Category: Writing Life
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Digging Out, Digging In
Some Updates after the Northern Winter We’ve gotten a lot of snow this winter in Vermont and Quebec, record amounts. Lake Champlain is frozen solid, its surface deep with drifted snow. When we snowshoed on it, sinking into feet of powdery snow, the open sky and white plain of the lake stretched around us. It…
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Remembering My Father –“After-Apple-Picking” from HABITATS
In my last post, I was celebrating the generous review of Habitats, my new poetry collection, that is featured in the latest issue of Tupelo Quarterly. The kind reviewer, Robert Dunsdon, spent some time discussing the poem, “After Apple-Picking,” which I wrote to honor my late father, Richard O. Whitcomb. “After Apple-Picking” is of course…
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Letter from The Old Library at Trinity College, Dublin
A Visit to the Long Room A little over a week ago, we were in Ireland, and my husband and I visited The Old Library at Dublin’s Trinity College, one of the oldest and most impressive libraries in the world. The main gallery of the Old Library is the Long Room, which is approx.…
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Review of HABITATS on tweetspeakpoetry.com
Poets and Poems: Katharine Whitcomb and “Habitats” By Glynn Young Leave a Comment Katharine Whitcomb frames a life with forests, hotels, and dreams Welcome to Habitats, Katharine Whitcomb’s newest collection of poetry. You are entering a collection much as you would enter a large house — say, an old three-story house that seems new until you walk through the rooms.…
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A Late Letter from Umbria:Poetry & Piero della Francesca Workshop
In March I had the chance to participate in a short workshop in the region of Umbria in Italy — under the auspices of Civitella Rainieri—with poet Mark Wunderlich and art historian Dana Prescott. It was remarkable to travel with a small group of artists and writers to see frescoes and altarpieces in small museums,…
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Full Circle for The Daughter’s Almanac
Manuscripts in progress are laid out on the desk. Moleskine journal is being filled. The first blog entry in over a year attempted. Today I brought my new book, The Daughter’s Almanac, as a gift for the library at La Muse — a singular event in my life– because I wrote some of the poems…
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The Creative Process–The Writing Process–Blog Tour 2014
Susan Rich invited me to be part of this blog tour, which is focusing on writers in all different genres. You can read the answers to her four questions right here on her blog, The Alchemist’s Kitchen. Susan was among the first poet friends that I made in Seattle, and her support and friendship has…
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My Poetry Marathon Gathers Speed! Please Help!
Wow, it doesn’t seem possible that I have reached Day 21 in my Poetry Marathon for Tupelo Press! That’s 21 poems I have written, one each day, this month. Today’s is “Crossing to Friday Harbor,” which is on the Tupelo 30/30 Blog. If you DONATE to the press (please visit the 30/30 Blog for how)…
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December Poetry Marathon!
Dear Friends: I am participating in Tupelo Press 30/30 Project! To give back during the holidays this year I am in a “marathon” for the month of December with nine other poets, writing a poem every day, and raising funds for Tupelo Press. I invite family, friends, and colleagues to sponsor me in my poetry marathon…
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Invite Poets to your Book Club w/ A Poet at Your Table
Please read Midge Raymond’s great piece about this group (which includes yours truly!) A Poet at Your Table – A Rare Opportunity for Book Groups In cooperation with Seattle Arts and Lectures Poetry Series and Crab Creek Review It’s one thing to hear a poet perform in a large auditorium … but what if you…