HeyJaredO is for Octopus w/ Jen Sperry Steinorth
Insights, hacks & rah rah from a teaching poet-scholar-artist-- erstwhile dancer, erstwhile architect-- navigating inner & outer worlds w/disability & wonder. O is for Octopus; bodies are for creative process.
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Arrive in stormy dark, wake to rainbow. (opens the original)
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Dear reader—This start of term has been such a hot mess. I moved into a new apartment in Ann Arbor— after 5 years at the University of Michigan, at last a room of my own1—which subsequently flooded. I wasn’t there when it happened— I was with my family in Traverse City, completing an arduous application, pressed tight against the deadline, when I began receiving calls from the apartment manager—seems the water had been running for days—a maintenance accident necessitating mold remediation, a pai
A rescue, a memory, a book tour, a wedding... (opens the original)
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I’ve been drowning in work & other labors— thus silence here— but Labor Day weekend my husband & I strolled our favorite beach1 & our respite gave occasion to rescue two critters. A wee snapper that must have been snatched from an inland pond by bird or kid & a massive (ancient?) dragonfly. Each was tangling with the shore, getting pommeled by waves, the dragonfly on the walk down, the turtle on our return, each attempting to flee the large hands of a would-be benef
Correction! (opens the original)
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Please accept my apologies for flooding your inbox—My last post was supposed to include a link to register for Tuesday’s online reading but the link didn’t take— here’s the corrected information for any who would like to attend.Tuesday, July 14, 7:30pm EST, I’ll read & discuss Boys Behind Glass in the marvelous online series What the Universe Is, hosted by Michael Mercurio. It’s free! Register
Of Eggs & Poems: (opens the original)
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I hadn’t been to a wine tasting in years, but in June some new friends visiting from Chicago, poet Christy Pahl1 & musician John Hastle,2 invited me to sip sparkling at a favorite Leelanau county winery. We’d met at a Chicago reading earlier this year & discovered we had mutual friends. One of them is my dear pal, Ellen Welker, who, sadly for me, was in the process of relocating from Michigan to Oregon. In addition to being a brilliant h
Render unto Medusa what is Medusa's... (opens the original)
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