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This is a blog about healing.carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14880830.post-86804956294887134922012-06-26T01:07:00.001-07:002012-06-26T01:19:55.564-07:00Coffee Catz, Sebastopol, CA July 13th 7:30-9:30pm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWfs3hkJLdNzCEfPy9d4feiLPeRmWn99xcKh9NLhFvLVnfNmXg-s0rclcCFjnE65YLaMau0nhAAZTmk6zGrLAOKBxHcU_eFGnGnW4SGgRJYuVIcUGK3WZLNB79Aj2c-LlSMRHKg/s1600/correctedcoffeecatz.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWfs3hkJLdNzCEfPy9d4feiLPeRmWn99xcKh9NLhFvLVnfNmXg-s0rclcCFjnE65YLaMau0nhAAZTmk6zGrLAOKBxHcU_eFGnGnW4SGgRJYuVIcUGK3WZLNB79Aj2c-LlSMRHKg/s400/correctedcoffeecatz.jpg" width="309" /></a>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14880830.post-42319108320965884202012-04-30T14:41:00.002-07:002012-04-30T14:47:31.729-07:00Eugene Reading at Bob Kaufman Birthday Party<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Jt7XUm4nWd0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14880830.post-38890961081628939502012-02-06T10:56:00.000-08:002012-02-06T13:14:22.400-08:00<span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This link to the <a href="http://poetryflash.org/">Poetry Flash</a> "Shaman" review by Richard Silberg of <em style="text-align: left;">Roads of Bread</em><span style="text-align: left;">, Petaluma River Press, P.O. Box 146, Bodega, CA 94922, 2009, 230 pages, $22.00 paperback;</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><a href="http://www.petalumariverpress.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">www.petalumariverpress.com.</a> <a href="http://poetryflash.org/reviews/?p=SILBERG-Shaman-RUGGLES_Roads_of_Bread">http://poetryflash.org/reviews/?p=SILBERG-Shaman-RUGGLES_Roads_of_Bread</a>--here's how the review begins. . ."</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> "EUGENE RUGGLES shines in singularity. The feel of his genius is rough-hewn, homemade. You could call him a cross between Dylan Thomas and Philip Levine, and that would be useful, clever, but nowhere near the full truth of his writing. . ."</span>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14880830.post-12174203743112086962011-07-24T10:59:00.000-07:002011-07-24T10:59:56.521-07:00Poem about Ruggles<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Link to poem I am reading at the Eugene Ruggles reading July 24th, 2011.</span>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14880830.post-20779876634553624962011-07-18T04:53:00.000-07:002011-07-18T04:53:04.963-07:00Reading at Bird and Beckett, August 24th<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Our beloved <span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Will</span> passed from this life yesterday at 1:40 pm at Svend and Charity's home in Roseville. Both Amelia and I were at his bedside looking at him. He just stopped breathing. His passing was absolutely peaceful. The hospice nurse was there a minute or two later.</span></div><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We had had to move him on Sunday because on Saturday evening he suddenly sat up, got up, took a few steps and fell. It was the last strength he had. Svend returned for the night and kept him from getting up. I drove him in my car for his last trip. He watched the road for a little while and then slept.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He told Svend Saturday night that he was going to pass soon.</span></div><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Will</span> donated his body to UCSF (Univ. of Ca. San Francisco) Department of Anatomy. They came dressed in black suits and were very formal and respectful.</span></div><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can't speak for the rest of the family, but I am all right and <span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">will</span> be all right. I know he's free now. </span></div><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="il" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Will</span>'s grandson, Atticus, is having a hard time with this. He'll be 3 on the 30th. He wanted to go get his grandpa back and fix him. So Charity is sad for both her son's loss and the loss of her father-in-law.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'll probably write again to let you know of any memorial plans, It's early now and there is much to do.</span></div><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I must tell you that I could not have made it through these two years without all of your notes and calls and love and prayers. I am not kidding. This was bigger than I was. I got pressed to my max at times, and I've been aware of being infused with strength that wasn't mine. Thank you so very much again. May it be returned to you when you need it.</span></div>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14880830.post-23653630470106233242011-05-29T19:29:00.000-07:002011-05-29T19:29:56.605-07:00YouTube - Red Russian Army Choir & Leningrad Cowboys - Delilah<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhIMEMDYxZE">YouTube - Red Russian Army Choir & Leningrad Cowboys - Delilah</a>: "http://youtu.be/NhIMEMDYxZE"carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14880830.post-91599695537560525222011-05-29T12:02:00.000-07:002011-05-29T12:08:21.474-07:00Unbound<div>Just a topic that bears mightily on an e-book edition of <i>Roads of Bread</i>, perhaps. </div>Gene would never consider him a celebrity author, even though he was widely celebrated and admired.<br />
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Out of Print--Limited Availabilitycarlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14880830.post-56250181990794561542010-06-30T11:22:00.000-07:002010-06-30T11:22:53.972-07:00Poetry Reading and Art Auction July 10 2-7pm Pelican Gallery Petaluma – Geri Digiorno and the Petaluma Poetry Walk - Petaluma 360 - Petaluma, CA - Archive<a href="http://geri-digiorno.blogs.petaluma360.com/10595/poetry-reading-and-art-auction-july-10-2-7pm-pelican-gallery-petaluma/">Poetry Reading and Art Auction July 10 2-7pm Pelican Gallery Petaluma – Geri Digiorno and the Petaluma Poetry Walk - Petaluma 360 - Petaluma, CA - Archive</a>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14880830.post-57146554069297244712010-06-08T23:50:00.000-07:002010-06-08T23:50:50.876-07:00Petaluma Poetry Walk<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">15the Annual Petaluma Poetry Walk</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">September 19, 2010</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">11 am- 8pm</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">...</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><b>Eugene Ruggles memorial, </b>hosted by Delia Moon, publisher of Eugene Ruggles’ <i>The Roads of Bread: Collected Works</i> (Petaluma River Press, 2010)<b>. </b>Michelle Baynes, Geri DiGiorno, Sharon Doubiago, Will Holst and Carl Macki will read some of Eugene’s poems.