Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Petaluma Poetry Walk
15the Annual Petaluma Poetry Walk
September 19, 2010
11 am- 8pm
...
Schedule for the Eugene Ruggles Memorial Reading
PHOENIX THEATER -- 4 pm
Host: Delia Moon
Eugene Ruggles memorial, hosted by Delia Moon, publisher of Eugene Ruggles’ The Roads of Bread: Collected Works (Petaluma River Press, 2010). Michelle Baynes, Geri DiGiorno, Sharon Doubiago, Will Holst and Carl Macki will read some of Eugene’s poems.
Eugene Ruggles, 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, The Lifeguard In The Snow (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.
PETALUMA RIVER PRESS
Delia Moon, is publisher of the forthcoming The Roads of Bread: Collected Work of Eugene Ruggles.
She invites you to visit the PETALUMA RIVER PRESS.
To leave comments, please email her at the address listed on the page.
She invites you to visit the PETALUMA RIVER PRESS.
To leave comments, please email her at the address listed on the page.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Ruggles' Collected Poems Ready to Be Released Soon
Friday, June 12, 2009
About the Poems of Eugene Ruggles by Mike Tuggle
About the Poems of Eugene Ruggles
Muriel Rukeyser put it succinctly in a blurb on the back of his only book:
These poems have been gathering power and music until The Lifeguard in the Snow is here in full mastery. Intimate courageous, wester, it is a fresh gift to American Poetry.
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.
It can truly be said of Eugene Ruggles that all of his poems are love poems.
link to Lifeguard in the Snow at Amazon
Muriel Rukeyser put it succinctly in a blurb on the back of his only book:
These poems have been gathering power and music until The Lifeguard in the Snow is here in full mastery. Intimate courageous, wester, it is a fresh gift to American Poetry.
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.
It can truly be said of Eugene Ruggles that all of his poems are love poems.
link to Lifeguard in the Snow at Amazon
Friday, April 04, 2008
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Progress On Gene's Manuscript
The University of Pittsburgh Press has said to Ruggles literary executor Delia Moon they are not interested republishing The Lifeguard in the Snow, as they did publish it as part of Pitt Poetry Series in 1977.
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."
Sunday, August 12, 2007
The Philip Levine Prize in Poetry
The Philip Levine Prize in Poetry is open to all poets except current
or former students or faculty of California State University, Fresno.
$1500 prize and publication by Anhinga Press
Postmark Deadline: 9/30/07
Final Judge: C.G. Hanzlicek
The contest is named for poet Philip Levine who was the final judge in
2001, 2002, 2005. Philip Levine taught at California State
University, Fresno for many years and is one of the most highly
honored American poets. He has published 16 books of poems, several
volumes of translations and two collections of essays. His list of
honors includes two National Book Awards, two National Book Critics
Circle Awards, the American Book Award, the Ruth Lily Poetry Prize for
Distinguished Poetic Achievement, and the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
Previous Winners: Lynn Chandhok, Roxane Beth Johnson, Steve Gehrke, Fleda Brown
2007 Guidelines
Manuscript should be original poetry, not previously published in book
form, 48-80 pages. Include two manuscript title pages: one with name
and contact information and one with the name of the manuscript ONLY.
Manuscripts will be screened and judged anonymously. The entry fee is
$25. Checks should be made out to "CSU Fresno Levine Prize." Please
bind your manuscript with a binder clip only and mail by 9/30/07
(postmark deadline) to:
Philip Levine Prize in Poetry
CSUF English Department
5425 N. Backer Ave. MS PB98
Fresno, CA 93740-8001
E-mail mfafresno@cvip. net or connieh@csufresno. edu for more information.
Also : http://www.csufresno.edu/crwr
Steven Church
Assistant Professor of English
California State University, Fresno
__._,_.___
or former students or faculty of California State University, Fresno.
$1500 prize and publication by Anhinga Press
Postmark Deadline: 9/30/07
Final Judge: C.G. Hanzlicek
The contest is named for poet Philip Levine who was the final judge in
2001, 2002, 2005. Philip Levine taught at California State
University, Fresno for many years and is one of the most highly
honored American poets. He has published 16 books of poems, several
volumes of translations and two collections of essays. His list of
honors includes two National Book Awards, two National Book Critics
Circle Awards, the American Book Award, the Ruth Lily Poetry Prize for
Distinguished Poetic Achievement, and the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
Previous Winners: Lynn Chandhok, Roxane Beth Johnson, Steve Gehrke, Fleda Brown
2007 Guidelines
Manuscript should be original poetry, not previously published in book
form, 48-80 pages. Include two manuscript title pages: one with name
and contact information and one with the name of the manuscript ONLY.
Manuscripts will be screened and judged anonymously. The entry fee is
$25. Checks should be made out to "CSU Fresno Levine Prize." Please
bind your manuscript with a binder clip only and mail by 9/30/07
(postmark deadline) to:
Philip Levine Prize in Poetry
CSUF English Department
5425 N. Backer Ave. MS PB98
Fresno, CA 93740-8001
E-mail mfafresno@cvip. net or connieh@csufresno. edu for more information.
Also : http://www.csufresno.edu/crwr
Steven Church
Assistant Professor of English
California State University, Fresno
__._,_.___
The Courage to Love, by Eugene Ruggles
The Courage to Love
Ruggles, Eugene.
Bookseller:
Michael Good - Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
P.O. Box 521
Woodacre, CA 94973
P: Michael D. Good
Tel: (415) 488-9057
mgoodbooks@aol.com
US$ 10.00
Folio broadside poem measuring 8 1/2 x 16 inches. Printed on beige paper. Fine copy. Bookseller Inventory # 04870
LINK: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&an=eugene+ruggles&y=0&x=0
ABEBOOKS: The Lifeguard in the Snow copies for sale listings:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?tn=the+lifeguard+in+the+snow&sts=t&an=eugene+ruggles&y=0&x=0
Ruggles, Eugene.
Bookseller:
Michael Good - Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
P.O. Box 521
Woodacre, CA 94973
P: Michael D. Good
Tel: (415) 488-9057
mgoodbooks@aol.com
US$ 10.00
Folio broadside poem measuring 8 1/2 x 16 inches. Printed on beige paper. Fine copy. Bookseller Inventory # 04870
LINK: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&an=eugene+ruggles&y=0&x=0
ABEBOOKS: The Lifeguard in the Snow copies for sale listings:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?tn=the+lifeguard+in+the+snow&sts=t&an=eugene+ruggles&y=0&x=0
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