Line tamer.
It’s that time of year again. Of the 100 or so books I read this year, these were some of my faves (again, totally idiosyncratic and not limited to books published this year – I often discover books years after they first appeared in print): Mary Biddinger – Saint Monica Joe Brainard – The Nancy Read More …
We’re back online. The era of the pear has ended. My annual “favorite books read this year” post will be up before the month is out. xo
Hello, blog. Sorry I’ve been away for a while. I’m thinking in 2012 I might try to do a weekly post again like I used to do. In the meantime, here’s a summary of what I’ve been up to, what my work has been up to, what’s coming down the road: I continue to work Read More …
I have three poems–“Union, Squared,” “Cascade Escapade,” and “Smite & Spoon,”–in Issue #6 of Scythe. The poems are from my Smite & Spoon manuscript, from which I plan to read on an upcoming return visit to Joe’s radio show (more info on that soon!). Check out the poems here. Lots of great poets in this Read More …
“Dear Chanticleer,” my poem-in-the-shape-of-a-rooster, is up in the September Issue (Volume 5, Number 2) of Press 1. The poem’s part of the Smite & Spoon manuscript project. Check it out.
I’ve been sitting on this news all summer waiting on the outcome, but now that I know I didn’t win, I can reveal that my fourth manuscript, Smite & Spoon, was a Finalist for this year’s Levis Prize in Poetry from Four Way Books. Happy to see another of my projects placing in a contest Read More …
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 Composer Chat before the performance at 6:30, and then the performance will be at 8. Read More …
I’m excited to announce Sibling Rivalry Press has picked up my manuscript Skin Shift as one of their four new titles for 2012. It will be released on my birthday, June 1 (which is a Friday!) so expect a combined birthday/book release party in NYC next year! While Skin Shift will be my first full-length Read More …
Charlie Jensen is hosting a mini-salon on his blog, Kinemapoetics this month. The focus is on music albums we love, that we can “experience only through ‘sequential listening’–moving track by track, in order, from start to finish, loving every song.” My contribution is now up, a memoir-ish meditation on PJ Harvey’s 1998 album Is This Read More …
I took a bit of an unintended break there the past couple months. Between my recent creative pursuits and some unexpected personal stresses, I just didn’t find I had much to say on the blog. But the stresses I was experiencing with the day job are coming to an end as I transfer to another Read More …