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: small;"><b>Eugene Ruggles</b>, a poet of great heart best described as “a wanderer in search of the American conscience,” was born December 4, 1935 in Pontiac, Michigan and died in Petaluma, California June 3, 2004. A tireless promoter of the art of poetry and a staunch supporter of all of its practitioners, Eugene Ruggles organized hundreds of well-attended poetry readings to support the causes of youth, peace and justice he believed in so passionately. His book, <i>The Lifeguard In The Snow </i>(University of Pittsburgh Press Pitt Poetry Series 1977) won the Great Lakes Colleges Association Award in Poetry for 1978, and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.</span>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14880830.post-51135492186890704642010-06-08T18:33:00.000-07:002010-06-08T23:35:17.699-07:00PETALUMA RIVER PRESS<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Delia Moon, is publisher of the forthcoming </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The Roads of Bread: Collected Work of Eugene Ruggles</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">. </span></span><br />
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Intimate courageous, wester, it is a fresh gift to American Poetry.</span><br /><br />Re-reading this collection thirty-one years after its publication, this is still true. And I suspect it will be a fresh gift thirty years from now.<br /><br />It can truly be said of Eugene Ruggles that all of his poems are love poems.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0822952815/ref=sr_1_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244839535&sr=8-1">link</a> to Lifeguard in the Snow at Amazoncarlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14880830.post-20017657245402719702008-04-04T16:06:00.000-07:002008-04-04T16:08:04.743-07:00Website for Gene<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Hurrah! Delia Moon has started a web page for Gene.</span><br /><a href="http://www.eugeneruggles.com/about.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">http://www.eugeneruggles.com/about.html</span></a>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14880830.post-31052473647212361232008-01-16T12:06:00.000-08:002008-01-16T12:16:20.221-08:00Progress On Gene's Manuscript<span style="font-family:verdana;"><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="FONT-SIZE: 85%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana">The University of Pittsburgh Press has said to Ruggles literary executor Delia Moon they are not interested republishing <em>The Lifeguard in the Snow</em>, as they did publish it as part of Pitt Poetry Series in 1977. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 85%; FONT-FAMILY: verdana">Delia is requesting that they verify this; and if so, she may submit it to another publisher; or reprint it herself, in a limited edition format; and "then as part of a trilogy with two other manuscripts of his."</span><br /><br /><br /></span></span></p>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14880830.post-45424170135827898402007-08-12T15:00:00.000-07:002007-08-12T15:04:49.176-07:00The Philip Levine Prize in Poetry<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> The Philip Levine Prize in Poetry is open to all poets except current</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> or former students or faculty of California State University, Fresno.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> $1500 prize and publication by Anhinga Press</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Postmark Deadline: 9/30/07</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Final Judge: C.G. Hanzlicek</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> The contest is named for poet Philip Levine who was the final judge in</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 2001, 2002, 2005. Philip Levine taught at California State</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> University, Fresno for many years and is one of the most highly</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> honored American poets. He has published 16 books of poems, several</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> volumes of translations and two collections of essays. His list of</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> honors includes two National Book Awards, two National Book Critics</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Circle Awards, the American Book Award, the Ruth Lily Poetry Prize for</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Distinguished Poetic Achievement, and the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Previous Winners: Lynn Chandhok, Roxane Beth Johnson, Steve Gehrke, Fleda Brown</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 2007 Guidelines</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Manuscript should be original poetry, not previously published in book</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> form, 48-80 pages. Include two manuscript title pages: one with name</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> and contact information and one with the name of the manuscript ONLY.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Manuscripts will be screened and judged anonymously. The entry fee is</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> $25. Checks should be made out to "CSU Fresno Levine Prize." Please</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> bind your manuscript with a binder clip only and mail by 9/30/07</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> (postmark deadline) to:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Philip Levine Prize in Poetry</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> CSUF English Department</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> 5425 N. Backer Ave. MS PB98</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Fresno, CA 93740-8001</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> E-mail </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:mfafresno%40cvip.net">mfafresno@cvip. net</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> or </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:connieh%40csufresno.edu">connieh@csufresno. edu</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> for more information.<br />Also : <a href="http://www.csufresno.edu/crwr">http://www.csufresno.edu/crwr</a><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Steven Church</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Assistant Professor of English</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> California State University, Fresno</span></span> <br /> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <span style="color: white;">__._,_.___</span>carlmackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03135557806241986199noreply@blogger.com1