Author: Ron Koertge

Carol L. Gloor is an attorney living in Chicago and Savanna, Illinois. I especially like this poem of hers for its powerful ending, which fittingly uses the legal language of trusts and estates. MomentAt the moment of my...

For people who like to bet on horses, there’s something called the Future Book. Sounds sci-fi, doesn’t it. But it’s only about the Kentucky Derby. What someone can do (not me, though, since it’s a sucker...

Went downtown L.A. to a series called ALOUD. It’s people shouting at each other. (Joke). It’s a reading/conversation series. Last night was Pico Iyer chatting somebody from the L.A. TIMES.Pico Iyer has long been a...

There was a piece in the “L.A. Times” recently about a guy (screenwriter) who finally got a niche at Sundance. His was a classic story — somebody who loved movies, worked minimum wage jobs to finance his dream,...

Here’s the thing — keep writing. And for gods’ sake keep revising. Here’s a quote by Adrian Blevins (poet). The “him” is Rodney Jones, another poet and a guy she studied with:”I remember...