A Blog­ging Mis­sion Statement

March 10th, 2010 § 0

The Bloo­ming Wild­flo­wers Pro­ject, which I would not nor­mally have read except that I found what I thought might be an inte­res­ting link on See­ded­Buzz1, talks about the need for a blog­ging mis­sion sta­te­ment. I have one, sort of, and it’s on my home page:

Finally, this web­site con­tains my blog, It’s All Con­nec­ted, where you can read what I have to say about, in no par­ti­cu­lar order, lite­ra­ture and social jus­tice; poetry and sex; trans­la­tion and mas­cu­li­nity; Jewish iden­tity and teaching; gen­der and Iran; wri­ting and femi­nism; and wha­te­ver else moves me to write  —  because it really is, all of it, connected.

I am now begin­ning to think, though, that I ought to hone it more. That cer­tainly would be the advice I’d give to someone who asked me for it. “Explore more what you mean by con­nec­ted,” I’d most pro­bably say, and it’s good advice, but these days I am just too tired, too stres­sed, too busy, too too, to do it. At least The Bloo­ming Wild­flo­wers Pro­ject has got­ten me thin­king about it, though. For now, I’ll have to be satis­fied with that.

  1. And See­ded­Buzz seems to me to have an inte­res­ting idea for how one might bring atten­tion to one’s blog. If you check it out and if you decide to join, please use rich­new­man as your invite code. I will get cre­dit for it and maybe a little bit of money.

Kun­di­man Asian Ame­ri­can Poetry Retreat, June 22 — 27, 2010

February 10th, 2010 § 0

If you’re an Asian Ame­ri­can poet, you should con­si­der appl­ying for this retreat. Kun­di­man does great work. Here’s a basic description:

In order to help men­tor the next gene­ra­tion of Asian-American poets, Kun­di­man is spon­so­ring an annual Poetry Retreat at Fordham Uni­ver­sity. During the Retreat, natio­nally renow­ned Asian Ame­ri­can poets will con­duct workshops with fellows. Rea­dings, wri­ting circ­les and infor­mal social gathe­rings will also be sche­du­led. Through this Retreat, Kun­di­man hopes to pro­vide a safe and ins­truc­tive envi­ron­ment that iden­ti­fies and addres­ses the uni­que cha­llen­ges faced by emer­ging Asian Ame­ri­can poets. This 6-day Retreat will take place from Tues­day to Sun­day. Workshops will not exceed eight students.

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