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2024-04-04 15:19
The IU Northwest Library is starting a chapbook special collection. I will be donating several hundred, but if you have one to send me, please send it to the following address: William… Read More
2024-04-04 03:36
My students this semester are getting ready for an exam by practicing spotting traditional forms. Feel free to take the practice quizzes yourself.
Forms Practice 1
Forms Practice 2
Form… Read More
2024-03-26 16:11
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I often write on the surfaces around me--walls, bookcases, rafters. Here are a few photos of my work office Read More
2024-03-24 14:12
A site dedicated to Indiana Poets. Check it out here: https://manycitiesmanyminds.blogspot.com/ Read More
2024-03-22 13:43
Haley Lasche's One is the first book out from Beauty School Editions, and it's a nice first start. For me, this book feels almost like a book of photographs since it consists largely of poem… Read More
2024-03-21 17:15
I was just interviewed by a local college student, and during the interview, the question of what I remember from my own education emerged. When I think back to elementary school, I don't th… Read More
2024-03-20 13:30
Rob McLennan has kept the Dusie poetry blog going for so many years now. He keeps publishing great poems and just in general being a friend to poetry. In my head, though, Dusie still corre… Read More
2024-03-18 15:33
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Come listen to Rachel Galvin and Kim Coleman Foote this Wednesday at 6:30 (CT) for free on the Zoom. Just register here to be sent the link.
To see recordings from past readings, visit he… Read More
2024-03-18 03:37
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You can find my work in English and Italian in the book, which can be purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/LISOLA-GARY-Mutevoli-grafie-Italian/dp/B0CM5CGX9K/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.m… Read More
2024-03-14 03:06
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If you have a poem you want me to look at in the First Reads series, just send me a link. In the series, I do a first reading of a published poem by a poet I do not really know and have a fi… Read More
2024-03-12 03:03
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I never know which of my Sound Cloud files will get the most plays. My favorite is https://soundcloud.com/william-allegrezza-39371538/basement-beat?si=ece3d905933443dfa1d8179f9abe3369&ut… Read More
2024-03-12 01:25
The wondeful poet Tyrone Williams died today. During a reading I hosted last month, Aryanil Mukherjee let us know that Tyrone was very sick. Some time back, Aryanil also hosted Tyrone in the… Read More
2024-03-12 01:15
White Pine Press sent me a few books two month ago, and I finally got around to reading them. One is J.P. White's A Tree Becomes A Room. I didn't know White's work before this book, which is… Read More
2024-03-08 03:14
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For the full article, go here:
https://minorliteratures.com/2022/05/02/the-story-is-a-means-of-passage-into-that-other-or-underworld-an-interview-with-garin-cycholl-william-allegrezza/ Read More
2024-03-07 03:52
For the full article, go here.
https://tintjournal.com/interview/the-international-political-poet-an-interview-with-serena-piccoli Read More
2024-03-07 03:41
Officer Duvee, did you not think to look at the door handle? It was obviously forced. Her purse was in the pantry with her. Duvee, what woman brings her purse with her into the pantry? Did y… Read More
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2024-03-07 03:02
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Check out the recordings from the Dunes Literary Series that I co-host at IU Northwest.
https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/channel/Dunes+Literary+Series/195960783 Read More
2024-03-07 02:49
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how does one live a life among
the rubble, the bombing, seeing
friends cut and bleeding, hugging
family members to comfort them,
searching for food when little remains?
how does one stay w… Read More
2023-01-20 01:15
Serena Piccoli was on La parola da casa today in Italy. It's a video literary review of books (and today a magazine). Serena read two of our collaborative poems in Italian and discussed our… Read More
2022-12-13 19:58
Check out this my YouTube channel for first readings of poems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUPQetbc_Tk&list=PLQvnHv5lzGE7Dpe8BgJ8Yv4U0RqE78LUK I read through a poem for the f… Read More
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2022-08-23 19:20
I finally updated my author page. https://www.allegrezza.info If you haven't checked out First Reads, you might want to take a listen Read More
2022-05-23 18:50
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A poem with a little humor: "Prayer to Those Above." https://www.mockingowlroost.com/blog/2022/05/21/poetry-prayer-to-those-above-2/ Read More
2022-05-13 22:00
Garin Cycholl and I were interviewed for Art on the Air, and the show will air soon. Here is the info to listen to the show: This episode of Art on The Air is heard Friday (5/20) at 11am… Read More
2021-10-14 14:34
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You can see the first 22 minutes of the Dunes Literary Series in VR with a headset. Put on your headseat and search YouTube for the Dunes Literary Series. The rest of the reading is coming… Read More
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Check out this reading/talk I just recorded with Pat Clifford and Aryanil Mukherjee for the Mud Parcel reading series: Read More
2020-12-14 15:46
Some collaborative news. The fabulous Allison Bazarko Kirk has taken my poem "Command Sheet" and turned it into a jazzy musical critique of propaganda. The poem is from th… Read More
2020-11-29 04:13
I have a new collaborative poem with Michael Sikkema up at Blazing Stadium: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5effb8c71fa3ef50d9689d3e/t/5f9ed4d298f8bd6abc98030d/160424469036… Read More
