Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (May 23, 2021)

It's Sunday again, and so here is today's installment of Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee, in which I read good poems by other people while we all drink coffee.

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (May 23, 2021)

Poems read:

• To My Children, Fearing for Them by Wendell Berry
• The Cypress Broke by Mamoud Darwish, translated by Fady Jouda
• I Have a Seat in the Abandoned Theater by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Fady Jouda
• Birth by Fady Joudah
• Bad Weather Over O'Hare by Talal Alyan
• Third by Zaina Alsous
• Apologies to All the People in Yemen by Zaina Alsous
• The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry

Good News = Hezada! I Miss You + CLMP Finalist, Firecracker Awards

 

Firework, photograph by Steven Isaacson
(used under CC license)

The Good News

Hezada! I Miss You has been named one of ten finalists in the Firecracker Awards held by the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses. 

The CLMP Firecracker Awards for Independently Published Literature are given annually to celebrate books and magazines that make a significant contribution to our literary culture and the publishers that strive to introduce important voices to readers far and wide. (CLMP press release)

Here is the full list of fiction finalists, for your future reading pleasure (if you've not yet had the pleasure):

Fiction Finalists

• David Tung Can’t Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets Into an Ivy League College by Ed Lin, published by Kaya Press
• Fiebre Tropical by Juli Delgado Lopera, published by Feminist Press
• Further News of Defeat by Michael X. Wang, published by Autumn House Press
• Hezada! I Miss You by Erin Pringle, published by Awst Press
• Silence Is My Mother Tongue by Sulaiman Addonia, published by Graywolf Press
• Silverfish by Rone Shavers, published by CLASH Books
• Telephone by Percival Everett, published by Graywolf Press
• Temporary by Hilary Leichter, published by Coffee House Press
• When the Whales Leave by Yuri Rytkheu, translated by Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse, published by Milkweed Editions
• Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda, translated by Polly Barton, published by Soft Skull Press 

The Awards Ceremony

Luckily, the awards ceremony is virtual, and so I'll be able to attend--and so will you. Save the date: June 23, 2021 at 7 PM (ET).

Learn more 

• Full press release: https://www.clmp.org/programs-opportunities/firecracker/
• The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses website: https://www.clmp.org/
• Awards Ceremony information: https://www.clmp.org/event/2021-clmp-firecracker-awards-for-independently-published-literature-virtual-ceremony/
• Hezada! I Miss You: https://awst-press.com/shop/hezada

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (May 16, 2021)

Welcome to Sunday! Here's this week's installment of Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee, in which I read good poems by other people while we all wake up.

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (5/16/21)

Poems read:

• XXI. by Wendell Berry (Sabbath Poem)
• Keyfood by Audre Lorde
• Water by Porsha Olayiwola (listen to full poem here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LPCoHERA3g)
• Duty by Natasha Trethewey
• The Decision by Jane Hirshfield
• Note by Maya Jewell Zeller
• Tree by Jane Hirshfield
• Like a Cat by Laura Cronk
• XXII. by Wendell Berry (Sabbath Poem)

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (May 9, 2021)

Here is this Sunday's installment of Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee, a weekly meeting in which we all drink coffee while I read good poems by other people.

Cheers!

Erin

 

Today's poems:

• The Fear of Darkness by Wendell Berry
• Winter Again by m.l. smoker
• Cecilia by Laura Read
• After the Hysterectomy by Laura Read
• Wasps by Laura Kasischke
• Space, In Chains by Laura Kasischke
• At the Public Pool by Laura Kasischke
• Vigil by Susan Bright
• Sister by Susan Bright
• Rim by Susan Bright
• A Silent Chat with Our Old Cat by Molly Saty
• The Piano Tuner by Molly Saty
• XIX. by Wendell Berry

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (May 2, 2021)

Every Sunday morning, I read good poems by other people while we all drink coffee. Here's today's installment:

 

Poems read:

• The Contrariness of the Mad Farmer by Wendell Berry
• Charlotte by H.R. Webster
• Guards at the Taj by Casey Thayer
• When's My Luck Going to Change? by Rob Carney
• Neurosurgery Sonata by Brooke Matson
• Meeting the Light Completely by Jane Hirshfield
• The Farmer and the Sea by Wendell Berry

Praiseworthy Prose: A Reading by Lois Melina, Annie Lampman, Erin Pringle, and Sonora Jha (Get Lit! 2021)

Spokane's annual book festival, Get Lit!, brings writers to our fair city to take part in discussions, readings, and workshops. It's a busy week full of words and books and thinking. Due to the pandemic, last year's was cancelled and this year's was virtual. The virtual version has had a number of benefits, from allowing people to participate from their homes--wherever their homes may be. An additional benefit is that now that the festival is over, you can view the readings, panels, and discussions at any time. 

So, without further ado, here is the reading that I took part in, An Afternoon of Praiseworthy Prose. 

To view more of the events from this year's Get Lit! festival, visit their website here: https://getlitfestival2021.sched.com/

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (4/25/21)

This is the last Sunday of National Poetry Month here in the United States. Here's to a final week of celebrating poetry. I hope you find a poet or poem and share it with a friend in the real or virtual world.

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (4/25/21)

Poems read:

• IV. by Wendell Berry (Sabbath Poems 2014)
• We May No Longer Consider the End by Ruth Ellen Kocher
• Good Times by Lucille Clifton
• Power by Audre Lorde
• A More Delicate River by Ann Tweedy
• V. by Wendell Berry (Sabbath Poems 2014)

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (April 18, 2021)

 Friends! Every Sunday, I read good poems by other people while we all drink coffee. Join us.

• 7ish AM (Pacific Time)
• Sundays
• https://www.facebook.com/erintpringle

Here's today's installment:

Poems read:

- II. by Wendell Berry (from Sabbath Poems 2015)

- The Lilies Break Open Over the Dark Water by Mary Oliver

- Unmeditated Experience by Bob Hicok

- Walking with Jackie, Sitting with a Dog by Gary Soto

- A Dog has Died by Pablo Neruda, translated by Alfred Yankauer

- The Way We Said Goodbye by Mark Vinz

-VIII. by Wendell Berry (from Sabbath Poems 2015)

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (April 11, 2021)

 

Poems read:

- IX. by Wendell Berry (Sabbath Poems)

- In April by Rainer Maria Rilke

- April by Alicia Ostriker

- I Invite My Parents to a Dinner Party by Chen Chen

- Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

- XII. by Wendell Berry (Sabbath Poems)

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (April 4, 2021)

 

Poems read:

- Travelling at Home by Wendell Berry

- Sam by Ted Hughes

- Shooting Wild by Natasha Trethewey

- One Hundred and Eighty by Arielle Greenberg

- La Terre Smelled of Fish by Luis Alberto Urrea

- Listen by Wendell Berry