I was born in Scott County, Oneida, Tennessee in Pleasant Grove, August 21, 1934. My father was digging ditches for WPA. He went to Kansas City to apprentice to an uncle who owned a shoe repair shop. I became a Missourian at the age of three weeks.
Readings
Submitted by Tony Navarra on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 22:58
Readings include:
UMKC (University of Missouri-Kansas City)
The Writers Place, K.C., MO
The Half Moon Cafe, Lincoln, NE
Colgate University, Hamilton, New York,
Cianchiano, Italy, Ambassadoria Hotel
Festival Hill, Round Top, TX
Memorial Library, McAllen, TX
Paragraphs Book Store, South Padre Island, TX
Barnes & Noble, McAllen, TX
South Texas College, Weslaco, TX
UTPA, McAllen, TX
Valley International Poetry Festival, San Benito, TX
Savory Perks Cafe, Weslaco, TX
Jazzeriz Cafe, McAllen, TX
Alamo Palms Mobile Home and RV Resort Park, Alamo, TX
A New Chapbook
Submitted by Shirley Rickett on Mon, 06/27/2011 - 12:49
Pre-publication sales for Shirley's new chapbook, Love: Poems for Vintage Sontg Titles, begin October 11 through November 23rd, 2011. The book will be released in January, 2012 by Finishing Line Press.
More on writer's workshops and critique groups
Submitted by Shirley Rickett on Fri, 02/13/2009 - 23:08
I believe what is happening to me, due in part to my frustration with the publishing industry, in my case, small presses, is that I am thinking of moving on beyond them and becoming more of my own critic. I think some writers reach that stage and know it when they do. There is a book by Carol Bly called BEYOND THE WRITERS' WORKSHOP, where she explores the kinds of questions I'm having about the value of such groups at a certain point in a writers life.
Dinner in Oslo
Submitted by Shirley Rickett on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 19:36
This little chapbook of poems is now ready for access on this website. It concerns a life long, personal examination of religious beliefs, and the philosophical and moral implications of World War II, or any war, the Holocaust, icon for brutality and genocide in the 20th century, and the moral questions raised. The book deals with the lives of four adult children of Nazis who lived in Norway. Please contact me for a copy of the book at swrickett@kcnet.com. The cost is $6. Add $1 for postage.
Writers' Groups and Critiquing
Submitted by Shirley Rickett on Thu, 01/08/2009 - 18:06
Workshops are fine for beginning writers, writers with writers block, and writers who have no one to share work with except a dog or cat. I'm not so sure they are for everyone all of the time.
