http://dougist.com Douglas Barone Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:06:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://dougist.com/2010/09/writerly_exercise/ http://dougist.com/2010/09/writerly_exercise/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:14:05 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=1540 http://dougist.com/2010/09/writerly_exercise/feed/ 0 http://dougist.com/2010/07/new-york-state-summer-writers-institute/ http://dougist.com/2010/07/new-york-state-summer-writers-institute/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:09:46 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=1468 http://dougist.com/2010/07/new-york-state-summer-writers-institute/feed/ 0 http://dougist.com/2010/05/flarf-wsj/ http://dougist.com/2010/05/flarf-wsj/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 20:24:18 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=1342 Sharon Mesmer, Flarf, The Wall Street Journal, Page One. There really isn’t any more that I can say….Poetry makes the big time. Click through for the evidence.]]> http://dougist.com/2010/05/flarf-wsj/feed/ 0 http://dougist.com/2010/03/ten-books/ http://dougist.com/2010/03/ten-books/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:28:04 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=1288 http://dougist.com/2010/03/ten-books/feed/ 1 http://dougist.com/2010/01/mymfa-a-two-year-writer%e2%80%99s-development-program/ http://dougist.com/2010/01/mymfa-a-two-year-writer%e2%80%99s-development-program/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:18:57 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=752 myMFA, it’s outlined in detail, along with the schedule of how I implemented it in 2009 and 2010, after the jump…]]> http://dougist.com/2010/01/mymfa-a-two-year-writer%e2%80%99s-development-program/feed/ 2 http://dougist.com/2009/06/sharon-mesmer-for-brooklyn-poet-laureate/ http://dougist.com/2009/06/sharon-mesmer-for-brooklyn-poet-laureate/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:42:37 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=419 story Gene Kuntzman did for the The Brooklyn Paper he wrote: < blockquote>"Mesmer will get the vote of anyone who likes a randy dame who’s not afraid to write poems with titles like “Annoying Diabetic Bitch” and “Holy Mother of Monkey Poo.” “If anyone is suggesting me [as poet laureate], it must be because I slept around so much,” she said. But she’s being modest: Mesmer, who studied under Allen Ginsberg, teaches at the New School and, this fall, at Brooklyn College.]]> http://dougist.com/2009/06/sharon-mesmer-for-brooklyn-poet-laureate/feed/ 1 http://dougist.com/2009/06/writing-timers-wasting-timers/ http://dougist.com/2009/06/writing-timers-wasting-timers/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:15:28 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=301 Scrivener boards, I learned of a system for working in periods of forty-eight minutes followed by breaks of twelve minutes. The idea was to train the subconscious to visit during the twelve to help the creative process along. Easy to adopt, right? All you need is a great timer, because if it works you’re fully absorbed during the 48 and will/should/hope to loose track of time until the bell goes off. So I had to go find the right timer. Don’t laugh, this is a big deal and it can take dozens of hours of frittering to try them all and get just the right one....]]> http://dougist.com/2009/06/writing-timers-wasting-timers/feed/ 0 http://dougist.com/2009/05/what-comes-next/ http://dougist.com/2009/05/what-comes-next/#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 18:46:29 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=259 http://dougist.com/2009/05/what-comes-next/feed/ 0 http://dougist.com/2009/02/artist-stand-naked/ http://dougist.com/2009/02/artist-stand-naked/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:06:45 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=144 http://dougist.com/2009/02/artist-stand-naked/feed/ 0 http://dougist.com/2009/02/if-mark-twain-had-a-laptop/ http://dougist.com/2009/02/if-mark-twain-had-a-laptop/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:06:03 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=133 http://dougist.com/2009/02/if-mark-twain-had-a-laptop/feed/ 0 http://dougist.com/2008/10/notebooks/ http://dougist.com/2008/10/notebooks/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:21:25 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=44 http://dougist.com/2008/10/notebooks/feed/ 0 http://dougist.com/2008/08/so-why-not-dougistcom-t-shirts/ http://dougist.com/2008/08/so-why-not-dougistcom-t-shirts/#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:38:40 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=22 http://dougist.com/2008/08/so-why-not-dougistcom-t-shirts/feed/ 1 http://dougist.com/2008/07/makn-a-commotion/ http://dougist.com/2008/07/makn-a-commotion/#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:33:37 +0000 Doug http://dougist.com/?p=13 http://dougist.com/2008/07/makn-a-commotion/feed/ 0