Jacke Wilson

Author

Poetry

November 3, 2013

Indie Publishing: What Would Ezra Pound Do?

We’ve seen some great examples of the indie publishing spirit, from Dr. Johnson to Stéphane Mallarmé, to Marcel Proust. Next up: poetry’s mad scientist, the original miglior fabbro (well, except for the real miglior fabbro), the Tireless Champion of the Arts who wound up living – literally – in a cage. An amazing, awful life story: Ezra Pound! Pound of… Continue reading

Authors, Publishing, Writing

Arts, Ezra, Ezra Pound, Indie Publishing, Italy, Lume Spento, Marcel Proust, Online Writing, Poetry, Self-Publishing
October 20, 2013

Self-Publishing: On the Dignity of Small Audiences, Part II

Previously we wrote about the small readership Alice Munro had for the first fifteen years of her publishing career. Next up: William Carlos Williams (of “The Red Wheelbarrow” fame) whose 1935 collection of poems An Early Martyr sold just eight copies its first year. Recall my modest goal for my novella (available now!): just ten copies… Continue reading

Authors, Publishing, Writing

AliceMunro, Canada, Literature, McGraw-Hill, Munro, Nobel Prize in Literature, Paris Review, Poetry, Red Wheelbarrow, Short story