The Austin Salon Poetic meets on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month at Metal and Lace Club, 720 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78701; 7:30 PM CST Already about a year has swung by since first dreaming up the idea of The Austin Salon Poetic. Another venue, another voice in the Austin poetry … Continue reading The Austin Salon Poetic Retrospective
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Virgogray Press at the 21st Annual Austin International Poetry Festival
I've been attending the Austin International Poetry Festival semi-consistently for the past decade. The festival is truly a staple, a cornerstone of the Austin poetry scene. The Austin International Poetry Festival began twenty-one years ago. In fact, this year's theme was "Lucky 21" because, as board members remarked, this year "we were lucky" to have … Continue reading Virgogray Press at the 21st Annual Austin International Poetry Festival
Closing 2012 – Intentions for 2013
Good evening. I hope everyone is well at the time of this writing. It has been a crazy year, 2012, that showed very fruitful for poetry and Virgogray Press. Having released several collections, and gratefully with the humble returns of poets like Suzi Olmsted, Justin Blackburn and Chris D'Errico, a core has begun to … Continue reading Closing 2012 – Intentions for 2013