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Hey Writers–Here are some great upcoming opportunities to work with poet Elizabeth Austen!
Ready to try something new? Elizabeth Austen is teaching a couple of poetry writing workshops in February: Poems from Poems: Call and Response “Good poems are the best teachers. Perhaps they are the only teachers,” writes Mary Oliver in A Poetry Handbook. This workshop explores ways to let others’ poems not only teach you, but…
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Podcasts, Geospatial Poetry and Vienna Angels
My colleague here at the University of Pecs, Joseph Horvath, produces a podcast called “Take Off,” which features interviews with students and recordings of classic literature. I guess I fall somewhere in between. Joe interviewed me on one of the nicest days of autumn here; we sat outside at a cafe by the cathedral near…
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Vienna, Part I: Schlagobers
Two trips to Vienna (one solo in Sept and one with Bob in Oct). The train ride is 6 hours each way via Budapest. When I visited Vienna alone I hit the last weekend of summer weather. I was able to sit outside with my plum cake and grosser brauner at Cafe Sperl. I also…
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I’m not going to make a joke about the word HUNGARY
…though believe me, I erased a few puns before I took the high road. It’s been a while since my last post. A lot has happened in my writing life, my academic life and my life-life. Bob and I both got faculty exchanges to teach at the University of Pécs, in Pécs, Hungary. It’s still…
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The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes
The angels on the grand entry to the Cathedrale of Ste.-Cecile have never flown with their burdens. (French sentence).
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Everything is Illuminated
We had a beautiful day to explore the Cite (the medieval town) of Carcassonne. I hadn’t visited the cathedral inside the Cite in the fall, so I appreciated having a tour led by Maria with the class this time. We have been so fortunate with the weather during our stay in France. The air is…
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The Saint with a Book
In the village of books, Montolieu, Can you imagine–a village of books! Montolieu village du livre,bouquinistes, librairie,livres d …
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
Introducing the New Cathar Resistance!
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