Riehl’s “Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary” Awarded Honorable Mention in DIY [Do It Yourself] Book Festival (Los Angeles)

Byriehlifegrace October 22, 2007August 16, 2010

2007 DIY BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES WINNERS
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LOS ANGELES (October 20, 2007) _ Poet Mark Brunetti’s engaging “Airplane Lies and Other Poems Without A Home” was named Book of the Year for the 2007 DIY (Do It Yourself) Book Festival. Ex Machina Press was named DIY Publisher of the Year, while Tracy Augstyn’s “Pennies For My Thoughts” was the most artistic book of the festival.

POETRY HONORABLE MENTION (in order listed)

1. Lush – Avra Kouffman
2. Choices – Jennifer Loh
3. Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary – Janet Grace Riehl

Walk On The Child’s Side – Penelope Dyan
Dancing in Dissent: Poetry For Activism – Jim Moreno
The Shadow of a Dog I Can’t Forget – Mary Kennedy Eastham
Head Trauma: Sonnets and Other Poems – Gary David Johnson
Words Collected on The Road To Silence – Margaret Coyle
Waking Spirit – Prose and Poems The Spirit Sings – Shirley Cheng

Prose and Poetry

Creative Collaboration and Compassion Adventures & Blog Duet with Yvonne Perry’s Writers in the Sky

Byriehlifegrace May 29, 2008August 16, 2010

Click here to read about my Nashville trip last week. Click here to read Yvonne Perry’s report “Janet Riehl’s Nashville Visit” on Yvonne Perry’s Writers in the Sky blogspot. The Riehl Family on the Homeplace…everyone played music or wrote poetry as a matter of course. Anna Riehl, my grandmother, in foreground, wrote the poetry collection…

Artists and Writers

“Art of Critique,” an essay by Janet Grace Riehl, Part II (conclusion)

Byriehlifegrace June 12, 2007June 12, 2007

Critique. I dreaded it. I hated it. I learned from it. And, finally, I was fortunate enough to encounter a teacher, Betsy Davids, who fully understood what critique really meant and what its purpose really was. She saw critique as a form of appreciation, as a time of joining with the piece and giving back…

Artists and Writers

Power of the Pen: The Artist and the Blank Page, by William T. Dawson

Byriehlifegrace April 30, 2010April 30, 2010

I first met William Dawson in Mountainaire, New Mexico on August 2007 at the 10th annual Sunflower Festival. I performed my story “Big Butts Are Beautiful” complete with backup girl singers and drum. William has previously appeared on Riehlife several times. His most recent contribution is “River of Sadness.” Here are his thoughts on the…

Artists and Writers

Book Party! “Worth Remembering: The Poetry of Our Heritage”

Byriehlifegrace October 7, 2009October 7, 2009

A cozy group of old pals gathered in my father’s parlor on our home place to celebrate the birth of our newest poetry book. Visiting, a brief reading, and home baked refreshments crowned the the afternoon. In addition to Pop and me, three of the poets featured in “Worth Remembering: The Poetry of Our Heritage…

Artists and Writers

Donna Druchunas on “Knitting as Art”

Byriehlifegrace October 7, 2007October 7, 2007

Here is a guest post by Donna Druchanas on the issue of how the craft and art of knitting currently is perceived. In my own art school training at the California College of Arts (and Crafts) I was inculcated with the slogan that “There is no art without craft.” Donna says: I like the term…

Artists and Writers

Sightlines Podcasts

Byriehlifegrace January 28, 2007August 16, 2010

If you go to www.bloggingauthors.com, you can hear these five recordings on “Fascinating Author Podcasts”: 1. Sightlines: A Poet’s Diary 2. Why I Wrote a Book 3. Praising Mother 4. Memento Mori: Life and Death, Moment by Moment 5. P.O.D. Quality Control I enjoyed making these recordings and hope you’ll enjoy listening to them.

One Comment

hal manogue says:

October 23, 2007 at 11:27 am

Congratulations! Not only for the book festival, but for the Golden PJ Award as well.
Hal

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