some author activity: Smith, Anstee, Butler, Ferguson, Abel + Earl,

Jessica Smith has some new poems up at Tarpaulin Sky; Cameron Anstee has a new poem up as part of the dusie "Tuesday poem" series; Jenna Butler has won the CV2 2-Day Poem Contest for her piece "Ella & Marilyn at the Mocambo"; Jesse Patrick Ferguson has two new poems over at The Mackinac; Jordan Abel gets an "author spotlight" over at Jessica Kluthe's blog; and, in case you didn't see it, Amanda Earl wrote a pre-reading post in anticipation of tonight's reading with Jessica Smith and Marilyn Irwin as part of The Factory Reading Series.

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!

Some author activity: Hall, Martin, Pirie, Brockwell, Armantrout, Reid, mclennan, Ferguson

Phil Hall answers "The Dirty Dozen" over at Open Book: Ontario; Camille Martin goes to Neptune, and lists the thirteen books she might bring; Pearl Pirie lists Stephen Brockwell in her "Currently Reading" list; Rae Armantrout publishes a new poem here and maybe here; Monty Reid and rob mclennan have new publications out from European publisher Corrupt Press; and Jesse Patrick Ferguson has some new visual poems over at Drunken Boat.