not strictly pilot news

I've decided to pick some of the coldest cities on some of the coldest days of this year to go on a mini tour to celebrate the release of my chapbook, Start Here, published by the fabulous folks (okay, one gal, Jen Hyde, who is a whole team of fabulous) at Small Anchor Press. She did an incredible job with the book and I couldn't be happier with it. If you don't live in one of the colder states in the country (lucky you!), and hence won't have a chance to freeze your ass off to come hang out and hear me read (with a whole slew of fantastic poets, including Pilot Poet Joshua Marie Wilkinson, at the venues listed below), but still want to get a copy of the chap, you can do so here.

TOUR DATES AND PLACES:
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Friday, February 15, 2008
Columbus, OHIO

The OSU Writers' Guild welcomes MFA Poetry alums
Betsy Wheeler and Maggie Smith

The Commons Room, Ohio State campus (Denney Hall 311)
Q & A Session: 4:30 PM (DE311)
Reading: 7:00 PM (DE311)
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Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Lincoln, NEBRASKA

The Clean Part Reading Series
John Gallaher
Wayne Miller
Betsy Wheeler
7:00 pm. Sheldon Memorial Gallery
www.thecleanpart.blogspot.com
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Tuesday, Febuary 19th, 2008
Chicago, ILLINOIS

Series A:
Betsy Wheeler & Joshua Marie Wilkinson
All the readings will be held
at the Hyde Park Art Center.
7:00-8:00
5020 S. Cornell Avenue
Chicago, IL

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Thanks...

thanks to all of you who stopped by our bookfair table -- whether to say hello, peruse the books, buy some, or become a subscriber. we love you all. thanks to all of the incredible small (or larger and independently-minded) presses and mags who make the bookfair the best part of the awp conference. and especial thanks to small fires press and factory hollow press for being the best table-mates imaginable. see everyone next year in chicago. xoxo

reading period for Pilot #3 now in session...

We will be taking submissions for Pilot #3 during the month of February. Please send up to 3 pages of poems (in the case of a longer piece, please query us before sending) to submissionsATpilotpoetry.com. As always we welcome collaborative work, lyric essays, and chapbook reviews.

Thanks everyone!