Lu Chekowsky

Lu Chekowsky's Fundraiser

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BLIND ITEM POEMS

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30 NEW POEMS
ABOUT
FAMOUS PEOPLE.
30 DAYS OF RAISING MONEY
FOR TUPELO PRESS.

I am writing one new poem every day for the next thirty days in support of Tupelo Press!

Every day of November 2022, I'll be writing a draft of a new poem about a famous person I worked with, back when I was in the business of making famous people more famous. My project is tentatively titled: BLIND ITEMS, a term which means: "a news story, typically in a gossip column, in which the details of the matter are reported while the identities of the people involved are not revealed." To give you an idea of what I'm striving to do, here is a poem of mine about Britney Spears: https://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/britney-s-...

Tupelo Press provides the platform and I bring my words, accompanied by a cohort of fine poets -- all of us writing thirty poems in thirty days, and all ours to edit and submit as we wish. 30/30 poems have been accepted by over 200 journals and featured in over 40 published chapbooks, all so Tupelo Press can keep publishing exquisite and diverse voices that might never be heard otherwise. Every dollar donated gives me confidence to write more, and helps the press place more poems in incredibly necessary books. Please help me help this distinguished press. Every little bit helps!

Here's a little more about me:

Lu Chekowsky is an Emmy-winning writer and creative director who built a successful career in media through gut, intuition, and addiction to approval. She has attended The Tin House Summer Workshop and been a writer in residence at MASS MoCA, SPACE on Ryder Farm, Monson Arts, and the Gullkistan Creative Program in Iceland. Lu was the winner of the 2020 Pigeon Pages Essay Contest, a finalist for Best of the Net 2022 and has had poems, flash and essay published in The Rumpus, Bending Genres, Kithe and The Maine Review. You can read more of her work at: luchekowsky.com.