Lola Haskins • Not Feathers Yet: A Beginner's Guide to the Poetic Life

• How to jump-start your subconscious
• What to look for when you edit
• How to tell a poem is finished
• How to find a writing group
• How to put a book together
• How to share safely with friends and lovers
• How to handle rejection
• How to look for a publisher
• How to give a good reading

About the Author:

Lola Haskins has published eight books of poetry and appeared in more than 100 magazines. Her awards include the Iowa Poetry Prize and two NEA fellowships. Along the way, she has judged many contests, both for single poems and for book-length collections. Now retired from lecturing in Computer Science at the University of Florida, she teaches in the MFA Program at Pacific Lutheran University.