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A birthday post to round-up the latest news and happenings: The big news is that I’ve signed the contract for my second release from Sibling Rivalry Press, The Erotic Postulate. It will be out in September 2014 along with Stephen Mills’ second book, Brent Calderwood’s first book, and Douglas Ray’s anthology of queer Southern writing. Read More …
A quick note about some upcoming readings: Monday, April 8th: Indian Springs School, Birmingham, AL, 7pm. I’m part of the Indian Springs Visiting Writers Series which was highlighted recently in The Nation. Looking forward to seeing Douglas Ray and Jessica Smith, and discussing Skin Shift with their students! The public is welcome. Thursday, April 11th: Gay Read More …
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 Mastroianni’s “Natural Wisdom” exhibit at the Woodwary Gallery in NYC, in particular the painting Autumn Read More …
I’m honored, humbled, over-the-moon, dancing on clouds, but really at a loss for words to adequately describe the news that Skin Shift and I have been included on the eighth annual list of debut poets from Poets & Writers magazine (Jan/Feb 2013 issue). Here are the twelve of us: Zubair Ahmed Lillian-Yvonne Bertram John Chávez Read More …
Happy May Day! Today marks the 1-month countdown to the book launch. I’ve been doing interviews, written and live, in recent weeks and am in party-planner mode for the book launch on June 1st. One of the interviews culminated in a feature on the NY Daily News books blog “Page Views” which ran this past Read More …
The handsome Stephen Mills interviewed me for his new monthly interview series featuring emerging LGBT poets on his blog, Joe’s Jacket. Click on over to find out whether or not I write poems in the nude, how “anagram me” can be your new pick-up line, and which luscious-locked actor would play me in my bio-pic. Read More …
Two nominations this week. Whee! Didi Menendez has nominated “In Pursuit of a More Perfect Armor” for a Pushcart Prize (my fifth nomination over the years!). This poem will be debuting shortly in the special November collaboration issue of Oranges & Sardines / Poets & Artists. Sam Rasnake at Blue Fifth Review has nominated “The Allentown Read More …
Evan J. Peterson gives a thorough, engaging and thoughtful review of Narcissus Resists at The Rumpus. Here’s a preview: Despite what brooding know-it-alls in your workshop or writer’s circle tell you, Greek mythology is neither dead, nor tacky, nor useless to contemporary poetry. With Narcissus Resists , Matthew Hittinger provides readers with a crown of Read More …
In honor of National Poetry Month, The Rumpus is featuring new, previously unpublished poems by 30 different authors in 30 days. My poem “Xanthic the Day, Cyanic the Day” is the poem for today. Also, if you missed it, here’s a nice LGBT-focused AWP recap by David Groff at the Lambda Literary site. I’m stealing Read More …
I’m the featured poet in the Winter 2010 Issue of Blue Fifth Review, special theme: the body. The poems featured include “The Allentown Aubades” from The Erotic Postulate, “Circe’s Letterpress” from Skin Shift, and “After Jamaica, June” and “Spiral Compact Fluorescent” from Smite & Spoon. The issue includes new work by Marilyn Kallet, Ivy Alvarez, Read More …