Comments on: Red Shoe Blogger Writing Workshop in Vancouver

By: chris

chris — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:09:12 +0000

Damn. I wish I could be there Kelly, really, I do. Especially because I am in the process of launching my humor blog.

Unfortunately like many people who WISH they could be there, I live halfway across the continent. Maybe next time. Maybe you’ll do something like a web seminar one of these days?

By: Eleanor Edwards

Eleanor Edwards — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:01:45 +0000

Go and badger Dave to invent that time warp machine thingy so that we can all come from whichever tiny corner of the planet we live, descend on Vancouver for the day and then use the same special invention to gatecrash the Give A Brick cocktail party in West Wales the following Saturday. Go on. You know you want to

Seriously though, it sounds like a fabulous afternoon. Have fun

By: Ardee-ann

Ardee-ann — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:37:21 +0000

@Kelly, Kelly, I guess we will just have to wish together! Ciao Bella, Ardee-ann

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:09:00 +0000

@Ardee-ann, I wish it too. Every day.

By: Randi Buckley

Randi Buckley — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:36:45 +0000

Can’t wait for the Monterey workshop! It’s my only saving grace for not being in Van.

Yay!

By: Kelly Diels

Kelly Diels — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:34:09 +0000

@Carrie, yes, GO POETRY!

It was tongue-in-cheek – *I* write poetry too. I love spoken word poetry, I read poetry like it is water and I’m thirsty…

Dear Poets: I love you so much. I want to be one of you.

xoxo
Kelly

By: Carrie

Carrie — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:56:55 +0000

Oh, I think it is so sad that you are conducting a writing workshop but immediately insult all poets early on in your pitch – there are a lot of poets who blog, too. And you’ve said before that you write poetry, and you really like Charles Bukowski’s poetry, so why the gross generalization that poetry should not be inflicted on anyone? Reinforcing a weird, totally false stereotype that poetry is borrrring: ugh.

There are so many good poets out there that totally cancel out the crap ones:

* Allen Ginsberg, particularly his poem “Howl”.

* Leonard Cohen

* Sylvia Plath (I like her collection “The Colossus”, also her collection “Ariel” which has the poems “Daddy” and “Lady Lazarus”)

* Elizabeth Bachinsky (Vancouver poet; I really like her “Home of Sudden Service” collection)

* Fiona Pitt-Kethley (Her collection, Sky Ray Lolly, has lots of filthiness which may appeal to you)

* Nadine McInnis (Canadian, currently based out of Ottawa): her collection entitled “Two Hemispheres” is based on 19th century photographic portraits of inmates from a women’s insane asylum in England. Beautiful and disturbing poetry. http://www.brickbooks.ca/?page_id=3&bookid=175

*La Loca’s “Adventures on the Isle of Adolescence” collection — the title poem in particular is pretty awesome, what with pop culture & classical history reference, teenage boys on skateboards and, oh yeah — sex.

Or for something sort of light-hearted, Alan Cassels’ “ABC’s of Disease Mongering” has practical info by Cassels and somewhat Suess-like poems by Victoria based poet Alisa Gordaneer.

Go, poetry!

By: Sarah Arrow

Sarah Arrow — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:00:03 +0000

Vancouver, wished I could get there too. If you get to the UK, give us a shout, it’s about time Cleavage had a tour bus and you and your girls did a bit of sightseeing…

I bet it will be fab x

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:00:46 +0000

Oh, I’m so wishing I lived in Vancouver! I think you should definitely take this show on the road. Any plans to come to Texas?

By: Pat Steer

Pat Steer — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:53:36 +0000

Kelly – another voice from the other coast. Tape it, girl, and offer those mp3 downloads, and I’m in. Puttin’ on my red shoes right now (ok, they are red Birkenstocks, but y’know…;))