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J.W. Marshall

Feb

22

2012

“Sadness . . . only a micron from joy.”
With Christopher Howell

Christopher Howell is a stalwart figure in Northwest poetry and publishing. A professor at Eastern Washington University, where he was a senior editor at EWU Press, he runs Lynx House Press, a small independent publisher. His tenth collection of poetry, Gaze, was published early in 2012 by Milkweed Editions. Meeting Chris Howell, one finds him …

Mar

31

2011

How to Celebrate National Poetry Month

1. Ask an expert about a book of poems. Open Books: A Poem Emporium in Seattle is one of two poetry-only stores in the country, and these bookseller poets know their stuff. Let’s keep them busy this month. Call (206-633-0811) and ask for a recommendation from John or Christine based on a poet or poem you …

Dec

14

2010

From the Poetry Frontier: John Marshall Recommends Three Books With NW Pedigrees

In the great Preston Sturges movie, The Lady Eve, a dowager turns to the late-arriving dinner guest as he slips in next to her and proclaims “The fish was a poem!” in perfect high-haughty English. Sometimes it does seem that anything called a poem is a poem. My happy task here is to offer three …

Sep

27

2010

Open Books: A Poem Emporium, Seattle, WA

Open Books: A Poem Emporium is one of two poetry-only bookstores in the US. Married co-owners John Marshall and Christine Deavel live in the bungalow above the store. Maybe this goes without saying, but they are both poets (read her work here and here, his work, as J.W. Marshall, here and here). We asked them a …

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