LINKS
FRIENDS OF WILLIAM STAFFORD
A nonprofit group promoting literature and poetry through the writing,
spirit and example of William Stafford (1914-1993), past poet laureate
of Oregon: http://www.williamstafford.org/
CENTRUM
An arts center in Port Townsend, Wash., sponsoring workshops, festivals
and creative residencies: http://www.centrum.org/
WARREN WILSON COLLEGE PROGRAM FOR WRITERS
The original – and, for my money, the best – low-residency
MFA program in creative writing, based in Asheville, N.C.: http://www.warren-wilson.edu/~mfa/
FINISHING LINE PRESS
Kentucky-based publisher of chapbooks, including Another Way to Begin,
by Don Colburn, winner of the 2005 Finishing Line Press Prize in poetry: http://finishinglinepress.com/
BIRTH TO SIX: EARLY LITERACY
Multnomah County (Portland, OR) Library’s award-winning site to
boost reading among youngsters, with links to Book Lists and Resources: http://www.multcolib.org/birthtosix/
POETRY.US.COM
A site that posts three favorite poems by selected poets, along with a writing "tip" from each; I'm lucky to be in this company.
YOUR DAILY POEM
A site that sends subscribers a poem a day, chosen for its chance to broaden the audience for poetry; my poem "Indulgence" was featured on Nov. 15, 2010, and two others are upcoming in 2011.