Category Archives: Collaborations

From Motion to Stillness / Movable Mound Music

I have a new poem “Movable Mound Music” and sound art piece in the “From Motion to Stillness” exhibit opening February 15th, 7pm at the Zhou B Art Center in Chicago, IL.  The poem was written in response to Mark … Continue reading

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Fabulous Secret Powers: Deconstructing He-Man and She-Ra

Allow me to interrupt your normal poetry news to nerd out for a moment. FAQNP has just published a collaborative essay I wrote with my buddy Carter (B.C. Edwards) on two of my childhood idols, the twins He-Man and She-Ra. … Continue reading

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The Five Boroughs Songbook World Premiere

The Five Boroughs Music Festival is celebrating its fifth year with a Five Boroughs Songbook which will premiere 20 new songs by 20 composers.  The World Premiere will be at Galapagos Art Space on October 6th.  There will be a … Continue reading

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Five Boroughs Music Festival Fundraiser

I’ll be reading my poem “8:46 AM, Five Years Later” at the Five Boroughs Music Festival Fundraiser this Saturday. It’s the next collaborative project in the works with composer John Glover for the Five Borough Songbook. Here are the details: … Continue reading

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Emotive Fruition

This coming week two of my poems — “Orange Colored Sky” and “Samson in Reverse” — will be performed in the “Lions and Lambs” edition of the Emotive Fruition reading series, curated and directed by Thomas Dooley. The collaborative series … Continue reading

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Origami

I found a book about origami when cleaning my bookcases the other week.  I’m not exactly sure where it came from, but there was a packet of origami paper tucked inside, so I decided to try my hand at it. … Continue reading

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Egocircus

Last weekend I attended a master class at Poets House.  It was focused on collaboration and led by Anne Carson and Robert Currie.  I’ve been intrigued by the Carson/Currie collaborations in recent years that I’ve seen around NYC, and the … Continue reading

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Art Song Collaboration Debut

Hey Chicago! Composer Randall West’s settings of my poems “Skin Game” and “Not Berache Not Gynandromorph Not Even Two Spirit” will debut in a “New Song” concert next week as part of Chicago’s VOX3 vocal music collective. You have three … Continue reading

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