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Posted on 31 December 2017 by J.S. Graustein
A note from the Editor in Chief When I look back at everything Folded Word published this year, I can’t believe how far this press has come in nine years. From Jessie Carty’s 2008 launch of the YouTube zine Shape of a Box to…
Category: announcements, editorialTags: award, debbie strange, essay, fiction, flash fiction, Gary Schroeder, Jessie carty, js graustein, marcus speh, marietta mcgregor, new england book show, nominations, nominees, paying market, poems, Poetry, pushcart, samantha priestley, Sandra S McRae, submissions, touchstone distinguished book award, william o'daly, zine
Posted on 18 December 2017 by J.S. Graustein
haiku by Gary Schroeder calligraphy by JS Graustein foreword by Joseph Hutchison ISBN 978-1-61019-240-8 Sustainable Edition: print $14 ISBN 978-1-61019-112-8 Global Edition: print $12 Accessible Edition ebook TBA In this collection of 32 haiku presented in the Carolingian hand of JS Graustein, Gary Schroeder…
Category: Catalogue, titlesTags: after rain, calligraphy, chapbook, colorado, Gary Schroeder, haiku, joseph hutchison, js graustein, landscape, nature, Poetry, seasons, senryu
Posted on 30 March 2017 by J.S. Graustein
Folded Word announces the release of its second 2017 title, WATER WAYS, a collection of poems by William O’Daly with essays and photographs by JS Graustein.
Category: Catalogue, print, titlesTags: chapbook, essay, folded word, js graustein, lake, new hampshire, photography, Poetry, river, seacoast, water ways, william o'daly
Posted on 20 March 2017 by J.S. Graustein
Video chat with Samantha Priestley, plus invitation to reading with William O’Daly and JS Graustein.
Category: author interview, eventsTags: essay, events, folded word, interview, js graustein, live, orange balloon, Poetry, reading, samantha priestley, sarah gibson, short fiction, water ways, william o'daly
Posted on 27 January 2017 by sarahkatgibson
A Year Unfolding is a haiku collection by Debbie Strange that celebrates the changing seasons in Canada, with each poem written in Carolingian hand by JS Graustein before digitizing.
Category: Catalogue, print, titlesTags: calligraphy, canada, Canadian Poet, carolingian hand, debbie strange, Fall, haiku, hotoffthepress, js graustein, nature, poem, Poetry, press, publisher, seasons, senryu, spring, Summer, Winter
Posted on 26 August 2016 by J.S. Graustein
A column created in preparation for Folded Word’s upcoming panel on short-form poems at the New Hampshire Poetry Festival. As we mentioned last week, writing short form poetry can provide a self-contained place to experiment with poetic elements you’ve never used before. Sometimes, however,…
Category: needs, WriteShortShareTags: alliteration, amwriting, folded word, hexameter, invented form, js graustein, poem, Poetry, short form, submissions, tetrameter, trochaic, trokeen, unFold
Posted on 14 August 2016 by J.S. Graustein
A column created in preparation for Folded Word’s upcoming panel on short-form poems at the New Hampshire Poetry Festival. As we mentioned last week, writing short form poetry can provide a framework for practicing specific poetic skills. It can also serve as a safe,…
Category: needs, WriteShortShareTags: ai li, amwriting, cherita, folded word, form, js graustein, poem, Poetry, short form, submissions, unFold
Posted on 6 August 2016 by J.S. Graustein
This week’s featured short form is the shadorma. I couldn’t find any conclusive information on its invention, but the rules for this form seem to be a riff off the simplified English version of the Japanese tanka…
Category: needs, WriteShortShareTags: amwriting, folded word, form, js graustein, poem, Poetry, shadorma, short form, submissions, unFold
Posted on 17 July 2016 by J.S. Graustein
This week’s featured short form is the puente, invented by James Rasmusson. The rules for this form are simple:
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Posted on 7 July 2016 by J.S. Graustein
This week’s featured short form is the lanturne (I’ve also seen it spelled lanterne). The rules for this form are simple:
Category: needs, WriteShortShareTags: amwriting, folded word, form, js graustein, lanterne, lanturne, poem, Poetry, Rose Auslander, short form, submissions, unFold