When I set about planning my 2008 reading, one of the first people I went to about supporting it was The Wordsmith Press in Ann Arbor, which is run by Steve Marsh.  He had supported the feature before, and he's always been very great about building up poetry anywhere it can take root.

TWP is offering a SPECIAL sponsorshp for any organizers of 2008 ( Read more... )

On lunch today I stopped by the mucho coolio bookstore, The Book Loft, in German Village.  I wanted to see if I could pull a sponsorship out of them for the reading, so I asked for the manager and gave him the pitch.  Once he realized I wasn't asking for money, he was happy to provide me with the opportunity to choose a few anthologies for the ( Read more... )