Update

Dawn at She Is Too Fond of Books wrote a lovely review of Tomato Girl. Read the review here.

I just finished another round of 30:30 at Inside the Writer's Studio. It was great fun and something I've missed during the many months of writing fiction. I think I'll return tomorrow to do another 30 poems. It's addictive!

Afterwords: A Poetry Reading

Afterwords: A Poetry Reading

Spiritual and mystical meditations on love, loss, and grief with poets Jane Hirshfield (After) and Gregory Orr (Concerning the Book That Is the Body of the Beloved). This event is sponsored by the U.Va Creative Writing Department and the Virginia Quarterly Review.

Why Sylvia Plath's Suicide Still Holds Our Attention

(Photo: Rollie McKenna)
Sylvia Plath in 1959. Why Sylvia Plath's Suicide Still Holds Our Attention - New York Times 03/24/09

Sylvia Plath's son kills himself

Story Highlights

Son of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath commits suicide, his sister says.
Nicholas Hughes, whose mother gassed herself, hanged himself in Alaska.
Hughes, 47, was unmarried with no children of his own and was marine biologist.

Read full story here.

A Few Interesting Links

Close-up of Sailboat Rigging with Rope and Chain Links
100 Free Lectures That Will Make You a Better Writer

Writer's Digest 101 Best Sites

Diane Lockwood's List of Journals Accepting Email/Online Submissions

Lunch Poems:Robert Hass