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 CityContinueContinue reading “Unopened / Tennessee Jazz and Blues”
Category Archives: 2019
“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 outContinueContinue 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 canContinueContinue reading “Get the Funk Out – Monday March 25”
The Sacrifice
A new poem, just in time for baseball season. But, as with all writing about baseball, it’s about more than the sport. Enjoy. Doug The Sacrifice In baseball, it is a mighty thing, to lay the bat horizontal one hand gently on the barrel holding on gingerly with thumb and index finger loose but steady,ContinueContinue reading “The Sacrifice”
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