by Andy Brown | Apr 23, 2021 | Writing Tools
beerriI experience long periods of time without any desire to write. As a full-time freelance writer, that’s very inconvenient, especially when I have a deadline to hit. And it’s not that I don’t have any desire to write. It’s more like, I...
by Andy Brown | Apr 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Two critical concepts are important to understanding Chinese poetry — feeling and scene. But those concepts didn’t spring spontaneously out of thin air. Pearl from the Dragon’s Mouth: Evocation of Feeling and Scene in Chinese Poetry by Cecile...
by Andy Brown | Apr 19, 2021 | Scrawl Place
I’m launching a litmag in November, 2021 called Scrawl Place. I’m not sure why. I doubt the world needs another litmag. If it does, it probably doesn’t need one from me. But that’s what I love about the litmag universe. Most litmags...
by Andy Brown | Apr 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
For the most part, I’m tired of reading traditional collections of lyric poems. I’m talking about the standard 64-112 page book that’s the bread-and-butter of most poetry publishers. These days, I’m drawn more to chapbooks, flash fiction,...
by Andy Brown | Apr 9, 2021 | Spiritual Labyrinths
This is from a project I work on sporadically, a series of “Spiritual Labyrinths” inspired by the Gestlicher Irrgartens that were popular with the Pennsylvania Dutch. I grew up in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, so the material culture there is something...