2020-11-29 04:12
I've been playing with a YouTube channel doing first readings of poems. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIOdxy4BN2SDizJ5AkSZNZw/ Read More
2020-11-12 15:40
For the Greeks in the room, here's a translation of one of my early poems. I love Greece, so I am especially happy to see the poem translated. Read More
2020-11-12 15:37
Some new collaborative poems are up in the new Otoliths. Written with the fabulous poet Serena Piccoli! Read More
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2018-03-29 21:35
39. Put copies of your poems into waterproof glass cases. Then, in a small sailboat, take the cases two miles off the coast of Chios and drop the cases into the water. If t… Read More
2018-03-28 21:34
38. Sign up for a boxing match. Between rounds, write down your feelings of fighting with your own blood. Tips*Do not pick your opponent. Sign up randomly… Read More
2018-03-27 21:34
37. Memorize your favorite thirty poems. Read them into a recording machine. Then, play them back at slow speeds and then fast speeds. Put the machine away, and write… Read More
2018-03-26 21:33
36. Take a sip of hot tea, spit it onto a canvas, and then take a crayon and write poems that look like sonnets but are not. Tips*As a variation, use canvas of different colors. … Read More
2018-03-25 21:33
35. While carving your initials into your left thumb, write an epic concerning the conquest of Mars. Tips*Like exercise 34, this one is best done in the dark. … Read More
2018-03-24 21:32
34. As you parachute into a dense forest with hostile forces, write about using art to face death. Tips &n&hell…Read More
2018-03-23 21:32
33. Take the results of exercises 31 and 32 and copy them over and over on a roll of toilet paper. Wind the roll back up and then throw it at any politician. Then wri… Read More
2018-03-22 21:31
32. While striding slowly across hot coals, write a poem about how poets can endure anything for poetry. Tips… Read More
2018-03-21 21:31
31. As you move among an oak tree's limbs with someone below shooting at you with a BB gun, write a poem. Xerox that poem 100 times and distribute it at your local grocery store… Read More
2018-03-20 21:30
30. Go a store that sells marshmallows. Open bags and start stuffing marshmallows in your mouth and nose. Try to write a poem on the empty marshmallow bags before you pass… Read More
2018-03-19 21:30
29. Get together with a group of poets (around 6) and write a collaborative poem. Once you come up with an exquisite poem, kill the other poets with a sharp pencil and claim the… Read More
2018-03-18 21:29
28. Write only on shells and jingle them as others speak. Tips* This exercise comes in handy during an argument. &hell…Read More
2018-03-17 21:29
27. Collect the campfires of Dallas or Sydney in blues lyrics and repeat them late into morning. Tips*Some whisky or v… Read More
2018-03-16 21:28
26. Write a collection using only the letter "l" (like longing lost lone luffing last). Tips*Even though these collect… Read More
2018-03-15 21:28
25. Shred your last collection and then make a new collection out of the shredded bits. Tips* Do not use the wood chip… Read More
2018-03-14 21:27
24. Write a collection about the space in Hades reserved for poets. Tips* Since so many poets reside in Hades, this ta… Read More
2018-03-13 21:27
23. Throw your naked, paint-spattered body against butcher paper over and over and number each body splotch 1, 78, 49, 3. &n&hell…Read More
2018-03-12 21:26
22. Write a collection based on numbers culled from counting the limbs on the trees barren in winter. Tips*I pr… Read More
2018-03-10 22:24
19. Write a novel on pawpaw leaves found deep in the forest.Tips*If you do not have any pawpaw trees near you, you can order them from PAWPAW Havana Havens in Rome, Italy (tel. 06.4464… Read More
2018-03-09 22:24
18. Write two lines a day for 2221 days and then claim it as the first global epic.Tips* Ignore anyone who tells you that he/she has already written a global epic.* Try to write in as… Read More
2018-03-08 22:23
17. Write a series of short poems about decomposition while watching meat rot on a circular writing table.Tips *The key strength in this exercise is learning patience while w… Read More
2018-03-07 22:22
16. Write a long poem in totally dark rooms for three months with only cream cheese and beer for sustenance. Tips* Plan to have mo… Read More
2018-03-06 22:22
15. Take your least favorite poet’s work to the woods with you. Bury the work six feet under. Come back for it in a year and write about the ability of the poetry to… Read More
2018-03-05 22:21
14. Get a sharpie, another poet (be playful with gender here), and some butcher paper. Spread the paper under both of you on the floor in a 6 ft by 6 ft space. Wrestle the… Read More
2018-03-04 22:20
13. Write a lyric poem, run it through an online translation program 100 times back and forth from English to Spanish to French to English, and once finished, rewrite the translated pi… Read More
2018-03-03 22:20
12. Create a poem from other poems. This is basically a cento knock-off. Take bits from other poets’ poems and place them in lines. Once done, rent a wood chipper. &n&hell…Read More
2018-03-02 22:18
11. Write a series of poems under water. Basically, jump under water, make up a poem in your head, and then run back to land and write it down quickly. The water must be under 75… Read More
2018-03-01 22:17
10. (a) Write a cento then a centino using Walt Whitman but thinking about Anselm Hollo. Combine them as one and then (b) send it in the mail to a friend with the instructions to cross out t… Read More
2018-02-28 22:18
9. (a) Put a radio in front of a computer microphone so that the voice recognition software can attempt to follow the announcers’ voices. (b) Once the voice recognition soft… Read More
2018-02-27 22:16
8. (a) Put on a skimpy pair of underwear and go sit in a public park. (b) Copy the reactions (only the words) of the park users. (c) Arrange the reactions into a sonnet. Tips&nbs&hell…Read More
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