tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50098063956488794612024-03-12T19:24:16.315-04:00The Projector Is Ripping Your HistoryKeith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comBlogger315125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-70230199166297624322013-12-05T13:10:00.000-05:002013-12-05T13:10:08.874-05:00Order SCORING THE SILENT FILM<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There's a link below the front cover on the right if you'd like a signed copy of SCORING THE SILENT FILM. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">It is also<span style="font-size: small;"> available now at</span> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scoring-Silent-Film-Keith-Montesano/dp/1935716298/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386266708&sr=8-1&keywords=keith+montesano">Amazon</a> and <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/scoring-the-silent-film-keith-montesano/1117515722?ean=9781935716297">Barnes and Noble</a>, directly from <a href="http://home.comcast.net/%7Ejpdancingbear/StSF.html">Dream Horse Press</a>, and other<span style="font-size: small;"> online retailers</span>, so you'll be able to get a copy that way if you choose. You<span style="font-size: small;"> can also find it on <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19140338-scoring-the-silent-film?from_search=true">Goodreads</a>. </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many t</span>hanks to <span style="font-size: small;">all of you for the support. </span></span></span><br />
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Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-5048867544268827222013-07-15T12:49:00.003-04:002013-07-15T12:49:31.307-04:00First Book Interviews #74 and #75 - Jeff Newberry and James Pollock<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span>Two more First Book Interviews are now live: </span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/07/74-jeff-newberry.html"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span>#74 - Jeff Newberry</span></span></span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/07/75-james-pollock_4403.html">#75 - James Pollock </a></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span>Please check them out, and I don't know what the schedule will be for the rest of the summer, but as soon as some more participants are interviewed, and the interviews become live, I will definitely let everyone know. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks. </span></span></span></span>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-78390185134791175842013-06-17T15:08:00.001-04:002013-06-17T15:08:16.964-04:00First Book Interview #73 - Catherine MacDonald<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another new First Book Interview is live:</span> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/06/73-catherine-macdonald.html"><br /></a><span><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/06/73-catherine-macdonald.html">#73 - Catherine MacDonald </a></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span> <a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/04/68-joshua-robbins.html"><br /></a>Check it out, and check back <span>later in June</span> for another. </span></span></span>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-72578076267418690922013-06-05T19:16:00.003-04:002013-06-05T19:17:24.329-04:00First Book Interview #72 - Johnathon Williams<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another new First Book Interview is live:</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/06/72-johnathon-williams.html">#72 - Johnathon Williams </a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/04/68-joshua-robbins.html"><br /></a>Check it out, and check back <span style="font-size: small;">later in June</span> for another. </span></span>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-6776390519038514252013-05-16T16:14:00.001-04:002013-05-16T16:14:23.115-04:00First Book Interview #71 - John Estes<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another new First Book Interview is live:</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span><span><br /><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/05/71-john-estes.html">#71 - John Estes</a></span></span></span><span><span><span><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/04/68-joshua-robbins.html"><br /></a></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span>Check it out, and check back in early June for another. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-21946909361379305852013-05-02T14:14:00.004-04:002013-05-02T14:14:57.934-04:00First Book Interview #70 - Joanna Pearson<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another new First Book Interview is live:</span></span> </span><br /><span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span><span><span> Check it out, and check back in mid May f<span>or another</span>... </span></span></span></span></span></span>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-60363696236411079052013-04-18T13:32:00.003-04:002013-04-18T13:32:30.262-04:00First Book Interview #69 - Rebecca Hazelton <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another new First Book Interview is live:</span></span> </span><br /><span><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/04/68-joshua-robbins.html"><br /></a></span><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/04/69-rebecca-hazelton.html">#69 - Rebecca Hazelton</a></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span> Check it out, and check back in early May f<span>or another</span>... </span></span></span></span></span>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-9353230035823053492013-04-02T14:40:00.001-04:002013-04-02T14:40:07.880-04:00First Book Interview #68 - Joshua Robbins<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another new First Book Interview is live:</span></span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/04/68-joshua-robbins.html"><br />#68 - Joshua Robbins</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span> Check it out, and check back in February f<span>or