Poetry News January 2016

Here is a link and news wrap-up for the first month of 2016:

Ten Easy Steps to Get Your E-Book Ready for Editing

Reading Aloud: Author Open Mic Night Doesn’t Have to Suck

Poetry is protest for poet Sasha Banks (PBS Newshour)

Chinese publisher pulls 'vulgar' translation of Indian poet (The Guardian)

What is the real cost of being a poet and a writer? (Scroll In)

Emily Dickinson biopic, passing of poet James Tate mark Amherst 2015 literary scene (MASS News)

Justin Chin, S.F. poet who incorporated complex themes, dies (SF Gate)

Review of Ezra Pound: Poet, Volume III, The Tragic Years 1939–1972 by A. David Moody (Dallas Morning News)

C.D Wright Obituaries

• Los Angeles Times
• The Boston Globe
• Brown Daily Herald
• The New York Times
• The Washington Post
• NPR
• ABC
• The New Yorker

I also received a postcard from the Dodge Festival. They say they are returning to Newark, New Jersey, to the Performing Arts Center and Downtown Arts District. I haven't been in decades but this event was the most fun I ever had at a poetry event. Read the review, "How to tell if you are at Ozzfest or the Dodge Poetry Fest." Save the date: October 20-23, 2016!