Comments on: read write interview: beth adams and dave bonta http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/ Mon, 03 May 2010 01:01:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Announcing Our Second Annual Poetry Chapbook Contest « qarrtsiluni http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-13717 Announcing Our Second Annual Poetry Chapbook Contest « qarrtsiluni Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:03:17 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-13717 [...] and to read what Pamela Johnson Parker had to say about putting together her winning collection. An interview about the chapbook contest process, with qarrtsiluni editors Dave Bonta and Beth Adams, was [...] [...] and to read what Pamela Johnson Parker had to say about putting together her winning collection. An interview about the chapbook contest process, with qarrtsiluni editors Dave Bonta and Beth Adams, was [...]

]]> By: an ache is an ache is an ache: a review of qarrtsiluni’s winning chapbook « carolee sherwood http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-12114 an ache is an ache is an ache: a review of qarrtsiluni’s winning chapbook « carolee sherwood Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:34:48 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-12114 [...] Sherry Chandler’s here and Robbi Nester’s here. And a terrific and related read is the RWP interview of Dave and Beth about their publishing [...] [...] Sherry Chandler’s here and Robbi Nester’s here. And a terrific and related read is the RWP interview of Dave and Beth about their publishing [...]

]]> By: A Walk Through the Memory Palace - Blog reviews, a nomination and an interview http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11332 A Walk Through the Memory Palace - Blog reviews, a nomination and an interview Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:35:29 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11332 [...] her review, Chandler referenced a recent interview conducted by Dana Guthrie Martin with Dave and Beth about our experiences publishing a chapbook. [...] [...] her review, Chandler referenced a recent interview conducted by Dana Guthrie Martin with Dave and Beth about our experiences publishing a chapbook. [...]

]]> By: Sherry Chandler » Blog Archive » “a heat-slick valentine” http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11329 Sherry Chandler » Blog Archive » “a heat-slick valentine” Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:49:40 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11329 [...] an interview at readwritepoem, Beth Adams explains qarrtsiluni’s publishing philosophy: Three things seem evident: 1. [...] [...] an interview at readwritepoem, Beth Adams explains qarrtsiluni’s publishing philosophy: Three things seem evident: 1. [...]

]]> By: Dave Bonta http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11238 Dave Bonta Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:06:19 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11238 That's interesting. I hadn't heard that reaction. I wonder if part of their objection might not stem from the fact that some chapbooks cost as much as a full-length paperback? That’s interesting. I hadn’t heard that reaction. I wonder if part of their objection might not stem from the fact that some chapbooks cost as much as a full-length paperback?

]]> By: Jessie Carty http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11237 Jessie Carty Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:35:49 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11237 I love your approach to discussing becoming chapbook publishers. My one issue with chapbooks - and I have two out - is that non-poetry readers don't want to purchase them as much, they want the full length book. But, poets, love the chapbook. Just an interesting issue. I love your approach to discussing becoming chapbook publishers. My one issue with chapbooks – and I have two out – is that non-poetry readers don’t want to purchase them as much, they want the full length book. But, poets, love the chapbook.

Just an interesting issue.

]]> By: bill http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11235 bill Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:23:49 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11235 <i>Similes</i>, I mean to say! Similes, I mean to say!

]]> By: bill http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11234 bill Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:22:23 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11234 Great read as described: sparkling. (Dave, way to put your foot through the scenery with the sex similies!) Great read as described: sparkling. (Dave, way to put your foot through the scenery with the sex similies!)

]]> By: Kristen McHenry http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11211 Kristen McHenry Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:19:06 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11211 Thanks, Beth! I was fine with the reading fee for this contest; it seemed fair to me, and it was a lot lower than most. I appreciated how you talked about it on your website and explained how it would be used, and I felt like I could send it off in good faith and it would be used with integrity. I sort of looked at it the way I would look at donating to a non-profit. That having been said, and while I totally understand the need for small presses to charge a fee...reading fees do get very frustrating sometimes. They really start to add up, and I've become really careful about what I'm willing to pay to enter now. Several contests I entered around the same time as qarrsiluni's charged far higher fees, didn't bother to explain why or what they were going to be used for, never sent me a reply, a confirmation of receipt, or notification of the results, and one didn't even respond to my e-mail. After six months, I had go and find the results myself, which were buried on their website. It left me sort of cold; like, basically, I just funded the publication of someone else's book, and got nothing out of it. I recognize the need for small presses to charge fees, but I hate feeling taken advantage of. When they just demand money, cash my check, and ignore me...that ticks me off. I start to feel like it's a scam. I don't know what the solution is, but I do feel like you handled the situation well at qarrtsiluni. Thanks, Beth! I was fine with the reading fee for this contest; it seemed fair to me, and it was a lot lower than most. I appreciated how you talked about it on your website and explained how it would be used, and I felt like I could send it off in good faith and it would be used with integrity. I sort of looked at it the way I would look at donating to a non-profit.

That having been said, and while I totally understand the need for small presses to charge a fee…reading fees do get very frustrating sometimes. They really start to add up, and I’ve become really careful about what I’m willing to pay to enter now. Several contests I entered around the same time as qarrsiluni’s charged far higher fees, didn’t bother to explain why or what they were going to be used for, never sent me a reply, a confirmation of receipt, or notification of the results, and one didn’t even respond to my e-mail. After six months, I had go and find the results myself, which were buried on their website. It left me sort of cold; like, basically, I just funded the publication of someone else’s book, and got nothing out of it.

I recognize the need for small presses to charge fees, but I hate feeling taken advantage of. When they just demand money, cash my check, and ignore me…that ticks me off. I start to feel like it’s a scam. I don’t know what the solution is, but I do feel like you handled the situation well at qarrtsiluni.

