Comments on: poetry book club: a review of deborah keenan’s willow room, green door http://readwritepoem.org/2008/04/03/poetry-book-club-a-review-of-deborah-keenan%e2%80%99s-willow-room-green-door/ because poem is an action Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:59:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jessica http://readwritepoem.org/2008/04/03/poetry-book-club-a-review-of-deborah-keenan%e2%80%99s-willow-room-green-door/#comment-5185 Jessica Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:05:31 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=122#comment-5185 Hi everyone -- I interview Deborah via email this weekend, which I've posted on my blog here: http://9to5poet.com/2008/04/07/interview-with-deborah-keenan/ Enjoy! :) Hi everyone –

I interview Deborah via email this weekend, which I’ve posted on my blog here:

http://9to5poet.com/2008/04/07/interview-with-deborah-keenan/

Enjoy!

:)

]]> By: Reviews! Reviews! « 9 to 5 Poet http://readwritepoem.org/2008/04/03/poetry-book-club-a-review-of-deborah-keenan%e2%80%99s-willow-room-green-door/#comment-4727 Reviews! Reviews! « 9 to 5 Poet Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:51:14 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=122#comment-4727 [...] Cups of Tea for the Uptown Neighborhood News and the second is my review of Deborah Keenan’s Willow Room, Green Door for read. write. poem.  Our PBC discussion on the latter will be posted next Monday.  [...] [...] Cups of Tea for the Uptown Neighborhood News and the second is my review of Deborah Keenan’s Willow Room, Green Door for read. write. poem.  Our PBC discussion on the latter will be posted next Monday.  [...]

]]> By: Jessica http://readwritepoem.org/2008/04/03/poetry-book-club-a-review-of-deborah-keenan%e2%80%99s-willow-room-green-door/#comment-4720 Jessica Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:50:29 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=122#comment-4720 I think that's a good point. When I started PBC, I did my due dilligance and looked at all the independent bookstores in my city (Minneapolis, a mid-sized metro) and I always had difficulty finding the book. Then, I would go the big box bookstores and couldn't find the book either. I finally would default to Amazon and find it there. After a while, I honestly stopped trying to find poetry in brick-and-mortar stores. I buy other books from my local indies, or rent them from libraries, but I link to Amazon because I know people will find the book there. I understand that Amazon is not a great company and they have been pushing booksellers out of the business (along with the lowering numbers of the reading public and the big box bookstores), but poetry can be difficult to find. I think even in independent bookstores, booksellers are guided by what sells and unfortunatley poetry is not a huge seller. I have never tried Powell's before, btw, but I did find this book online there. So here's a link to the Powell's reference for her book. http://www.powells.com/biblio/72-9781571314260-0 Sorry for the long response, but it is something that I have grappled with. I think that’s a good point.

When I started PBC, I did my due dilligance and looked at all the independent bookstores in my city (Minneapolis, a mid-sized metro) and I always had difficulty finding the book. Then, I would go the big box bookstores and couldn’t find the book either. I finally would default to Amazon and find it there.

After a while, I honestly stopped trying to find poetry in brick-and-mortar stores. I buy other books from my local indies, or rent them from libraries, but I link to Amazon because I know people will find the book there. I understand that Amazon is not a great company and they have been pushing booksellers out of the business (along with the lowering numbers of the reading public and the big box bookstores), but poetry can be difficult to find. I think even in independent bookstores, booksellers are guided by what sells and unfortunatley poetry is not a huge seller.

I have never tried Powell’s before, btw, but I did find this book online there. So here’s a link to the Powell’s reference for her book. http://www.powells.com/biblio/72-9781571314260-0

Sorry for the long response, but it is something that I have grappled with.

]]> By: MamaShift http://readwritepoem.org/2008/04/03/poetry-book-club-a-review-of-deborah-keenan%e2%80%99s-willow-room-green-door/#comment-4688 MamaShift Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:14:34 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=122#comment-4688 I wish you could link to an independent bookseller. I wish you could link to an independent bookseller.

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