NEW! A Conversation with Poet-Publisher-Artist Juliet Cook AND three of her poems at Cultural Daily!

Thank you very much to Mish (Eileen) Murphy for interviewing me a second time for Cultural Daily about poetry, publishing, and art!

Here's a link to the Conversation - https://www.culturaldaily.com/conversation-with-poet-publisher-artist-juliet-cook/?fbclid=IwAR3e9R9bl8sW_sEg8uFmBZCMAGLQ5Ukxt8AVClxYfOyv2Wl4wi2fIg56cpY

And thank you also to Cultural Daily's Poetry Editor Alexis Rhone Fancher for selecting three of my poems to appear there on the same day.

Here's a link to the poems - https://www.culturaldaily.com/juliet-cook-three-poems-2/

"Her mother told her that if she didn’t smile for this group spread, her ass would be spanked until her nose bled and saturated her bad apple. Her blood red apple would be knocked out of her poisoned mouth."

Talking Poetics #34 : Juliet Cook (a new interview about poetry)!

 A Talking Poetics interview/conversation with Juliet Cook about poetry-related subject matter is up at the ottawa poetry newsletter today. Thank you very much to rob mclennan for asking these questions.
http://ottawapoetry.blogspot.com/2020/12/talking-poetics-34-juliet-cook.html

poetry mini interview (part five)

Juliet Cook is up at poetry mini interview again (Very short interviews with poets, Conducted by Thomas Whyte), where poets offer 5 short answers to 5 short questions, one per week.

Here's her FIFTH and final answer - http://poetryminiinterviews.blogspot.com/2019/04/juliet-cook-part-five.html

(I must have answered this question a while ago, because NOW one of the chapbooks I refer to has had its name slightly changed to "Dark Purple Intersections (inside My Black Doll Head Irises)" and it is DONE and will be revealed VERY SOON - AND the other chapbook I mention, "red circles into nothing" was recently accepted by Clare Songbirds Publishing - AND I created ANOTHER new chapbook and had that one accepted too!)

poetry mini interview (part two)

Juliet Cook is up at poetry mini interview again (Very short interviews with poets, Conducted by Thomas Whyte), where poets offer 5 short answers to 5 short questions, one per week.

Here's her part TWO answer - 

http://poetryminiinterviews.blogspot.com/2019/04/juliet-cook-part-two.html

Happy February! A new Interview about Juliet Cook and her poetry and her Malformed Confetti appears in the NEW Issue 47 of Rogue Agent!

An interview with Juliet Cook about her poetry writing process and other poetic thoughts/feelings (and about her new full-length poetry book, Malformed Confetti, published by Crisis Chronicles Press in 2018) appears within the NEW Issue 47 of Rogue Agent, surrounded by poetry! - http://www.rogueagentjournal.com/jcook-2

NEW Interview! Backstory of the Poem "ARTERIAL DISCOMBOBULATION" by Juliet Cook

"...Was that a bodily tremor or
a body bag streamer?"

Juliet Cook is delighted to be included in Chris Rice Cooper's Backstory of the Poem, which focuses on one specific poem and how the poet wrote that specific poem.

Cook's poem focused on is "Arterial Discombobulation".

HERE - https://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/2018/05/18-backstory-of-poem-arterial.html

LOVE CAN BE A CHOKECHERRY / AN INTERVIEW WITH POET JULIET COOK

"She describes her style as, “emotional hailstorms (based on and derived from thoughts/feelings/memories) that are redirected and reshaped into poetry, sometimes more direct and other times more abstract. Often on the dark side.”"

(Thank you very much to Bekah Steimel and Shannon Steimel for conducting this interview with me!)

Read the interview in its entirety (or just read parts of it, if you'd like), starting with a poem HERE - https://bekahsteimel.com/2018/04/22/love-can-be-a-chokecherry-an-interview-with-poet-juliet-cook/

NEW Interview with Juliet Cook at THE BOOTH!

I am extremely excited to share "Writing that disturbs the bodies of the mind: An Interview with Juliet Cook" now up at THE BOOTH at Hermeneutic Chaos!

You can read my answers to questions about grotesque writing, collaborative writing, and my forthcoming second full-length poetry book, Malformed Confetti, coming soon from Crisis Chronicles Press.

https://theboothblogsite.wordpress.com/2015/11/13/writing-that-disturbs-what-disturbs-bodying-the-mind-with-juliet-cook/

SAFTAcast Episode 27 - Juliet Cook!

Scott Fynboe and Blood Pudding Press editor/poet Juliet Cook.

He conducted my awesome SAFTAcast Interview, Episode 27, which went live the day I headed to AWP.

