some author activity: Armantrout, mclennan, beaulieu, Ferguson, Pirie + Maguire,

There is an audio of Rae Armantrout discussing her poem "The Way," and Lynn Behrendt included an image of Armantrout in homage in a recent collage; Armantrout also has a poem posted here, and is included in an essay, here; Harriet, the blog for the Poetry Foundation re-posted my blog entry on writing for Twitter, as well as this conversation derek beaulieu had with Vanessa Place and Natalia Federova from Jacket2; derek also has a small new item from Puddles of Sky; Jesse Patrick Ferguson is interviewed over at Canadian Poets Petting Cats; there's a video of Pearl Pirie reading in the open mike at The TREE Reading Series, Ottawa, on August 14, 2012; and Shannon Maguire is a finalist in Manitoba's "Maggie Awards" (to be announced September 13). Good luck, Shannon!

And don't forget the end-of-summer 19th anniversary sale currently on, ending September 15!