by Cheryl Pallant | May 10, 2013 | performance, poetry, shaman
Every writer I know looks forward to clutching the hallmark of her achievement. A rectangular paginated object is proof of years of a verbal mind at work, the book a harvest of a writer’s dedication. We value concrete objects. We trust what we can hold and weigh in...
by Cheryl Pallant | Apr 17, 2013 | performance, poetry
When invited to read my poetry for the 40th anniversary and new location of Living Arts in Tulsa Oklahoma September 2009, I was in the country only a few weeks from a year working in S. Korea. The artistic director and a committee of artists of various disciplines...
by Cheryl Pallant | Aug 18, 2012 | performance
What is it about elevators that so disembodies us? We step into a small room and are whisked to new elevations which alters our attitude and usual signs of vitality. Our personalities pale, conversation halts, all movement abates. We enter a type of hibernation, our...
by Cheryl Pallant | Feb 11, 2011 | performance, poetry
The spillover effect of the AWP grows each year, more and more poets reading off-site. It’s gotten so you can avoid the conference entirely if you want and still have too many choices of venues. Highlights for me included hearing the Belladonna sponsored prose...
