Comments on: https://webbish6.com/2267/ Jeannine Hall Gailey's Poetry Blog Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: jeannine https://webbish6.com/2267/#comment-538 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:00:00 +0000 http://webbish6.com/2267/#comment-538 Dear Anon,
Come on, you don’t have to be anonymous – we’re all friends here 🙂
Anyway, I have had a lot of great poetry teachers, both in my current MFA program, the MA I studied for in my twenties, and informal mentoring with several great poets at conferences and such.
But I think the biggest contributor to my “success” – LOL – in poetry this is a very relative term – is a close-knit group of friends and supporters who are both my cheerleaders and my workshop. Without their encouragement, I would never have tried any of the stuff I’m doing now – putting together a book, sending to magazines and contests, etc.
Also, doing reviews for places like New Pages, and a lot of reading at my local poetry bookstore, Open Books, helped too.

]]> By: Anonymous https://webbish6.com/2267/#comment-537 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:38:00 +0000 http://webbish6.com/2267/#comment-537 Dear Jeannine,

With all your success in poetry, were there any teachers or mentors whom you felt made you a better poet? Editors? Anyone we might recognize? Or did you just sort of figure it out on your own?

Anon

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