Wish List
This season of giving is making me greedy. Shopping for gifts the other day I came home with a bag of goodies mostly for me.
It's probably a good thing my 2011 Wish List is short, and that it offers great gifts for readers & writers to both give and get:
2012 Women Artists Datebook
This handy 5x7-inch, spiral-bound, day planner offers 12 months of poetry and art by women writers and artists — and includes the poem, Why I Knit, by Marjorie Power of Corvallis, Oregon.
The Poets Laureate Anthology
A collection of poems, gathered and edited by Elizabeth Hun Schmidt, from each of the 43 poets who have been named U.S. poet laureate since the post was established in 1937. The anthology includes introductions and work from Billy Collins, Rita Dove, Elizabeth Bishop, and more.
Bad Writing
A wry documentary from a self-declared "wannabe poet," featuring interviews with Margaret Atwood, Steve Almond, Nick Flynn, David Sedaris and more. Favorite line (from the trailer below): "There's no rule," says novelist Margaret Atwood, "that says you get steadily better."
What's on your Wish List?
What gifts are you giving? or hope to receive?
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 9:31AM
Reader Comments (8)
I reviewed the Poets Laureate Anthology. I also recommend it.
Maureen -
In fact, it was your review that convinced me I needed a copy. :)
Thanks.
Drew
Now I MUST see Bad Writing...say it isn't so Margaret Atwood.
The anthology looks so good too. Now I've gone from a wish list of 0 to one of 2. Thanks a bunch, Drew :-)
I have never heard anything about that Bad Writing documentary, but it is immediately my most anticipated film of all time.
And the director has a great sense of humor -- obviously. On the website, he lists all the "awards" the movie has earned, including the 1984 Science Fair. I've gotta get this movie!
I want a hand-crank and/or solar powered emergency radio with cell phone charger. No, no anxiety here at all ;),
Oh dear, Molly. This sounds dire. : )
Ann asked me to post this for her. She's having trouble accessing the comment section. Any other readers having this issue? Zip me an email to let me know: dcm@drewmyron.com.
From Ann:
Drew, I'd like to submit this for the subject of what is "wanted" "counted upon" "essential" - gifts that keep on giving.
Love's Alphabet
— Name one thing you love, says Steve
(Liberty) apples and Ace,
bed time,
the cats & Courtney.
Dusting, several Davids
errands (crossing off the list)
fabric stores
(Specialty ones like Pendleton,
or general, run-of-the-mill stores, like Joanne’s),
and friends — life-long like Kathy
or brand-new, like Bob, whom I met yesterday.
Granola, giraffes, and gingerbread,
hot dogs (with mustard, and a baseball game)
icicles
and jam.
Knitting needles all set up with angora yarn,
lemons and lemonade.
Marigolds along the walk-way border & between the rows.
NPR all the time
and river otters.
The P-E-A-C-E sign and the Post Office,
the quick and the quixotic.
The Romantics, a romantic, and any river.
Nighttime stars and sky and SR.
(Late August) tomatoes, Thanksgiving,
the unflappable,
Valentines on any day.
Writing, fooling around with words.
(There must be something besides xylaphon
which creates an unwelcome noise. Maybe
a flower or a bird, a scientific name!)
Xanthippe (I’ll let you look that up!),
and yellow.
Zurich, indeed,
all of Switzerland — in any season
Ann,
naming names with gratitude