Clik here to view.
Guest Blogger and Author Luanne Castle!
Guest blogging at Phil Taylor’s today about FLASH NONFICTION! Thanks, Phil! The Phil Factor How did prose, namely flash nonfiction, end up in my new poetry chapbook Kin Types? The easiest way to think...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review: Kin Types by Luanne Castle
A new review up todayfor Kin Types. Diary of an Eccentric Source: Review copy from author Kin Types is the newest poetry collection by Luanne Castle in which she recreates the stories of her ancestors....
View ArticleA New Review Brings Up a Topic for Discussion
Today, a new review of Kin Types was published here at Jorie Loves a Story. This review is very cool in how she interprets so many of the poems. She shows a wonderful sense of what each piece is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Checking Out A Silver Lining
Before my father passed away, he and my mother wanted to get rid of their vacation club membership, but they couldn’t figure out how to do it and started to get all stressed out about it. They asked if...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Savvy Verse & Wit Review of KIN TYPES
Serena at Savvy Verse & Wit has given a lovely review of Kin Types. Her favorite poem of the collection is mine, too, about my great-grandmother Cora, “What Lies Inside.” Go HERE for the review....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fall Book Review: “Kin Types,” by Luanne Castle
Hope your Thanksgiving holiday has been a lovely one, if you celebrate. Robin gives Kin Types 4 out of 4 stars!!! Check out her review. witlessdatingafterfifty Weaving newspaper articles about family...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Interview about Poetry and Genealogy
Jorie at Jorie Loves a Story interviewed me on the topics of genealogy, poetry, and Kin Types. Her questions were so thought-provoking, and I really enjoyed where they took me! Check it out if you can....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Poetry Ancestry
Last week I went to see three grande dames of literature at Arizona State University: Joy Harjo, Rita Dove, and Sandra Cisneros, hosted by Natalie Diaz. These are writers whose works I taught to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Screws and Recipes
Last week wasn’t great. There were several reasons, but the problem with my car can summarize the whole week. Presumably somebody spilled a huge case of big screws out of their truck at a major...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Contribution to Women’s History Month
Let’s celebrate Women’s History Month! Here is a blog post I wrote on The Family Kalamazoo for this first day of Women’s History Month. The Family Kalamazoo Today kicks off Women’s History Month, which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exciting News about Kin Types
After Monday’s post was published, I learned that Kin Types was a finalist for the prestigious Eric Hoffer Award. It’s in stellar company. This recognition validates the work I did on the book and on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arkansas, America, and Art
Last week I told you about the great restaurant we found in the Ozarks, along the White River bank. But we did more than go to that restaurant. We kept my uncle going every day! It had been decades...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Here is the Sequel to Yesterday’s Blog Post
If you follow the link you can read the story I mentioned yesterday. The Story of What Happened in Chicago In Arkansas, America, and Art, I wrote that something occurred that made my uncle end up...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Six-Week Family History & Poetry Series at BROAD STREET MAGAZINE — The Family...
The different ways that family history and genealogy intersect with other aspects of the culture is growing. But I think this project might be a first for family history. Broad Street Magazine, which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When the Family Home Burned Down, 1902
I’m so jazzed to have an article about the aftermath of the fire at my relatives’ home in 1902 up at the wonderful creative nonfiction magazine, Broad Street! It’s week 4 of the 6 week series. This is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Author Kelli Donley on the Arizona Indian Schools
Recently, I read a suspenseful and engaging novel that gives context to a controversial piece of Arizona history: Counting Coup by Kelli Donley. I had met Kelli at the Phoenix MEET YOUR LITERARY...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Week Five at BROAD STREET Magazine: Wondering About A Violent and Mysterious...
Some of my relatives whose lives I wrote about in my chapbook Kin Types were heroic, but for week five at BROAD STREET magazine, I discuss the research for family history that is not heroic. Instead, I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Suanne Schafer on the Writing of A Different Kind of Fire
When I attended the Stanford online writing program, I met fellow writers with whom I’ve developed a lasting bond. One of my favorites was not even in my nonfiction program, but rather a fiction...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cats and Dogs and Poems, Oh My! And Mysteries, Too!
The American Academy of Poets welcomes in Women’s History Month (March) with this list of poems: “Batter My Heart, Transgender’d God” by Meg Day “The Soul selects her own Society (303)” by Emily...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sacrifice and Service
Sorry not sorry for blowing up your readers and/or email with my posts in the past week or so. I’ve never had so many poems published online in such a short space of time. It was just a fluke. Today...
View Article