another</span>... </span></span></span></span>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-59709331607582813412013-03-19T17:52:00.001-04:002013-03-19T17:52:21.997-04:00First Book Interviews #65, #66, and #67<div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another three First Book Interviews are live, with the newest being posted today:</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/03/65-noah-falck.html">#65 - Noah Falck</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/03/66-alex-dimitrov.html">#66 - Alex Dimitrov</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And the newest, just posted -- </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/03/67-jeff-simpson.html">#67 - Jeff Simpson</a></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Check them all out if you haven't yet, and check back in early April for more. </span></span>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-10386099099135117472013-02-19T12:48:00.002-05:002013-02-19T12:48:11.282-05:00First Book Interview #64 - Seth Brady Tucker<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another new First Book Interview is live:</span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></h3>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/02/64-seth-brady-tucker.html">#64 - Seth Brady Tucker</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span> Check it out, and check back in early March f<span>or another</span>... </span></span></span></span>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-42553359151263229462013-01-25T13:14:00.003-05:002013-01-25T13:14:26.385-05:00First Book Interview #63 - Patty Paine<div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another new First Book Interview is live:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/01/63-patty-paine.html"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;">#63</span></span> - Patty Paine</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span> Check it out, and check back in February f<span style="font-size: small;">or another</span>... </span></span></span>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-63342044655841897132013-01-04T16:23:00.002-05:002013-01-04T16:23:22.455-05:00First Book Interviews #61 and #62 - Marc McKee and Megan Harlan<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My apologies to Marc for not getting this up a couple weeks ago, when it was originally posted:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2012/12/61-marc-mckee.html">#61 - Marc McKee</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And also, another has just been posted a few minutes ago: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Be sure to check each of them out if you haven't already... </span>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-9671251890102649782012-12-03T16:35:00.003-05:002012-12-03T16:35:44.843-05:00First Book Interview #60 - Erica Wright<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another First Book Interview is live:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2012/12/60-erica-wright.html">#60 - Erica Wright</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And since I also forgot to get this updated two weeks ago, don't forget to also check out:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And here's <a href="http://www.dzancbooks.org/blog/2012/11/18/each-man-falling-is-what-my-nightmares-brought-an-interview.html">a recent interview I did with <i>The Collagist</i> </a>about my forthcoming book. </span>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-77858865584714960722012-11-01T11:53:00.004-04:002012-11-01T11:54:42.733-04:00First Book Interview #58 - Christopher Hennessy<div class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another new First Book Interview is live:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2012/11/58-christopher-hennessey.html">#58 - Christopher Hennessy </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"> Check it out, and check back in a couple of weeks for another... </span>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-58598012018969334942012-10-17T08:22:00.002-04:002012-10-17T08:23:09.766-04:00First Book Interview #57 - Nick Courtright<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2012/10/57-nick-courtright.html">#57 - Nick Courtright </a><br /><br /> Check it out, and again, check back in a couple of weeks for another... </span>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-91332745472792658462012-10-02T11:23:00.002-04:002012-10-02T11:24:01.705-04:00First Book Interview #56 - Quinn Latimer<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-30681218141808115602012-09-18T13:51:00.004-04:002012-09-18T13:52:37.328-04:00First Book Interview #55 - Jeff Alessandrelli<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A new First Book Interview is live:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /> Check it out, and check back in a couple of weeks for another... </span> Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-56208866198255081102012-09-04T15:06:00.000-04:002012-09-04T15:08:02.460-04:00First Book Interview #54 - Karen Rigby<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
A new First Book Interview has been posted:</div>
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Enjoy. And check back soon for another. </div>
Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-78443955844654502432012-08-15T17:15:00.002-04:002012-08-15T17:17:52.960-04:00Quick News<div style="font-family: inherit;">
I'm not sure how long this blog will be up in its current form, as <a href="http://www.keithmontesano.com/">http://www.keithmontesano.com</a> will hopefully soon be a legitimate website, though now it just takes you to where you are currently. </div>
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Once it's live and the links work and the information is there, I'll let people know. </div>
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Happy to say that my second book, currently titled <i>What We Hope Will Never Find Us</i>, will be published by <a href="http://www.dreamhorsepress.com/">Dream Horse Press</a> sometime in 2013. </div>
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It's comprised of ekphrastic film poems, and I'm thrilled that it has finally come together. </div>
