OH, ANTONIONI!

Alumni News, Thoughts and Musings

by Jane Summer I am driving behind a tow truck. On its flatbed, a toothless black SUV faces me. A crucifix swings wildly from the rearview mirror. I’m thinking nothing can save us. I’ve been sad lately. My book is about to come out. That doesn’t cheer me up. In...

Welcome Laleh Khadivi

announcements, Faculty News, News Flash, Program News

Novelist and documentary filmmaker Laleh Khadivi is joining the faculty in Port Townsend this semester.  Introducing herself in her own words, Laleh writes: “I came to literature through film. My documentary work has focused on the criminal justice system and...

ALUMNI NEWS – Ron Heacock Story Collection

Alumni News, News Flash

Ron Heacock’s short story collection, Hey This is it, I’m Going to Die, was published by Libros Igni in November 2014. Many of the stories were written during his time as a Goddard undergraduate. Here’s the back cover description: What strange guests...

Calling All Book Reviewers

announcements

Books need reviews, and if you have been following this blog, you’ve seen that a number of our alumni have books coming out. Donnelle McGee’s Naked, (Unbound Content) for one. Jane Summer’s Erebus, (Sibling Rivalry Press) for two.  If you have a book...

How To Write A Poem

Faculty News, Thoughts and Musings

By Bhanu Kapil (Originally published on The Poetry Foundation’s Harriet blog, for national Poetry month, April 2012. Which means, for the entire poem, you have to go there. But to begin…) How to Write a Poem 1.  Eat the raw heart of a horse.  This will...