Heather Cox: Poetry, Mole People, and One Beautiful Chapbook

When you think of mole people, you may think many things: tattered clothing, short statures, offensive odors, cavernous establishments. What you don’t think of is Heather Cox, though that’s about to change; she’s been hard at work creating poetry that exposes the secret lives and tribal affairs of these societies.

Unexpected, thought-provoking, and highly entertaining, her poetry has been receiving attention lately from some very smart editors. She has several poems out and forthcoming, which are listed below. Join me in hearty congratulations to Heather Cox!

Her poems "Ten Things You Need to Understand about The Mole People" & "Ten Things The Mole People Would Never Tell You" are forthcoming in Toad Suck Review (formerly Exquisite Corpse Annual) as a feature "The Mole People... Exposed!!!"

Her poems "God, Forsaken" & "How Quickly a Woman Evaporates" were chosen as finalists in Mid-American Review's 2012 Fineline Competition (final judge Amelia Gray) and will be published in MAR's fall issue as Editor's Choice selections, the final issue edited by Michael Czyzniejewski (Chicago Stories).

Her poem "Under the Thames (1971)" was published as a limited edition handmade broadside by Thrush Press. It's available for ordering (less than $4 and free shipping!) now.

Her poems "I was thinking about T.S. Eliot" & "4AM Remember" are forthcoming in Midwestern Gothic's Nostalgia issue. Her poem "What I know of barns" is forthcoming in PANK (print).

In addition, Heather’s chapbook press, Tree Light Books (an imprint of Ghost Ocean Magazine, RU’s favorite online publication), has just released its debut title, SELECTIONS FROM THE MURDER BOOK, by Susan Slaviero. Susan is an Oyez vet and Chicago-area poet. It can be purchased HERE for $8, free shipping, & every order comes with a handmade typed bookmark and poetry or fiction print from Ghost Ocean's Wave series.

Graduate Reading this Thursday!

Graduate Reading, this Thursday, October 27th! At the Gage Gallery! Coffee and Cake at 5:00. Reading starts at 5:30!  

WHAT A LINEUP!

 

Heather Cox. Published Poet, Founding Editor at Ghost Ocean Magazine, Chronic Hugger!

Adam Morgan. Fiction Writer, Published Author, Chronic Hiker!

Arielle Nelson. Published Poet, Full Time Working Machine, Chronic Creeper!

Kim Robbins Oclon. Fiction Writer, teacher, Chronic Smiler!

Lauren Stacks. Fiction Writer, Roosevelt Professor, Chronic Florist!

Watch in amazement as they read from their carefully constructed theses! Celebrate their hard work! And then show them the love they deserve! Check out more event details here! 

Cox Published in Midwestern Gothic

Heather "Million Dollar Smiles Machine" Cox

Roosevelt MFA Candidate, Poet, and Ghost Ocean Magazine Founding Editor, Heather Cox, can now be read in the latest Midwestern Gothic fall publication! Her poem, "This town is a photograph", lies in the coveted final slot in the journal and can be purchased here today!

The Midwest Done Right

Midwestern Gothic is a quarterly literary journal based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, seeking work about or inspired by the midwest! They've published, along with Heather, the likes of Molly Gaudry, Aaron Burch, Roxane Gay, J.A. Tyler, and many more!

Red Lightbulbs: Online and Dangerous

Heather is coming off a string of big news! She has recently been published in Red Lightbulbs! Her poems, "Fire When Ready" and "What She Told Me From The Brigg" can be viewed here! Her literary magazine, Ghost Ocean Magazine, recently announced the winners for it's first Chapbook contest! And she is currently, probably at this very moment, hard at work on her thesis, and will be reading a selection at the Gage Gallery, with other Graduates, next Thursday! But more details on that later! For now, congratulate Heather on her publications! And give her a hug! She loves hugs!

Cox Poem to be Made into a Limited Edition Postcard!

For MFA student Heather Cox, things keep getting better!  Sure, she's going to be published in Pear Noir's upcoming winter issue, which has had the likes of Tao Lin, Lydia Davis, and Blake Butler in their pages!  Sure, it's going to five - yes - FIVE of her poems in the issue!  But now comes word that one of her poems, "How Quickly a Man Evaporates", has been selected to be one of just two that will be made into a limited edition postcard (read about it here)!  A part of the PN! Postcard Series, Pear Noir will provide two limited edition singles with the first fifty copies of Pear Noir!  Congrats, Heather!

