Friday, January 11, 2013

Leigh Herrick Interview

Leigh Herrick discusses poetry and her new book, HOME FRONT: Poems of the Bush II Years, with Tom Cassidy. They make a number of references to Minneapolis and the Twin Cities, MN, USA, for those of you not familiar with the area.








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 Leigh Herrick and Tom Cassidy are both regular contributors to this blog. Both will also appear in AlteredScale.com issue 3, out in March.

Tom Cassidy's written and drawn works have appeared in hundreds of smallpress and mainstream publications, as well as galleries and museums around the world. His works are archived in dozens of art institutions, often under his own name. With John Bennett and Scott Helmes, he co-edited Vispoeology (2007), an international anthology of visual literature for the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, where he also co-curated None of the Above in 2009. In 1976, Tom co-founded the Portland performance poetry troupe The Impossibilists, who were reunited in April, 2008, for a series of shows by the Oregon Heritage Commission. He is currently a board member, performer, and curator for Cheap Theatre and Patrick’s Cabaret.

Leigh Herrick is an engaged poet, writer, and recording artist who trains in Middle Eastern and Afro-Caribbean hand drumming.  She has produced two CD's: JUST WAR and MONOCLE MAN, and is at work on a third.  Herrick ’s poetry has won numerous awards and she is a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee.  Her newly released book is HOME FRONT: Poems of the Bush II Years.  For more information please visit www.LeighHerrick.com 

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