tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post4935165027484845195..comments2024-02-05T15:01:44.563-05:00Comments on Cleveland Poetics: a place for cleveland's writers and readers: Cat Valente Wins Rhyslingmichael salingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717310933948991992noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-37518885515558885172008-07-22T14:08:00.000-04:002008-07-22T14:08:00.000-04:00I have to admit I'd never heard of Cat Valente unt...I have to admit I'd never heard of Cat Valente until this posting. I've now added her to my list of writers to check out when I catch up. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-17155577684754293032008-07-21T16:18:00.000-04:002008-07-21T16:18:00.000-04:00Buy this book! You won't be sorry. Valente'...Buy this book! You won't be sorry. Valente's award-winning poem "The Seven Devils of Central California" is also available in her amazing poetry collection "A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects." The book includes a number of incredible, original pieces that only Valente could have written and which Mike Allen has referred to as "stunning objets d'art, built from exhilarating language, that never flinch from painful truths." Check it out:<BR/>http://www.catherynnemvalente.com/poetry/fragile_dialects/<BR/><BR/>Rock & roll & write on,<BR/>J.E. StanleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5641117771707843067.post-69934714136015542422008-07-20T23:21:00.000-04:002008-07-20T23:21:00.000-04:00Super congrats to Cat-- it's an award well deserve...Super congrats to Cat-- it's an award well deserved.<BR/><BR/>For those interested in SF poetry-- and I have to admit it's a pretty esoteric taste-- the Rhysling anthology (with poems by several other Cleveland poets, as well as several poems by Cat) can be found at <A HREF="http://www.sfpoetry.com/rhysling.html" REL="nofollow">the SFPA site</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com