Preorder it today before the issue and the limited edition postcards quickly EVAPORATE!

Welcoming the two new grad assistants!

It's the beginning of the spring semester at Roosevelt. That means a new grad assistant... and this year, two new GAs!

Tim Moore has been named the new grad assistant in the Creative Writing program, assisting director Scott Blackwood and lead GA Tovah Burstein. Moore is a fiction writer recently published in Nap, and was awarded the Friends of American Writers scholarship last November. He has a screenwriting background, is a sought-after tutor at the Roosevelt University Writing Center, and can be found at any MFA reading event, rain or shine.

Heather Cox has been named the first-ever grad assistant of the Department of Literature and Languages, assisting department chair Bonnie Gunzenhauser. Cox worked as the departmental administrative assistant last fall and is an impassioned, active participant in all things MFA. She was a leader in Serif and kicked off Ghost Ocean Magazine. Her poetry has been recently published in Pear Noir (including a postcard series), technicolor Magazine, Psychic Meatloaf, and Pyrta.

Congrats to you both !

photo by Heather Cox 

Support RUMFA student Heather Cox as she spreads the good word(s)!

Forget being a full time student, Heather Cox is also the founder and editor-in-chief of Ghost Ocean Magazine. This online literary magazine publishes writing that is clever, surprising, engaging and downright fun to read. Today marks the launch of Issue 2, which features poetry from Susan Slaviero, flash fiction from Cee Martinez, an interview with Chicago independent press Featherproof's Christian Tebordo, and two micro reviews of Featherproof's Patrick Somerville's short story collection The Universe in Miniature in Miniature. Feast your eyes!

Want to get involved? Ghost Ocean is launching a Kickstarter campaign to help them get to the 2011 AWP Conference in Washington, D.C.. Donations will be used to obtain a book fair table--where they will hand out lots of Ghost Ocean goodies, and have the magazine available for browsing. Pledges of $5 and up will all be met with fun, creative rewards! The Kickstarter is open for donations until 1:00 AM on December 1st.

Check out Issue 2, donate some of that pocket change, and look for Ghost Ocean and other Roosevelt affiliated writing at AWP 2011.

Heather Cox publishes in Pear Noir (times 5!)

In baseball, 5 for 5 is some sort of miracle, but for MFA student Heather Cox, it's just good writing. All 5 of Cox's poems submitted to Pear Noir will appear in their Winter 2011 issue.

Pear Noir is based out of Pennsylvania that has featured such notable writers as Lydia Davis, Tao Lin, Russell Edson, and Blake Butler. The independent print journal's mission is to publish the best contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry out there. This marks Cox's 13th publication since she entered the MFA program here at Roosevelt. Pear Noir definitely knows what their talking about.

Cox's poems live, thrive, and multiply

Roosevelt MFA poet Heather Cox's poem "This is how you'll find me", accepted earlier this summer, can now be viewed on Psychic Meatloaf.

In addition, three poems by Cox were been accepted by Pyrta, an online literary magazine based in India. The poems are inspired by Neil Gaiman's American Gods and will be featured in the October issue.

Another poem, "Paper Boyfriend," will be featured in the upcoming issue of technicolor Magazine, an online lit mag based in Denver, CO (rumored to be connected to author Chuck Palahniuk). The issue should be out sometime this month.

Congrats, Heather!

Cox wrangles the surreal for Psychic Meatloaf

Heather Cox 's poem "This Is How You'll Find Me" has been accepted for the upcoming issue of Psychic Meatloaf.

It's just a fun, surreal-ish poem that started with the phrase "rubbing my name into your knuckles" and exploded into an Eternal Sunshine-inspired, how can I leave my mark on you, how can I make you find me, but less frantic than the film.

Psychic Meatlof is a new journal of free-verse and experimental poetry. The inaugural issue will be published on, or near August 1st.

Congrats, Heather!

Cox's "Ritual" to appear in Dark Sky

MFA student Heather Cox's poem "Ritual" has been published at Dark Sky Magazine for their March Noir edition. You can read the poem at www.darkskymagazine.com/ritual. Dark Sky was the first magazine Cox brought in for submission suggestions to Serif.

This is Heather's second publication since she started at Roosevelt. Last semester, her poem "Beneath Disheveled Sheets" was published in Ceremony.