Dora Malech

KCRW’s “Bookworm” Interview

doramalech — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:23:08 +0000

Check out my conversation about Say So with Michael Silverblatt on NPR’s “Bookworm” show. It just aired today, but it’s archived here . If you have thoughts on the interview or the book, please join the conversation by posting them in the “Comments” section on the KCRW site!

Winter & Spring News

doramalech — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:08:00 +0000

Read with Shane McCrae at the wonderful Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City earlier this year: http://patv.tv/blog/2010/08/07/prairie-lights-reading-3/
PBS NewsHour’s “Art Beat” included a poem of mine recorded at the 2011 AWP Conference in Washington, DC: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2011/04/weekly-poem-love-poem.html
Joan Hanna reviewed Say So for r.kv.r.y.: http://www.rkvry.com/poetry/216-joan-hanna
Mary Biddinger included Say So on her shortlist of “recent poetry books that will curl your toes and tickle your fancy” for the 32 Poems blog: http://www.32poems.com/blog/2346/day-26-mary-biddinger-on-5-recent-poetry-books-that-will-curl-your-toes-and-tickle-your-fancy
A new poem of mine in The Morning News: http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/lunch_poems/humility_co.php

Little Village; HTML Giant

doramalech — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 16:43:28 +0000

From the past few months…

“gimme a (line) break” by Daniel Khalastchi (starts on page 6)

“Untitled” by Laurel Nakadate; afterword by Jackie Wang

Justin Cox’s Little Village interview w/Dora Malech & Shane McCrae

Gregory Lawless reviews . . .

doramalech — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:47:52 +0000

Yes, this went up in August (I was driving across the country and spaced on posting), but it’s not too late to check out this review of Shore Ordered Ocean:

Tarpaulin Sky Reviews & Interviews

Thank you, Greg!!

And you should definitely check out Lawless’s own poems. You’ll be glad you did:

I Thought I Was New Here, By Gregory Lawless

Thank you, Poetry Foundation!

doramalech — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 17:39:11 +0000

Beyond huge thanks to the Poetry Foundation (especially Christian Wiman and Don Share) for choosing me to be a 2010 Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellow:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/prizes_fellowship.html

The November 2010 issue of Poetry includes some of my work and some work by my wonderful fellow Fellows (ha!):

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/toc.html?issue=2341

News & Reviews

doramalech — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:17:27 +0000

Here’s the latest:

Shore Ordered Ocean has been in some amazing company lately. It was a finalist for ForeWord Magazine‘s Book of the Year Awards, and it was recently “long-listed” for the University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize . Thanks to all the individuals involved in those votes of confidence, and thanks to the authors of two new reviews of Shore Ordered Ocean, Danielle Sellers and Claire Crowther, as well as to the editors of New Letters and Poetry London, the publications in which the reviews appear. Both Sellers and Crowther are wonderful poets, and I’m humbled that they took the time that they did with my poems. (Although I linked to both publications above, Crowther’s actual review is only available in print. You can read an excerpt at the Waywiser site … or perhaps now’s the time to subscribe to Poetry London!)

In other news, I’m happy to say that my next collection of poems, Say So, is definitely on its way. It’s due out from the Cleveland State University Poetry Center in a few months, and I’ve seen some glimpses of what Amy Freels, CSUPC’s fabulous book designer, has been cooking up for the cover. It’s looking really great, and it features a photo by my bosom buddy (does anyone still say that?) Laurel Nakadate, the amazing video artist/filmmaker/photographer.

Last news for today, I promise: I’m super-psyched that Duets Books, a new press that publishes limited-edition chapbooks pairing poets from America and New Zealand, has just released my Pocket Money with James Brown’s Against Gravity. Brown is a great New Zealand poet, and I hope you check out Pocket Money/Against Gravity (available at the Duets site through Paypal; the chapbook will fly right to you). Thanks, Duets Books!

New Interview

doramalech — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:14:06 +0000

Here’s a recent interview in which Greg Lawless asks me some super-smart questions:

http://ithoughtiwasnewhere.blogspot.com/2010/05/if-you-are-reading-this-you-cant-be.html

Links to New Reviews

doramalech — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 01:55:59 +0000

Many thanks to Darcie Dennigan and Jane Lewty for spending some time with Shore Ordered Ocean here (scroll down for Dennigan’s recommendation, as it’s the second to last) and here. Thanks also to Ron Slate and MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine.

Verse Daily

doramalech — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:55:34 +0000

Verse Daily featured “Let Me Explain”, the opening poem in Shore Ordered Ocean, on March 10th. Check it out here.

First Person Plural

doramalech — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:51:51 +0000

Kyle Semmel interviewed me for First Person Plural, the blog of The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Maryland, before I read with Nancy Naomi Carlson on March 7th as part of The Writer’s Center’s Open Door Reading Series. The interview is up here.