new new new…
New can be scary. It can also be exciting…freeing… I’m feeling the latter at the moment. I’m in a new position at my old job. The newness of it means shedding a lot of the old work. And it means … Continue reading new new new…
Category: Ideas
the slow, low book movement…
My friend Mychael, who runs the “So….Poetry?” podcast, recently invited me and my fellow book-y friend Meredith to talk book arts. We had a great time — after years of working together, Meredith and I still finish each other’s thoughts … Continue reading the slow, low book movement…
words & images x 66…
I am so ridiculously excited to share today’s launch of The Baltimore Ekphrasis Project, a collaboration between LED Baltimore and my journal The Light Ekphrastic. Not only is there a gigantic special issue online, the work of all 66 Baltimore-area … Continue reading words & images x 66…
life moves pretty fast…
Wow, 2014…you went by in a flash! As the great Ferris Bueller once said: “If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” We certainly don’t want that. At a time when we’re thinking … Continue reading life moves pretty fast…
11 book for 13 schools…
(And, no, that’s not a typo.) Talking to students and strangers about my particular brand of bookiness and poetry can sometimes be a little weird at the beginning. It generally starts with an awkward self-deprecating intro, followed by assorted blank … Continue reading 11 book for 13 schools…
i’m thinking about this shape…
Isn’t it amazing? So many moving parts. So strangely fluttery under water, alien even in its own home…an elegant armored spaceship. And always so (sadly) dead when I find them on the beach. A student of mine made an absolutely … Continue reading i’m thinking about this shape…
inspiration for a wallflower…
I’m so excited that my poem “Wallflower (For Eva Hesse)” is up today in What Weekly, and specifically, in the very first installment of its new “What Lit” section. What Weekly is a supercool online magazine that’s “documenting the Baltimore … Continue reading inspiration for a wallflower…
a decade of book-y goodness…
It’s often hard to stay focused these days. It’s like there’s a constant gravitational pull from all the important satellites in my life — family, work, creative impulse. I’m thinking someone needs to invent a time machine, stat. Or some … Continue reading a decade of book-y goodness…
b is for “blown away”…
I’m a little behind on posting my big news, and I could easily blame “Life” or projects, or whatever. But superstition is a better reason, I think, since I hate to think of jinxing things, and it sounds cute and … Continue reading b is for “blown away”…
art-full letters…
Sometimes it’s nice to have a good reason to make something. So, when my friend John pointed me in the direction of an artful letters campaign, I knew I had to join in. The purpose is to create artistic letters … Continue reading art-full letters…
Jenny O'Grady 