Add Your Blog | | Signup
232 followers
A blog dedicated to all literary and poetic works. Critiques, reviews, editorial hints, and insights. All original content copyright 2007-2009 Serena M. Agusto-Cox
Invite Friends to Follow Syndication
Written by 1 Author
Serena Agusto-Cox
Followed by 232 People (invite friends)
View All

Savvy Verse & Wit

English - Writing, Reading, Book Reviews
http://www.savvyverseandwit.com
Savvy Verse & Wit · 21h ago

151st Virtual Poetry Circle

Welcome to the 151st Virtual Poetry Circle! Remember, this is just for fun and is not meant to be stressful. Keep in mind what Molly Peacock’s books suggested. Look at a line, a stanza, sentences, and images; describe what you like or don’t like; and offer an opinion. If you missed my review of her
0 Vote Up · Share
Savvy Verse & Wit · 1d ago

The Wonder of It All by Elizabeth P. Glixman

The Wonder of It All by Elizabeth P. Glixman is a very small volume of poetry, but has a large sense of humor that will at times have readers giggling to themselves about the absurdity of it all.  Many of the poems are very much in the here and now of the moment.  The collection [...]
0 Vote Up · Share
Savvy Verse & Wit · 2d ago

Stolen Air by Osip Mandelstam, translated by Christian Wiman

Stolen Air by Osip Mandelstam, translated by Christian Wiman is a selection of poems from Mandelstam’s entire career translated from his non-native Russian into English.  The introduction is rather long, but with good reason as it strives to capture a poet that was always evolving and striving to br
0 Vote Up · Share
Savvy Verse & Wit · 3d ago

Some Winners…and More

  Congrats to both winners! In other news, I’ve been interviewed by poet and fiction writer Emma Eden Ramos on her blog. Check it out!
0 Vote Up · Share
Savvy Verse & Wit · 4d ago

New in Mass-Market Paperback, Wendy Wax’s Ten Beach Road

Wendy Wax‘s Ten Beach Road (my review) is out in mass-market paperback, so for those of you who have missed out on reading this book and have a book-buying budget, now is the time to grab a copy. I absolutely adored this book and its characters, strong women –Madeline, Nicole, and Avery — who face [
0 Vote Up · Share
Savvy Verse & Wit · 5d ago

The Cottage at Glass Beach by Heather Barbieri

The Cottage at Glass Beach by Heather Barbieri is about mothers and daughters and sisters and their tension and love filled relationships.  Nora Cunningham returns to Burke’s Island to get away from her scandalous political life in Boston with Malcolm and clear her head in upper Maine. Irish-America
0 Vote Up · Share
Savvy Verse & Wit · 6d ago

Mailbox Monday #177

Mailbox Mondays (click the icon to check out the new blog) has gone on tour since Marcia at A Girl and Her Books, formerly The Printed Page passed the torch. This month’s host is Martha’s Bookshelf. Both of these memes allow bloggers to share what books they receive in the mail or through other mean
0 Vote Up · Share
Savvy Verse & Wit · 1w ago

150th Virtual Poetry Circle

Welcome to the 150th Virtual Poetry Circle! Remember, this is just for fun and is not meant to be stressful. Keep in mind what Molly Peacock’s books suggested. Look at a line, a stanza, sentences, and images; describe what you like or don’t like; and offer an opinion. If you missed my review of her
0 Vote Up · Share
Savvy Verse & Wit · 1W ago

Interview with Gaithersburg Book Festival Chair Jud Ashman

As many of you know, I love a good literary and book festival, and living in the Washington, D.C., area has given me a great number of opportunities to meet some great local and best-selling authors.  I’ve only attended the Gaithersburg Book Festival once, last year, and it is now in its third year,
0 Vote Up · Share
Savvy Verse & Wit · 1W ago

Guest Post: What Shows Through by Poet Erica Goss

When you fiercely believe in a poet’s talent and their collection, you want to do everything you can to promote it and him/her to a wider audience.  You stick their book into strangers’ and friends’ hands and say, “Read this.”  Sometimes, that works and sometimes it doesn’t, but if you truly believe
0 Vote Up · Share
More Stories
More
You may also like