tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67975781864317361682024-03-19T07:05:28.901-04:00A Muted Blue Star MusesSabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.comBlogger184125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-91458380718311471632024-02-07T17:47:00.000-05:002024-02-07T17:47:33.907-05:00Review of David B. Prather's "Shouting at an Empty House"David B. Prather, Shouting at an Empty House (Sheila-na-Gig Editions, 2023) 96 pages, poetry, $16.00. Order here.David B. Prather is an accomplished Appalachian poet from Parkersburg, WV. This collection started reasonably well. It has some familiar and comfortable themes and images. But it wasn't long before I realised my mind had largely disengaged. These poems are too Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-67733102457660146482023-12-28T14:37:00.002-05:002023-12-28T14:39:52.322-05:00Watch Sabne Raznik at the Wadza International Festival (Digitally) on Facebook Watch Sabne Raznik read her poem "Of a Refugee" from the book "Linger to Look" (2015) at the Wadza International Festival in Morocco (digitally) at this link on Facebook. www.sabneraznik.comSabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-2153005839068651482023-12-16T16:08:00.006-05:002023-12-16T16:08:52.719-05:00Is(sue) 14 is live!Dear Kinfolk,Dave Sykes and I are proud to announce that Is(sue) 14 of AvantAppal(achia) went live on December 15, 2023! It is one of our best is(sues). There is a lot of work from South Korea this time. But we also have poetry, art, and fiction from several U.S. states, Ukraine, and Siberia. We have made several changes to the submission guidelines so be sure to read those on the Sub(Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-37795019058416923932023-11-01T13:04:00.000-04:002023-11-01T13:04:57.814-04:00Book Review of Sacha Archer's "Cellsea"Sacha Archer, Cellsea (Timglaset Editions, 2023) 80 pages, poetry, $12.00. Order here. This is a book of avant-garde poetry that is the genre "vispo": visual poetry. This is where poetry and visual art become one. It's a fascinating genre.But how to write a review on it? That is the challenge I agreed to take on.Sacha Archer and Timglaset Editions give us a fun, quirky little Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-59533950949137812412023-10-17T21:45:00.005-04:002023-10-17T21:47:00.707-04:002023 Wadza International Festival (Morocco) DigitallyIn December, I'll be participating in the 2023 Wadza International Festival in Taourirt, Morocco, digitally. I am honoured and excited to be invited to share a poem. Watch their Facebook page for more info as to exact date, time, and place to see the reading. Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-91068413588054179532023-08-01T17:53:00.000-04:002023-08-01T17:53:39.053-04:00Review of john compton's "blacked out borderline from an exponential crisis" john compton, blacked out borderline from an exponential crisis (Ethel Press, 2023) 54 pages, poetry, limited run of 60 copies, $10.00. Order here.On the whole, I'm a big fan of john compton's poetry, having read most of his oeuvre to date. There is something delightful and irresistible in the music of his phrases and the dagger-focus evident in each individual word. Each Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-19654059899957612082023-06-12T20:30:00.005-04:002023-06-12T20:30:44.886-04:00Is(sue) 13 is live! Dear Kinfolk, It’s a beautiful day! Why? Because Is(sue) 13 is live with all of your amazing work. The guidelines for Short Stories have changed, so be sure to check those out. And pop on over to the Arch(ive) to see which pieces from Is(sue) 12 were chosen for posterity. I would like to remind everybody that there have always been restrictions on impolite language, Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-42418273858205803482023-05-02T15:24:00.001-04:002023-05-02T15:24:26.894-04:00Introducing "Fingers/Dedos" Bilingual Selected Poems (English/Spanish) - Out Now! Released yesterday and available via Amazon! "Fingers/Dedos" Selected Poems, bilingual (English/Spanish), $10.00 USD.Sabne Raznik’s latest collection of poetry Fingers, Selected Poems / Dedos, Poemas Seleccionados contains four powerfully emotive poems (“The Bearded Prophet,” “Poetry,” “Through Our Skin,” and “Fingers”). The English original of each poem is followed by an Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-45802996241802066992022-12-22T20:22:00.009-05:002022-12-22T20:32:02.555-05:00Is(sue) 12 of AvantAppal(achia) is Live Kinfolk, Edi(tors) Sabne Raznik and David Sykes are pleased to unveil the latest is(sue) of AvantAppal(achia). We are spotlighting submissions from The U.S., Greece, India, Ireland, Australia, France, Siberia, and Belarus; seven countries in all. We sincerely hope you enjoy this collection of the weird and wonderful in the fields of art and writing and we hope to publish another Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-59304322595988571122022-11-20T17:38:00.005-05:002022-11-20T17:38:36.120-05:00Is(sue) 12 Deadline for AvantAppal(achia) EzineDear Kinfolk,It’s nearly time for a new is(sue) to go live again. That means this is your final reminder that the deadline for submissions to Is(sue) 12 is November 30, 2022. Send us your experimental poetry, art, and short stories.You will notice that the date for Is(sue) 12 to go live has been pushed forward a week to December 22, 2022. This is due to Sabne Raznik having scheduling conflicts Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-76311476135081704552022-11-11T22:11:00.001-05:002022-11-11T22:11:20.038-05:00Review of Scott Ferry's "The Long Blade of Days Ahead" Scott Ferry, The Long Blade of Days Ahead (Impspired, 2022) 122 pages, poetry, $9.99.This collection comes from those emotions or states of being we tend to struggle with integrating into our experience as humans. It starts with anxiety. Poems like "4/26":"so I better just be okbe ok be ok I better just be"set the tone. But it soon becomes apparent that the anxiety Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-88984063019905602032022-10-10T13:41:00.000-04:002022-10-10T13:41:15.806-04:00Book Review: "Why We Argue and How to Stop" by Jerry Manney Jerry Manney, Why We Argue and How to Stop: A Therapist’s Guide to Navigating Disagreements, Managing Emotions, and Creating Healthier Relationships (TCK Publishing, 2022) 175 pages, self-help, $19.99. At Amazon. https://jerrymanney.com/I'm not thrilled with self-help books, to be honest. Generally, they are too quickly read and forgotten. The real benefit comes Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-43691785540450909812022-06-20T15:16:00.004-04:002022-06-20T15:16:20.382-04:00North/South Appalachia Anthology Vol. 2 Submission CallCall for Poetry Submissions From North/South Appalachia! DEADLINE: July 30, 2022 The Watershed Journal Literary Group is joining Studio Appalachia and AvantAppal(achia) to publish a second anthology of Appalachian Poetry in the fall of 2022. Watershed/AvantAppal(achia)/Studio Appalachia poets are invited to submit up to five poems for consideration by the Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-39750704471757306852022-06-16T16:54:00.001-04:002022-06-16T16:54:11.810-04:00Is(sue) 11 of AvantAppal(achia) is live! Dear Kinfolk, Is(sue) 11 went live around 10 pm EDT on June 15, 2022. With this Is(sue), AvantAppal(achia) entered year 6. Thank you all very much! This is(sue) features 3 countries and 12 states. Almost all of Appalachia is represented and a number of other places as well, along with Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. You will also find chapter 4 of Jim Meirose’s mind-bending Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-33378548026435538062022-06-01T16:02:00.000-04:002022-06-01T16:02:02.531-04:00Wednesday Night Virtual Poetry Feature - May 11, 2022 Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-62130656755003918032022-06-01T15:44:00.000-04:002022-06-01T15:44:19.575-04:00Review: "Drinking Guinness With The Dead" by Justin HammJustin Hamm, Drinking Guinness With The Dead (Spartan Press, 2022) 163 pages, poetry, $15.00. At Amazon.Justin Hamm presents us with a selection of his poems from 2007 through 2021 in this amusingly titled volume. While Hamm is strongly based in the American mid-west (he lives in Mark Twain territory), he proves himself to be a strong poet of place wherever he is writing from.Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-13775293528591940522022-05-23T21:09:00.001-04:002022-05-23T21:09:21.095-04:00Interview! https://awesomegang.com/?p=1027721Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-77168782902781217462022-05-16T18:29:00.000-04:002022-05-16T18:29:12.312-04:00Deadline for Is(sue) 11 Dear Kinfolk,Our deadline for Is(sue) 11 is May 31, 2022. We need your avant garde, experimental, weird, fantastic poetry, short fiction, and art.Please look at the Guidelines on the website. Because of time constraints we will now have to automatically reject submissions that do not follow the Guidelines. Especially, we ask that you remember to include your state or country of current Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-73244029476583955032022-05-09T18:17:00.011-04:002022-05-09T18:18:37.018-04:00A(A) E-Reading #4: National Poetry Month Edition, April 29, 2022Featuring Rachel Neve Midbar, Justin Hamm, and John Compton. Hosted by David Sykes and Sabne Raznik. Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-51556381709576338862022-05-01T12:54:00.000-04:002022-05-01T12:54:00.822-04:00"Dreaming of Bono" Launched Today from VoiceLux"A little girl, a young lady, and a mature woman walk into a bar and order a pint of Guinness. Only the mature woman leaves.Why?Because "hope has wings" and only the mature woman has the experience enough to manipulate "the sadness in our will : the courage of noble righteous doomed, who defy and defy ... because we must, if only for those who lack the strength to fight". Because, as I told you, Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-85218678110619918902022-04-21T16:48:00.000-04:002022-04-21T16:48:14.875-04:00A(A) E-Reading #4: National Poetry Month EditionDear Kinfolk,This is just a reminder of our National Poetry Month reading coming up. This will happen on April 29, 2022 at 7 pm EDT. If you want to attend, register at EventBrite.https://www.eventbrite.com/.../aa-e-reading-4-national...Looking forward to seeing you there!Sincerely,Sabne RaznikPoetry/Art Edi(itor) Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-26803236987811859902022-04-08T21:03:00.002-04:002022-04-08T21:04:53.680-04:00The Modern Plague Years Special Is(sue) is live! Dear Kinfolk, The Modern Plague Years Special Is(sue) is live under the Special Is(sues) menu tab on www.avantappalachia.com! Thank you so much for sharing your work with us. If you did not receive a yay or nay email from us about your submission during this reading cycle, know that David Sykes and I have read it and decided it would better suit a regular is(sue) and kept it Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-6868449691371173322022-01-17T15:16:00.000-05:002022-01-17T15:16:04.922-05:00Review of Kai Coggin's "Mining for Stardust" Kai Coggin, Mining for Stardust (FlowerSong Press, 2021) 99 pages, poetry, $18.00. At FlowerSong Press.Kai Coggin's latest collection is modern confessional poetry. Here you will find no symbolism or imagery for its own sake. Every poem is straightforward, literal, and usually long. It leaves nothing to the imagination. These are COVID pandemic poems, a nearly chronological Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-15668976617506993482021-12-16T19:01:00.002-05:002022-01-16T16:09:53.709-05:00Is(sue) 10 is live, Youtube Channel, and Special Pandemic Is(sue) Dear Kinfolk, Lots to talk about at AvantAppal(achia): First off we wish to express our sorrow on hearing of the death of bell hooks. That is a blow, not only to Appalachia, but to the world. Secondly, Is(sue) 10 went live yesterday! We have some potent work from 3 countries and 14 states. The word is getting out and the quality of the work and the volume of submissions Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6797578186431736168.post-29211898337537453372021-12-09T17:33:00.000-05:002021-12-09T17:33:22.049-05:00Sabne Raznik reads Shreya Vikram’s “Sestina about the Colour of a Missin...Sabne Raznikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208219761134639853noreply@blogger.com0