Meet Casey!

Casey is a two-year old sweet cat that we've adopted from Cats for Life rescue group here in Houston. She's coming home with us today!

Long Time Gone

As you've probably heard, PLR is no longer in print. However, we will contine to run online issues, beginning with the Health & Illness issue that is slated to go live on June 1. This issues features work from Jeannine Hall Gailey, Rich Levy, Laura McCullough, Jessica Piazza, D.A. Powell, Nicole Steinberg, Franz Wright, Sarah Manguso, and others. Here's the fabulous new cover, courtesy of Rebecca Wadlinger:

Please note that going forward, PLR will accept poetry, book reviews, and interviews Sept.1-Feb.1. Material submitted outside the reading period will not be read or returned. Fiction/Nonfiction submissions will only be accepted via emailed query/solicitation. Submission guidelines will be available with the online publication of the new issue, June 1. Join PLR on Facebook for further updates.

In other news, teaching is really not conducive to writing, which is very frustrating. However, I do like it, but am beginning to feel a bit overwhelmed with trying to balance writing and teaching (and editing). C'est la vie, I suppose.

Having a "phone workshop" with one of my poet-friends is greatly helping, though, and I am thankful for that. I feel that I'm coming out of the post-MFA fog and it's wonderful. I have big plans, but need to find the time. I am teaching 2 Comp II classes this summer (8AM-12PM, M-TH) and then have a luxurious 8 weeks off until fall! Write, write, write!

I must brag for a moment on the fact that I just purchased the out-of-print, VERY rare (as in usually $350+ rare) To The Place of the Trumpets the first book by Brigit Pegeen Kelly circa 1988 for $25 in near-perfect condition. Exciting!