YesNo Press Is Still at Work: Meet Mary Ann Honaker

The Zig Zag Poetry Open Mic may be gone, but the press that published Zig Zag Folio, YesNo Press, is still kicking around and putting out chapbooks.  This is exciting news given the next project.

Mary Ann Honaker has been in the poetry scene for a while.  If you hang out in Salem or Cambridge, you may have heard her read on an open mic.  She's been published in Oddball Magazine once or twice as well as many other places.   When I was holding poetry workshops at Stone Soup last year, she sometimes attended with one or two early versions of the poems that make up her new chapbook, It will Happen Like This. 

I hope to have Mary Ann feature at Stone Soup with this chapbook soon.  Until then, you can start to whet your curiosity by reading a sample from the chapbook here. 

Tonight: Same Zig Zag, New Location (this one time)

Zig Zag is not to be missed, even if the location changes.

Also, there's still time to submit to the next volume of Zig Zag Folios.

January 28th: The North Shore Invasion of Stone Soup Continues With M.P. Carver

The North Shore poets continue to invade Stone Soup and the Boston poetry scene with next Monday's feature by  M.P. Carver.  There will also be another writing workshop before the show.  Since last year, Carver has been gracing our open mic with wonderful "covers" of other works.  Eventually, she started reading her own work, building up interest for her upcoming collection, Angry Little Poems.  She has also been active as part of the Zig Zag Poetry Open Mic (incidentally, the Zig Zaggers are accepting submissions for Volume 3 of their Folio series).  A trip to Stone Soup this Monday is a way to thank her and the north shore for their continuing contributions to our scene.  In addition, I'll be slipping Carver money to reserve my copy of Angry Little Poems from Yes/No Press.  I suggest you do the same.

Poet Friends, Consider Submitting to Zig Zag Folios

Submit to zigzagfolios@gmail.com today!

Tonight!

See Me Zig Zag In A Pig's Eye

I mentioned a little while back that  the latest Zig Zag Folios was out and my work was in it.    Now, if you're in the area of Salem, or can drive there, you can see me read with an amazing cast of contributors this Tuesday, December 11th, at the In a Pig's Eye restaurant.  Many of the organizers of the Zig Zag open mic have been contributing to the open mic for a while.  Now I finally have the perfect reason to visit them and show them my gratitude in their own environment.

Tonight: Zig Zag Poetry

Check out this event if you happen to be in Salem tonight. Or better yet, take the trip to Salem.

Speaking of Readings, I'll Likely be Going to This December 11th