by Kevin Spenst | Jan 19, 2010 | poetry, writing advice
Isn’t it wonderful how one thing can lead to another? The right foot in front of the left. One synapse firing up the next. I recently received in the mail the winter issue of Geist magazine, which is, cover to cover, one of their finest in years. The art...
by Kevin Spenst | Jan 2, 2010 | fiction, poetry
A couple weeks ago, a fortuitous exchange of events on Main Street led me into the pages of Paradise: Literary Journal, 12 pages of prose and poetry within a standalone cover. For those who like their literature chockablock with ideas grounded in the realities of...
by Kevin Spenst | Dec 16, 2009 | poetry
It was a year ago that I started writing poetry everyday at twitter. The obsessive-compulsive nature of writing something every couple of hours appealed to me greatly and as I’d been writing poetry for four months (ever since I got married for some reason) I...
by Kevin Spenst | Nov 13, 2009 | grad school at UBC, poetry, writing advice
While there are tons of benefits to grad school, the downside is not having time for extras. Dear reader, you are certainly more than an extra, but what I’m saying is that I’ve been inundated with writing, reading, marking, blah, blah, etc. All the balls...
by Kevin Spenst | Oct 8, 2009 | grad school at UBC, poetry
So a couple weeks into poetry 510 and I learn from a classmate that she has a collection of poems entitled Sumac’s Red Arms. I ask her for a copy and the next week, I’m holding a lovely book in my hands. The poems are the fruition of ten years working on...
by Kevin Spenst | Sep 3, 2009 | poetry, writing advice
One Night Stanzas is a smart little literary site straight out of Scotland which is currently featuring a couple of my twitter poems under the monthly Poet’s Corner. SOME THOUGHTS ON THE WEEKEND STIRRED UP LARGELY BY CD RELEASE PARTY FOR “ALLUVIAL FAN” is the...
