Susan Isla Tepper presented her darkly comic play CLANDESTINE in an Equity Premiere Staged-reading, hosted by SHOPTALK, on June 10 at EAG Guild Hall Theatre, NYC. Her latest Novel “Hair of a Fallen Angel” was published by Spuyten Duyvil Books. A twenty-year writer, she’s written 12 published books of fiction and poetry and 7 stage plays. Honors include 21 Pushcart Prize Nominations. Her play ‘The Crooked Heart’ concerning artist Jackson Pollock premiered on October 25, 2022 at the Irish Repertory Theatre in NYC. Adapted from an earlier novel, it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Susan is a Brand Ambassador for The Galway Review. A Youtube music video for her latest novel at: https://youtu.be/W2HVIc4NrqY
http://www.susantepper.com
MISTAKES
By Susan Isla Tepper
A man makes a hundred
mistakes then stops counting.
Where does that leave her?
The humble bench,
shed of
chaste white wood
blocks riotous winds.
During the season of high grass
her body ripening to a tree,
always that troublesome
apple dangling before him—
O the history that followed.
Toppled in snow she thinks
damn the apple;
and other symbols provoking wars.
That bench is here for the taking.
Sleeping away winters
swirling imaginings
the beginnings of divine peace.
Jamie Cat Callan is a writer, artist and photographer. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Best American Erotica, Story, the Missouri Review, American Letters & Commentary and elsewhere. Her work is supported by the New York Foundation on the Arts, the Connecticut Commission on the Arts, The Massachusetts Council on the Arts, the Djerrassi Foundation, the Ragdale Foundation, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Vermont Studio Center and elsewhere. She’s authored nine books, most recently, Parisian Charm School, published by Penguin Random House. Currently, she is writing a novel that takes place in Paris during the revolutionary month of May 1968. You can find her newsletter “How to be Creative” on Substack. https://substack.com/@jamiecatcallan
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