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Like I did with <i>Ghost Lights</i>, I'll probably set up something for a pre-order on<span id="goog_1617509341"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_1617509342"></span></a> my future website. So if you want a copy directly from me, you'll have that option. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And just today, there's <a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2012/08/53-amanda-auchter.html">a new one posted with Amanda Auchter</a>. </span><br />
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From now on, one will be posted every two weeks: on the first and fifteenth of each month. <br />
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And from there, who knows? Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-61131541120926835792012-04-15T11:29:00.006-04:002012-04-15T21:29:09.125-04:00AgesIt's been a while since I wrote anything on here, but it seems like an update needs to happen.<br /><br />Also, since I wrote last time the Giants won the Super Bowl. Won't get tired of saying that until they're no longer the victors. Hopefully that takes at least a few years.<br /><br />*<br /><br />First off, regarding the <a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/">First Book Interviews</a>, the first one, starting up the new wave of interviews that will hopefully take us into at least the new year, will be published on May 1st.<br /><br />I have many poets I need to get interviews too, and a good amount of books to get through. If you're schedule to get an interview, you will soon, and accept my apologies for the delay.<br /><br />PhD work is catching up with me, along with teaching, so soon enough I'll have time to dedicate to the series and get it back up and running with a new interview every two weeks.<br /><br />*<br /><br />Also, I've had some recent publications over the last few months that you can check out if you're interested. Most are from my third manuscript, of which I recently finished a draft that I'm pretty happy with.<br /><br />There's an interview and four poems in <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://connotationpress.com/poetry/1358-keith-montesano-poetry">Connotation Press</a><br /><br />Four poems in <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://superstitionreview.asu.edu/n9/bio.php?author=keithmontesano&bio=poetry">Superstition Review</a><br /><br />One poem in <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.quarterlywest.utah.edu/iss_73/iss_73_theauthorasman.html">Quarterly West</a><br /><br />One poem in <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://english.wisc.edu/devilslake/issues/fall2011/montesano.html">Devil's Lake</a><br /><br />One poem in <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://linebreak.org/poems/the-author-as-man-who-watches-the-funeral-procession-of-cocooned-bodies-from-his-second-story-apartment-window-in-killer-klowns-from-outer-space/">Linebreak</a><br style="font-style: italic;"><br />And some others in future issues of <span style="font-style: italic;">Rhino</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Weave Magazine</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Bellingham Review</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Cream City Review</span>, and a few more.<br /><br />I still have a lot of these going out into the world also. I know they're not for everyone, but I decided just to go for it and try to put together a conceptual manuscript with all the film poems. I think it's working pretty well, but we'll see what others think when I get some more eyes on it.<br /><br />I've been thrilled by the response from so many editors, so now it's to keep working on the third, and keep sending out my second manuscript, which I hope will be out in the world soon enough, but we all know how that goes.<br /><br />*<br /><br />More soon...<br /><br />Check back in May for the start of the new wave of <a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/">First Book Interviews</a>.Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-43888959876827155282011-11-03T09:55:00.002-04:002011-11-03T09:58:09.889-04:00First Book Interview #51 - Steve KistulentzToday there's a new interview with <a href="http://kistulentz.com/">Steve Kistulentz</a>.<br /><br />Check out the interview. Check out his work. Grab a copy of his book.<br /><br /><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2011/11/51-steve-kistulentz.html">#51 - Steve Kistulentz</a>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-83384911999675714892011-10-18T16:00:00.002-04:002011-10-18T16:02:41.470-04:00First Book Interview #50 - Shane McCraeWe've reached the half century mark with the newest First Book Interview from Shane McCrae.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Mule</span> has gotten quite a good reception out there thus far, and for good reason, so do check out his work and buy his book.<br /><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2011/10/50-shane-mccrae.html"><br />#50 - Shane McCrae</a>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-17264768759420432532011-10-10T18:41:00.006-04:002011-10-10T18:49:43.799-04:00A FewWanted to share <a href="http://southeastreview.org/2011/10/book-review-ghost-lights-by-ke.html">this new review of <span style="font-style: italic;">Ghost Lights</span> at <span style="font-style: italic;">Southeast Review</span> Online</a> by John Beardsley, whom I also need to thank profusely.<br /><br />He did a great job with it, and though there haven't been a ton of reviews of the book, I've been thrilled with all of them, and this is definitely no exception.<br /><br />*<br /><br />Also, last week I got my contributor copies of <a href="http://www.copper-nickel.org/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Copper Nickel</span></a>, and the issue not only looks fantastic as an art object, but there's a ton of newer poets for whom I'll be on the lookout in the future, along with some friends and great poets I've been following for a while.<br /><br />It's becoming one of my favorite journals in the country, and is surely worth the subscription price.