Second Portrait by Didi Menendez
Didi took a second stab at capturing my likeness: I believe she based it on this photo of me by Luke Redmond:
Year: 2008
Portrait by Didi Menendez
Didi painted my portrait for her “American Poets Portraits” series:
Celebrating a Year of Pear Slip
It’s Pear Slip‘s birthday! Officially released December 13 2007, Pear Slip had its coming out party on that rainy night here in NYC. Let’s take a look back at the year (click on the links to see the related posts): I’ve read from Pear Slip four times this year: in February as part of the Read More …
Some Pics from the Shaman Drum Reading
My reading at Shaman Drum was a nice homecoming. Unfortunately James Shea had to cancel at the last minute so I adjusted to read for a bit longer than normal. There were many familiar faces including the fabulous poet Lorna Goodison with whom I studied, my friend Ray McDaniel who introduced me (check out Ray’s Read More …
Cover Boy: Four Poems in MiPOesias December 2008
Please check out the December 2008 (Volume 22, Issue 8 ) MiPOesias. I’m the cover boy! And I have four poems included: “Bethesda,” “Baked Peanuts,” “The Light, the Idea of Light, Repeats Itself at South Beach,” and Zer0 Ground.” And major shout-outs to my friends: the photos were taken by the very talented Luke Redmond Read More …
Epithalamium
Today is my little sister’s wedding. Back in January when she and her boyfriend announced their engagement they asked if I would read a poem at their ceremony. Actually, she asked how I felt about e. e. cummings and I said, no, no no, everyone does that, I’ll find you something. So I set to Read More …
Second Pushcart Nomination
David Krump at Oranges & Sardines has nominated “Somersault Precedes Transformation” for a Pushcart Prize. You can read the poem in issue one of O&S: Get your own – Open publication
Why Do I Write?
Head on over to Dustin Brookshire’s blog to check out my contribution to his series “Why Do I Write?”
Reading at Shaman Drum
For those of you in Ann Arbor, I’ll be giving a reading at Shaman Drum Bookshop with poet James Shea on Wednesday, November 19th at 7pm. Here’s the event info: November 19, 2008 07:00PM Shaman Drum Bookshop 311-315 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United States http://www.shamandrum.com/bookshop/ Hope to see some familiar faces there!
Notations 21: Breaking the Boundaries
I went with my friend Liz to the Chelsea Art Museum yesterday for the second performance in the “Notations 21” concert series. I guess the common thread of this exhibit and series is “innovative notation” where the musical notation itself is a work of art (see the above image) just as much as the music Read More …