]]> By: Beth Adams http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11210 Beth Adams Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:36:05 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11210 Kristen, I'm glad the contest felt well-run to you; thanks for encouraging poets to try next year. We tried hard! It underscores our "problem" with contests that we weren't able to publish the two runners-up, your own chapbook "The Goatfish Alphabet" and Chella Courington's "Paper Covers Rock" as well, because both certainly deserved it. How did you feel about the $10 reading fee? Publishing projects are supported by sales and fees, for better or worse -- if we could charge more we could publish more, but we don't want to turn off potential submitters. What do people think about reading fee prices? What's fair? Kristen, I’m glad the contest felt well-run to you; thanks for encouraging poets to try next year. We tried hard! It underscores our “problem” with contests that we weren’t able to publish the two runners-up, your own chapbook “The Goatfish Alphabet” and Chella Courington’s “Paper Covers Rock” as well, because both certainly deserved it. How did you feel about the $10 reading fee? Publishing projects are supported by sales and fees, for better or worse — if we could charge more we could publish more, but we don’t want to turn off potential submitters. What do people think about reading fee prices? What’s fair?

]]> By: Beth http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11209 Beth Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:24:29 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11209 Thanks to everyone for this very supportive feedback, both on what we talked about in the interview and about qarrtsiluni in general - Dave and I appreciate it a lot! And thanks to Dana and the RWP staff for conducting, editing and running the interview in the first place. Hats off to you all for what you're doing here! Thanks to everyone for this very supportive feedback, both on what we talked about in the interview and about qarrtsiluni in general – Dave and I appreciate it a lot! And thanks to Dana and the RWP staff for conducting, editing and running the interview in the first place. Hats off to you all for what you’re doing here!

]]> By: Ivy http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11207 Ivy Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:42:34 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11207 Wonderful interview, Beth and Dave! Very sparky and spunky, too. More power to your ink. :-) Wonderful interview, Beth and Dave! Very sparky and spunky, too. More power to your ink. :-)

]]> By: Jean http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11206 Jean Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:31:46 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11206 What a fantastically lucid, informative and enjoyable interview - and what an inspiration you all are! I'm right behind the vision of the future for small-scale publishing embodied by Qarrtsiluni, by Mutating the Signature and by much that features at ReadWritePoem. What a fantastically lucid, informative and enjoyable interview – and what an inspiration you all are! I’m right behind the vision of the future for small-scale publishing embodied by Qarrtsiluni, by Mutating the Signature and by much that features at ReadWritePoem.

]]> By: Kristen McHenry http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11203 Kristen McHenry Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:27:09 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11203 Great, informative interview! I think that qarrtsiluni is one of the most innovative publications out there. They represent a wide range of voices, and have published some really great work that I think a lot of other publications wouldn't have taken a chance on. I'd highly recommend entering their next competition--qarrtsiluni's was very well run; great communication throughout, and it was clear that Beth and Dave were very concerned with integrity. And if you can, treat yourself and order "A Walk Through the Memory Palace"--it's very high quality--both the book itself and the content. Great, informative interview! I think that qarrtsiluni is one of the most innovative publications out there. They represent a wide range of voices, and have published some really great work that I think a lot of other publications wouldn’t have taken a chance on. I’d highly recommend entering their next competition–qarrtsiluni’s was very well run; great communication throughout, and it was clear that Beth and Dave were very concerned with integrity. And if you can, treat yourself and order “A Walk Through the Memory Palace”–it’s very high quality–both the book itself and the content.

]]> By: Dana Guthrie Martin http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11202 Dana Guthrie Martin Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:17:20 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11202 Dick, word to the motha. Dick, word to the motha.

]]> By: Dick http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11198 Dick Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:20:43 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11198 Good to see a wider readership having the opportunity to see why so many of us are fiercely loyal to the most innovative arts mag online. Good to see a wider readership having the opportunity to see why so many of us are fiercely loyal to the most innovative arts mag online.

]]> By: Nathan http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11197 Nathan Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:40:04 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11197 Great interview. "Poetry should be free." -- You don't encounter ideas like that often enough. Great interview. “Poetry should be free.” — You don’t encounter ideas like that often enough.

]]> By: Dave and Beth’s excellent chapbook adventure, and Dana and Nathan’s far-from-bogus collaborative journey | Via Negativa http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11196 Dave and Beth’s excellent chapbook adventure, and Dana and Nathan’s far-from-bogus collaborative journey | Via Negativa Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:15:01 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11196 [...] Read Write Poem, Dana Guthrie Martin has interviewed Beth Adams and me about our experiences publishing a chapbook — check it out. As with our live podcasts at [...] [...] Read Write Poem, Dana Guthrie Martin has interviewed Beth Adams and me about our experiences publishing a chapbook — check it out. As with our live podcasts at [...]

]]> By: Joyce Ellen Davis http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11194 Joyce Ellen Davis Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:55:34 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11194 Good interviews. Wish I'd had these before I did my workshop a while back.... Thanks for a fun read! Good interviews. Wish I’d had these before I did my workshop a while back….

Thanks for a fun read!

]]> By: Dana Guthrie Martin http://readwritepoem.org/blog/2009/11/30/read-write-interview-beth-adams-and-dave-bonta/comment-page-1/#comment-11193 Dana Guthrie Martin Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:46:17 +0000 http://readwritepoem.org/?p=7944#comment-11193 Agreed. I ache to see this blend of integrity and inventive use of technology in all publishing endeavors. Agreed. I ache to see this blend of integrity and inventive use of technology in all publishing endeavors.

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