Writing With a Broken Tusk

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Writing With a Broken Tusk began in 2006 as a blog about overlapping geographies, personal and real-world, and writing books for children. The blog name refers to the mythical pact made between the poet Vyaasa and the Hindu elephant headed god Ganesha who was his scribe during the composition of the Mahabharata. It also refers to my second published book, edited by the generous and brilliant Diantha Thorpe of Linnet Books/The Shoe String Press, published in 1996, acquired and republished by August House and still miraculously in print.

(Dis)Organizing a Draft, Part 2
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(Dis)Organizing a Draft, Part 2

As I work my way through drafts of the opening chapters of the nonfiction book that is my current work in progress, I find myself needing to read—Ted Kooser’s slim little volume of practical advice to poets, The Poetry Home Repair Manual:

Why this particular craft book when poetry is not what I am writing?

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