You can listen to the interview here - http://saftacast.com/2015/04/07/episode-27-juliet-cook/

lots of little poetry portals

"I don't think poetry can be "found" by picking up a rock or a dead bird off the ground and simply calling it poetry and that's IT - but I do think poetry/art can be unexpectedly yet significantly inspired by such findings. For me, something about the visual imagery of bird fetuses and the thoughts then provoked in my mind can stimulate poetry/art. Same with other sorts of small things that many people would overlook and/or would find unworthy of much consideration and/or would find grossly unappealing. The tendency to ignore things like that makes me wonder WHY. Is it because of being easily grossed out? Is it because small odd things are inconsequential to the mainstream? Is it because of fear of death, fear of demise, fear of being crushed by something larger, fear of non-existence?"

A snippet from an interview with Blood Pudding Press editor Juliet Cook (about dead birds, art, poetry, publishing and more), which appears within the new issue of Sein und Werden, here - http://www.kissthewitch.co.uk/seinundwerden/summer13/index.html

The interview also brings up Cook's recent collaborative work with Robert Cole – and a collaborative poem by the two of them, “Churning Codex Portal”, appears in this issue of Sein as well. 

“Churning Codex Portal” is a poem from their collaborative chapbook, “Mutant Neuron Codex Swarm”, chosen to be published by Hyacinth Girl Press in 2014.

A few more poems from that chapbook are soon to appear online within “Black Heart Magazine” and “Menacing Hedge” (via which you will be able to hear them read some of the poems too).

Also  a new individual poem by Juliet Cook is coming soon from POETSARTISTS (The Social Portrait). 

New interview related to Juliet Cook's POST-STROKE poetry chapbook

A new interview about Juliet Cook’s POST-STROKE poetry chapbook is now up at Poet Hound:

http://www.poethound.blogspot.com/2012/09/an-interview-with-juliet-cooks-post.html

One small snippet from the interview - "...it wasn’t technically inserted with a blow torch, BUT the kind of stuff that was happening seemed so unexpectedly bizarre that a blow torch didn’t seem like all that much of an over the top descriptor in the midst of what was actually going on – which was my carotid artery bleeding out and then platinum mesh getting inserted near my crotch and surgically moved all the way up to my upper neck area – a blow torch seemed to fit into that picture, mentally speaking."

Blood Pudding Press Poetry Treats & Halloween Offerings

Added a couple new Halloween-esque hand-painted zombie magnets to the Blood Pudding Press etsy shop, with even more peculiar doodads to come soon!

The Halloween section of the shop also offers a hand-painted mini zombie gnome and darkly delicious poetry chapbooks, including the limited edition CARNIVORACIOUS collaborative chapbook by Suzanne Grazyna & Juliet Cook. CARNIVORACIOUS was originally published as a limited edition in 2008 - and its limited number of copies quickly sold out. Now as a special Halloween Treat, the chapbook is being made available again for a limited time - only until Halloween 2012!

Also stay tuned for an interview with Blood Pudding Press editor and poet Juliet Cook, about her poetry chapbook, POST-STROKE, scheduled to appear upon the Poet Hound blog later today.

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For now, here's the Halloween Treats section of the BPP shop: 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress?section_id=12101200

(Also, see the blog post below this one, about BPP's current poetry chapbook contest.)

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“My mouth is a red velvet orchestra pit

overflowing with carnivorous trumpets.” 

Juliet Cook/CARNIVORACIOUS

“Our flares swerve to capture the other
Luminous nipples tease
The flick of a cobra tongue
Longing to feast in leafy tunnels” 

Suzanne Grazyna/CARNIVORACIOUS

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Profiles in Poetics: Juliet Cook

Aesthetic Diversity of Women Writers in the 21st Century

(interview questions answered by Juliet Cook and asked by Jillian Mukavetz, which originally appeared upon the Women's Quarterly Conversation online site)

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/8400339/profiles_in_poetics_juliet_cook.html?cat=72

An interview with Juliet Cook at Birds of Lace

Below is a link to an older, poetry-oriented interview with Blood Pudding Press editor Juliet Cook that was originially published in a unique print publication called Freshette - and is now available online at Birds of Lace (thank you Gina Abelkop!).

Here's a snippet: "every once in a while, I get in a mode in which I start thinking about the possible pointlessness of it all or maybe even the frivolousness of it all or maybe even the self-indulgence involved with investing so much time and energy into creating these little art projects that probably mostly just matter to me. However, we all have to find our sense of special meaning and significance somewhere—for some, it’s in the camaraderie surrounding sports, for some it’s through religious beliefs, for some it’s political activism, for some it’s careerism, etc.. For me, it’s poetry. I feel that this realm is where my voice truly belongs and can most authentically express itself, whether or not my expressions resonate for others."

Read more by clicking the link:

http://birdsoflace.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/an-interview-wjuliet-cook/