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DiVerse Poetry: Always Moving Me Along and Moving to the Casey Center in June
DiVerse Poetry Reading Series has been a staple for me, both in my social and internal life. I missed surprisingly little through...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Apr 9, 20225 min read
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Honest Glimpse into Hard Moments: A Review of “No Barking in the Hallways”
I spent some evenings this week with “No Barking in the Hallways: Poems from the Classroom,” by Ann Bracken (New Academia Publishing,...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Apr 2, 20223 min read
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Ten Bedrock Poems
I return to some poems again and again. I need to share them with friends. I need to read them aloud or recite them to myself in mind....

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Mar 24, 20229 min read
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Luck o’ the Irish
I do love these minor holidays — Valentine’s, Mardi Gras, St. Patrick’s — days in which a little festive goes a long way with no great...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Mar 17, 20223 min read
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Across Lands and Time: A Review of “A Story of the World Before the Fence” by Leeya Mehta
High on the hill, beneath a fern sky of speckled spores there is a place I long to describe in a language I do not know. Reads the first...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Mar 12, 20222 min read
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Love It When a Plan Falls Through
Some moments in time are like the cross-hairs on a grid, more structural than atmospheric to a life. Rites of passage, moves, marriages,...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Mar 5, 20225 min read
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The Poet's Story: Interview with CL Bledsoe
I first met CL Bledsloe in July of 2021 at a reading hosted by Steven Allenmay at Martha Washington Library in Alexandria, Virginia. It...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Feb 26, 202215 min read
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Validating my Children’s Concerns: A Deep Dive Into The EARN IT Act 2022
It was the late 1980s and I was fired up about Parental Advisory Stickers and threats of censorship affecting my music. Tipper Gore was...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Feb 19, 20227 min read
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Stories Upon the Depths of Poetry: A Review of “Stay” by Tanya Olson
Tanya Olson shares masterfully written, thoughtful poetry in her full-length collection Stay (YesYes Books, 2019). Her lyrical lines...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Feb 13, 20224 min read
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Resolutions & New Starts
Lunar New Year brought a new wave of hope to this year for me. Early to be trudging through, but feels like we drag a lot with us these...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Feb 4, 20223 min read
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The Poet's Story: Interview with Lucinda Marshall
Congratulations on your new full-length poetry collection, Inheritance of Aging Self. A powerful collection that I had the honor of...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Jan 17, 20228 min read
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Human Kintsugi: A Review of "All Things Beautiful Are Bent" by James Diaz
In All Things Beautiful Are Bent (Alien Buddha Press, 2021), James Diaz explores, reveals, and uplifts both anguish and healing, or the...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Dec 31, 20214 min read
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Bike Love
The bicycle was still there, brand new, with its pale-blue frame and its plated handlebars which sparkled against the dull stone of the...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Nov 28, 20216 min read
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The Poet's Story: Interview with Le Hinton
I’m honored that Le Hinton agreed to my interview. I think of him as a Poet’s Poet. I believe we all look up to him, both for his...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Oct 30, 20218 min read
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The Poet's Story: Interview with Naomi Thiers
I’ve had the good fortune of spending a lot of time with your poetry collections, “Made of Air” (Kelsay Books, 2020) and “Only the Raw...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Sep 30, 20219 min read
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The Poet’s Story: Interview with Jay Hall Carpenter
This in-depth interview needs little introduction. But I will say that if you have a chance to see this Poet read live, do it! In...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Aug 2, 20218 min read
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Thoughts on Poetry Launch, Venus, & Such
I fell off my once a month posting schedule because what composes life can make one shelve compelling things that inspire. Life is...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Jul 30, 20213 min read
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Childbirth, Contrary to Biblical and Popular Presentation
A couple of years ago a man asked me my “pet peeves.” I don’t know. I was stumped. I asked my daughter who illuminated for me that I have...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
May 8, 20213 min read
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Adjusting to Parenting a Young Adult: Looking to Spring Flowers for Guidance
I feel like shifting blog focus for a moment from my reviews and interviews. So I’ll share some musings about the season and my children....

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Apr 18, 20215 min read
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The Poet's Story: Interview with Reuben Jackson
I interviewed Reuben Jackson by phone on the first day of Spring. He spoke to me from his front porch, in the company of birds, I typed...

Kristin Kowalski Ferragut
Mar 21, 202110 min read
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