Pleased to be featured in Chapter 16, "a community of Tennessee writers, readers, and passersby" set up by Tennessee Humanities. They featured "Impermanence," a selection from my new book, Unopened, along with a plug for my Tuesday, May 7th reading at Post East (East Side Storytellin') here in Nashville. Enjoy! https://chapter16.org/impermanence/
Unopened / Tennessee Jazz and Blues
Nice reviews of Unopened book continue to roll in, including a great piece by Ron Wynn at Tennessee Jazz and Blues. Always good to be in with the jazzers, particularly in a column inspired by John Coltrane. Thanks, Ron. (click on link for more TJB) Unopened By Doug Hoekstra (Five-Minute) Former Chicagoan and now Music CityContinue reading "Unopened / Tennessee Jazz and Blues"
“Maps” from Unopened
Here's an interesting, different kind of ink, which provides analysis of a specific poem, "Maps" from my new book, Unopened. Enjoy the read (and thanks Hannah) https://ihannahwilliams.com/2019/03/17/an-analysis-of-maps-by-doug-hoekstra/
Unopened / The East Nashvillian
Nice to get some hometown ink, and thanks to the folks at East Nashvillian for this one, on the new book Unopened: Fragments of memory, bits of travelogue, imagistic meditations, lyric glimpses into every-day lives; these are the materials from which the poems in Doug Hoekstra’s most recent book, Unopened, are made. “It started outContinue reading "Unopened / The East Nashvillian"
Get the Funk Out – Monday March 25
Yes, Doug Hoekstra will appear on Janeane Bernstein's "Get the Funk Out" show, KUCI, 88.9 FM, Irvine California this coming Monday, March 25 - from 11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. CT (9:30 a.m. PST). Tune in, stream, listen to the words, stay for the music. Thx, Doug And as a postscript - you canContinue reading "Get the Funk Out – Monday March 25"
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