Rose’s voice is as much a part of the journey as the text. Her understanding of (and love for) the music within language is entrancing-haunting, and delightful. It moves me like love itself. Reuben Jackson “The Last Girl” by Rose Solari, appearing in her newest collection of the same name, is written, as with much of…
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Rose Solari Speaks to Ramola D at Delphi
An Interview with Rose Solari Rose sits down with Ramola D, the founder and editor of Delphi Quarterly, to talk about her writing and publishing journey. She touches on writing, Joanna Biggar, James J. Patterson, the business behind the scenes, and the conception of Alan Squire Publishing. Read the full article at Delphi Quarterly here An excerpt on the conception…
On Her Relationship with Music, Three Poems by Rose Solari
Read all three poems by Rose Solari: Another Country, Myself When I was There, and That Day on the Redux Literary Journal site “These three poems are all rooted in my relationship with music. After my brother died, I was going through some old photos when I ran across one of us as young adults in our parents’ living room. Mom…
Making a Poem: “Orpheus in the Park”
April 2, 2018 (For National Poetry Month, Alan Squire Publishing is featuring a poet a week from their list with a special sale. From now until April 9, my three poetry collections are $10.00 each on this site.) As a child, I distrusted mythology, as I did any literature that adults seemed to think was…
After Me, Too
October 19, 2017: After Me, Too In the aftermath of the current sexual harassment and abuse scandal — I say current because there always seems to be a new one, doesn’t there? — I, like many other women, posted #metoo on social media and found myself overwhelmed by memory and its complex, attendant emotions. I…
Origin, Confluence, and Mystery: How the Personal Becomes Universal
In my last post, I talked about how a poem needs to have something more than the simply the personal at stake in it to make is work for the reader. Now, using a very early poem of mine, I’m going to take another approach to Shari’s excellent question, which goes as follows: How much…