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Script for reading: New Orleans Poetry Festival, Sunday Lunch Feature, 4/21/19

Good morning. Here are the poems from (CREATURE SOUNDS FADE) I’ll be reading at Cafe Istanbul, at 12:15 pm today. (Unfortunately I do not have access to a printer to make copies in advance of the performance.) [Link has expired.]

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See you in New Orleans this weekend

Here’s the schedule of my events. (For the full schedule see nolapoetry.com.)

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I’m over at the Bloof blog this month

  View this post on Instagram   April’s a mess. Disappearing daily drafts, snippets, revisions, process notes at the blog by Bloof & friends. . . #napowrimo #glopowrimo A post shared by Bloof Books (@bloofbooks) on Apr 2, 2019 at

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The Deeps

Here’s a snowy poem for a snowy day (from Brink). But as I mention when I read it, it’s really more about emotional weather. brink_deeps_compton.pdf.pdf

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Creature Sounds Fade will be published in 2020 by Black Lawrence Press

Big news! My collection of new poems, Creature Sounds Fade, has been picked up by Black Lawrence Press from their 2018 Open Reading Period. It’s scheduled for July 2020. At their request, I wrote a bit about the title and how

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For Girls & Other Poems gets a new look

In September my second book (2008), For Girls & Other Poems, was redesigned/reissued for its tenth birthday! It’s now available with a new cover, updated interior design, and a few minor corrections. Here’s the new look: Praise for For Girls

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Incoming

Got some very exciting poetry news recently, which I should be able to share later this month. I haven’t been blogging like I thought I might, since quitting FB in March. I have, however, been writing a lot more, at

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Hello, blog.

I’m leaving Facebook this week, shifting my social media activity to Twitter (@Shanna_Compton and/or @BloofBooks) and Bloof’s Instagram (@bloofbooks). And yes, I know Insta is owned by Facebook. Remember how we used to title our blogs? I was Brand New Insects

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