<br /><br />*<br /><br />Picking up <span style="font-style: italic;">The Tree of Life</span> tomorrow.<br /><br />Finally.<br /><br />There was no stand-alone DVD released, as it should be.<br /><br />Aside from the theater, it now needs to be seen on Blu-ray only.<br /><br />I can't wait.Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-25653465454494511482011-10-03T14:42:00.002-04:002011-10-03T14:44:42.711-04:00First Book Interview #49 - Nicky BeerOne more closer to 50 with a new one from <a href="http://nickybeer.com/">Nicky Beer</a> --<br /><br />Happy reading.<br /><br /><a href="http://firstbookinterviews.blogspot.com/2011/10/49-nicky-beer.html">#49 - Nicky Beer</a>Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009806395648879461.post-86492024778244766572011-09-21T14:44:00.009-04:002011-09-21T15:17:43.365-04:00WhileSo at this point, I'm not updating this regularly, except for First Book Interviews, and it will most likely stay that way.<br /><br />Though once in a while I'll to do an update, like this one, in the midst.<br /><br />Otherwise, I have two years left, if all goes well, until I have my PhD. And the job market waits for no man.<br /><br />Considering how fast the first two years went, and all the great advice I've gotten from friends, I figure I need to start getting a foothold on what to look for, how to prepare, etc. for all the paperwork and the like that will soon be occurring.<br /><br />Along with that, teaching, writing, watching amazing films, preparing for and writing comprehensive exams, and trying to be a good husband, I know these two years are going to go by even faster.<br /><br />*<br /><br />In other news worth mentioning, I think: I was thrilled that my second manuscript, <span style="font-style: italic;">Sirens and Wildfire</span>, which has making the rounds for a little less than two years now (picking up some other finalist nods along the way, for which I'm also very thankful), was a finalist for The National Poetry Series.<br /><br />I was never more shocked by a poetry-related email in my life. I can tell you that.<br /><br />I wasn't one of the five chosen in the end, but friend and fellow writer (whose first manuscript, <span style="font-style: italic;">Praise Nothing</span>, you should put on your to-buy list when it's inevitably published) <a href="http://againstoblivion.blogspot.com/">Joshua Robbins</a> was also a finalist, and considering we've seen each other's said manuscripts and have talked a lot about them regarding contests, structuring, and much more, I was happy to be in such company.<br /><br />I'm still hoping to have the manuscript under contract before I'm done at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Binghamton</span> in less than two years. That news gave me a little more hope that this thing's now officially ready, and I hope someone eventually believes in it enough to take a shot at getting it into the world.<br /><br />*<br /><br />I have a poem in <a href="http://thediagram.com/11_4/index.html">the new issue of DIAGRAM</a>. As always, it's a varied and wild issue, and one definitely worth your time.<br /><br />The poem's from a new series I'm working on. I'm hoping to put together a kind of conceptual manuscript (something I'd never thought about doing until maybe a year ago) within the next year (as I have about a third of it written currently).<br /><br />If it doesn't turn into anything, I'm still loving the process of writing these. And overall, that's really the most important aspect of the project right now.<br /><br />*<br /><br />Two poetry-related making-waves discussions lately (and yes, I'm late on these) are <a href="http://thebarking.com/2011/09/the-half-hearted-acceptance-letter/">Brett <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Ortler's</span> post about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">BlazeVOX</span></a> and all the hullabaloo about MFA Rankings.<br /><br />Regarding the latter, I'm on the side of down-with-rankings, but as I've mentioned in the past on this blog: I'm so thrilled that none of this talk existed in 2002-2003, when I was beginning my process of applying to schools.<br /><br />But it's going to go on no matter what. As for young writers, I just hope they had the great guidance that I did, and they're applying to programs for the right reasons.<br /><br />For what it's worth, in my opinion this is one of the best posts about it: belonging to <a href="http://paisleyrekdal.blogspot.com/2011/09/rankled-about-rankings.html">Paisley <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Rekdal</span></a>.<br /><br />And for the former, I'm glad that got out into the open. At the very least, it prompted a ton of interesting discussions about publishing, self publishing, what's to gain by getting published, what the publishers gain from publishing you, etc.<br /><br />Sometimes the arguments can be misleading, but to me, once you're able to slough through everything, a lot of it's worth reading, and then you can make your own decision.<br /><br />*<br /><br />I'm now on Twitter (very late to the party), though I don't update it as often as some, here, if you're interested: <a href="http://twitter.com/keithmontesano">http://twitter.com/keithmontesano</a><br /><br />Contradictory, mostly. Boring to most, probably. But alas, there I am.<br /><br />It's mostly my obsession and frustration with the New York Giants (Dear Lord: Why all the injuries?) coupled with some thoughts about films I'm devouring (and I watch as many as I can between everything else, as many people know). And I'll update there with news sometimes and new First Book Interviews. But mostly I like to keep the poetry-related goings-on within the blog.<br /><br />*<br /><br />Finally, both poetry and film-related, <a href="http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Tree-of-Life-Blu-ray/25528/"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Tree of Life</span> is released on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Blu</span>-ray on October 11<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">th</span></a>.<br /><br />Black out the windows. Lock the doors. And crank the speakers.Keith Montesanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04894963729123360757noreply@blogger.com