thousands of writers and panels and more). Though I tucked two tarot decks into my suitcase, the full tilt itinerary meant I never had time to throw cards. But at AWP's evening reading featuring Robert Hass, Gary Snyder and ... more

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Blogger as Weaver: A Solstice Interview with Blog Mage Heather Blakey

I started posting this year at Transformative Blogging in hopes of elucidating some ways bloggers might play and grow, suggesting they try writing a variety of post types; I also hoped to curate a modest library of links to post variations living out on the web. This project brought me to redefine the blogger as pilgrim: one who blogs to transform herself in the company of like-minded others. And blogger as spiritual being/witness: one who blogs at the crossroads of synchronicity and cross-pollination for the greater good of those around her. Towards that curatorial end, I came humbly to find that years prior Heather Blakey of Soul Food Café created a vibrant communal space in the blogosphere that embodies these ideals (I featured Heather’s work earlier this year in Inquiry Posts, Chaucer, and Blogger as Pilgrim thanks to writer Edith O’Nuallain). Heather wove technology, community, and writing together long before blogging was a ... more

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Letter Blog Posts: Epistolary Heavens

A letter is a Joy of Earth / It is denied the Gods—Emily Dickinson, 1885 Letter writing may be denied the Gods, but Emily’s turn of the phrase, with her distinctive finality inspires a creative challenge—so try it, poets: choose a couple gods and draft up a set of letter poems between them; for reminders on backdrop, visit Poets.org’s Poetic Form, Epistle. Or succumb to your blogger self, forgo the poem, and take a look at what happens when bloggers get ahold of the epistolary form. Imaginary Letters: Dear Mr. Postman begs the question, What would you say to your postman in a letter? We expect letters on a variety of tangents which is just what the blogger, Maggie MK Hess, delivers. How clever to choose a specific audience of one (postman), a regular familiar (at your residence daily) who is also a complete stranger. Here we have the blog functioning as confessional booth, postman ... more

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Exploring the Minor Mentors of Tarot: A Tour Through The Suits

Approaching the tarot from a relaxed, inspirational point of view, we will explore what the images ... more

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Transformative Blogging: Inquiry via Mask

Writing exercises bookend the making of a three-dimensional mask that serves a dual purpose: to provide ... more

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To The Cradle and Beyond: Excavating and Writing the Poetry of Motherhood

To The Cradle and Beyond: Excavating and Writing the Poetry of Motherhood This course (forthcoming again and ... more

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Transformative Blogging

Beginning Blogging: In Person, Coronado Adult Education 2014 Dates:  Session one: Jan 9-Feb 20 7 weeks (Thursday ... more