At the Story Circle Network Conference “Writing from the Heart V” in Austin, Texas presented a workshop “Story Poems: A Tool for Writing Our Stories.”
At the Missouri Writers Guild Conference I presented a variation called: “Prose? Poetry? Who knows?”
I enjoy exploring the line between the two genres. We toggle back and forth and learn lots.
Janet Riehl with “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” Marcy Burns has been a “friend of the book” since Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” came out in 2006. She found it through Dan Poynter’s list, reviewed it, and set about becoming a friend of the book, my work, and me. On my trip to Riverside last winter [click…
My cousin Jack London Riehl died this week. He lived to see his book of poems published just one week before his death. “Heart and Soul: An Inspiring Collection of Light Verse on Life, Love, Faith, and the Military” Author bio: Jack London Riehl earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Washington University, St. Louis,…
Our latest book “Worth Remembering: The Poetry of Our Heritage,” edited by my father Erwin A. Thompson is now available on-line.
I’m proud to call Edna Patterson-Petty a friend. She’s a phenomenal woman containing more creative energy than I can keep track of. For Black History Month Edna organized a group show at Southern Illinois University. She titled the exhibit “Inclusion.” Her artist statement defines inclusion as: “artists with different view points, ideas, and delivery come…
The second issue of Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. II, No.1) (Paperback) is now for sale on Amazon. Read about the launch of “Recovering the Self” on a previous Riehlife post.
An Heir to the Black Mountain Poets Visits Observable Readings Feb. 4 Poet Thomas Meyer, executive director of a society that published legendary Black Mountain poets such as Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, and Robert Creeley; will read from his work at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Schlafly Bottleworks on 7260 Southwest Ave….