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Marthasilano
Seattle, WA
Martha Silano's books are The Little Office of the Immaculate Conception, Blue Positive and What the Truth Tastes Like.
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Seriously Funny, Juan Felipe Herrera, & Outsiders Writing the Outside Readingsby Martha Silano)
Posted Feb 5, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Saturnalia Books/Painted Bride Quarterly Reading @ Bardeo in Cleveland Park (by Martha Silano)
Posted Feb 4, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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The Dancing Revolution, Bookfair Boogie, & Lebanese Taverna Two-Step [by Martha Silano]
Posted Feb 3, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Sightseeing Day Pre-Big Top Y/AWP-ing (by Martha Silano)
Posted Feb 2, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Books/Mags/Panels/Readings I Can't Wait to Buy/Read/See/Hear at the AWP
Posted Jan 31, 2011 at The Best American Poetry
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Is there a person in your life who always has a hug and makes you feel better when they're around? Who is it – and what do you love about them?
Posted Jan 31, 2011 at Marthasilano's blog
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Hovering at All Times at the Threshold of Transformation [by Martha Silano]
In the new issue of AGNI, editor Sven Birkerts contemplates the Heidegerian-ish question: What is writing? Birkerts steps right in and breaks it down: Writing is . . . “very little actual writing.” Indeed. For instance. The day job. Tracking down my marriage license because I can’t find our 2008 tax return. I need one or the other to prove that my betrothed is indeed my domestic partner. Otherwise, in 30 days he will be axed from my Washington State Health Care Authority insurance plan. (I am not even sure our marriage license got filed. Why? Because the guy who officiated our wedding was "ordained" via the Internet when the Internet was, well, a kind of sketchy operation held together by a bunch of prayer flags. Oh, and our officiant (officiator?) wasn’t exactly known for his secretarial skills. So, what happens if I have no license and can’t find the tax return? I guess that’s when I get to call the Health Care Authority and listen to the options, then hit 0 and pray I can talk to a person who understands that we do plan on spending the rest of our lives together, but we’re just not very good with filing. One thing's for certain, however. While I am on hold, I will not be writing.) Cricket procurement, dispensation, and corpse removal. Ditto for the “pinkies “ (very small mice). Goldfish bowl cleaning. Shuttling children to and from all order of Spanish and art classes, chess, swim lessons, soccer games and practices, birthday parties, dental and medical appointments (in other words, standard fare). Life’s non-negotiables, including sleep, eat, Facebook, email, bi-weekly chat with folks, traffic, laundry, and looking all over the house for my car keys and cell phone. Which leaves about, if lucky, half an hour per day (on average) for the act of doing what I am called on in this life to do, though most of that time is taken up with editing what’s already been written or venting long-hand in a journal (which I’ve been doing since I was 9), researching, blogging, & reviewing. Thank God, as Birkerts asserts, “a writer doesn’t have to be sitting at his [sic] desk at all to be considered ‘in the act’.” What a relief to know that when I’m not writing I’m “inwardly shifting and shaping experience that eventually calls work forth.” I, lucky thing, unlike the poor sot who isn’t a writer, am “living liminally, hovering at all times at the threshold of transformation.” Thank God thinking about writing is enough! Continue reading
Posted Nov 28, 2009 at The Best American Poetry
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Poem for Thanksgiving
Posted Nov 25, 2009 at The Best American Poetry
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Mark Bibbins On Where Poems Start & Backing Away from the Stinky Dead Beast aka Confessional Narrative [by Martha Silano]
Posted Nov 25, 2009 at The Best American Poetry
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Pre-Thanksgiving Emergency Situation Narrowly Averted [by Martha Silano]
Posted Nov 23, 2009 at The Best American Poetry
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Susan Blackwell Ramsey: Pearl One Knit Two Pickles & a Bear You Don’t Dare Ignore [Martha Silano]
Posted Nov 22, 2009 at The Best American Poetry
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A Chat with David Wagoner [by Martha Silano]
Posted Nov 21, 2009 at The Best American Poetry
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