Another nice advance review of my new book, Unopened, up at Ink 19. “The best art resonates because it causes an emotional response – the rest is doggerel. It could be a song that makes you recall a memory, a novel that informed you, or, in the case with Doug Hoekstra, a poem that soContinueContinue reading “Unopened / Ink 19 Review”
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Unopened / Midwest Book Review
Nice advance review on the new book, Unopened from the Midwest Book Review. Blurb and link to full text below. Thanks, MBW. “…An inherently engaging, entertaining, thoughtful and thought-provoking read from a unique and impressively talented wordsmith of an author, “Unopened” is unreservedly recommended…” http://www.midwestbookreview.com/sbw/jan_19.htm#poetry
Unopened Contest
Everyone likes contests, right? Jump on in! https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/288055-unopened
Unopened
Doug Hoekstra’s third book, a collection of published and unpublished poems titled Unopened will hit the streets February 5, 2019. The book also features Hoekstra’s original artwork. Publicity will be handled by the Nashville-based JKS Communications. More details on this site and elsewhere, as they happen.
Reading Moby Dick
DONE Ah, the great white whale…finally slayed. All my life I’ve been a wordsmith, writing songs, stories, poems, essays, teaching English Composition, and working as a grant writer. My B.A. was in English/Creative Writing; my M.Ed. in English/education. But, I have a couple of confessions to make. First off, I don’t think words are endContinueContinue reading “Reading Moby Dick”
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