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Oct.22.2009
My favorite city would have to be the lack of a city. Farms. Forests. Deserts. These are the places I always fall in love with. I was raised in a town of fewer than 2,000 people, and even then, my happiest times were spent outside of that town, on my grandmother's farm or with my friends who lived...
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Aug.28.2009
I was recently a guest on Oregon Public Radio's program "Think Out Loud." Listen as Emily Harris and Dave Miller interview me about poetry, writing, and being a college writing instructor:
http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/northwest-passages-shaindel-beers/
I hope you enjoy it!
~...
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Jun.11.2009
At his blog, Poets Online, Ken Ronkowitz explores the nature of confessional poetry, including some of my poems:
http://poetsonline.blogspot.com/
Enjoy!
Shaindel
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Jun.10.2009
Poets Online is a terrific blog, hosted by Ken Ronkowitz. I hope you enjoy our interview:
http://tinyurl.com/nokvwx
Take care,
Shaindel
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Jun.07.2009
Recently, I was interviewed by Robert Lee Brewer, creator of the Poetic Asides blog at Writer's Digest:
http://blog.writersdigest.com/poeticasides/2009/06/07/InterviewWithPoetShaindelBeers.aspx
I hope you enjoy it!
~Shaindel
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Jun.03.2009
Thank you all for riding along "On the Hood of a Cutlass Supreme" virtual book tour. Here's my final stop, where Kate Evans of "Being and Writing" interviews me: http://tinyurl.com/oyoqu3
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May.27.2009
Hello, All,
Thank you all for following along on my book tour; I hope you enjoy my interview done by the wonderful Zinta Aistars!
http://zintareviews.blogspot.com/
Take care,
Shaindel
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May.20.2009
Hello, All, Thanks for sticking with me on the virtual book tour. Here's my stop at Rauan Klassnik's blog, Holy Land. Thanks so much to Rauan for interviewing me, and to you for reading the interview :-) http://rauanklassnik.blogspot.com/2009/05/on-hood-of-cutlass-tour-holy-land-stop.html Take...
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May.13.2009
John Burroughs, poet and author of the fabulous blog, CrisisChronicles Online, was kind enough to host me on this latest stop of my virtual book tour:
http://crisisblog.crisischronicles.com/2009/05/13/beers-to-you--poet-shaindel-visits-crisis-chronicles.aspx
Enjoy, and please take the time to...
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May.08.2009
In honor of my book's half birthday, I am giving away SIX FREE COPIES, one for each month my book has been out.
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/636-a-brief-history-of-time
The only catch is, if you're a winner, I'd love for you to write a review on Goodreads.com !
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May.06.2009
Hello,Thanks for following my virtual book tour. Today, I'm interviewed at Meg Harris's fabulous Blue Moon Northeast. http://bluemoonnortheast.blogspot.com/2009/05/virtual-book-tour-on-hood-of-cutlass.htmlTake care and thanks for riding along!Shaindel
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Apr.22.2009
Vince Gotera really knows how to do an interview. Here's our in-depth talk about sestinas, form poems in general, and my sestina, "Why It Almost Never Ends with Stripping." I hope you enjoy it!
http://vincegotera.blogspot.com/2009/04/cutlass-supreme-tour-shaindel-beers_4876.html
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Apr.16.2009
Here's the sixth stop on my virtual book tour, On the Hood of a Cutlass Supreme.
I hope you enjoy my interview with Chella Courington:
http://gravityandlight.blogspot.com/2009/04/shaindel-beer-brief-history-of-time.html
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Apr.09.2009
Welcome to the fifth stop on my virtual book tour, an interview with Diane Lockward, on her site, Blogalicious:
http://dianelockward.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-tour-shaindel-beers.html
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With gem-hard language and heartrending imagery, Shaindel Beers dramatizes the lives of ordinary women and children devastated by physical and emotional violence.”
—Temple Cone, author of No Loneliness
About Shaindel
Shaindel Beers’ poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. She is currently an instructor of English at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, Oregon, in Eastern Oregon’s high desert and serves as...
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Causes Shaindel Beers Supports
Save the Children, ASPCA, Defenders of Wildlife, The Sierra Club, and The World Wildlife Fund
Shaindel’s Favorite Books
This is always a dangerous question to ask a writer. My first graduate degree is specializing in 19th Century British literature, so that explains some of my...