I have an essay in The First Time I Heard… The Smiths. Edited by novelist Scott Heim, this is part four in “an ongoing series where musicians and writers tell their stories of first hearing the music of an iconic artist or band.” You can download the e-book here.
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A new poem–“No Garlic”–in the October 2012 issue of MiPOesias, an issue of poems and recipes dedicated to Grave Cavalieri. It’s one of my Marilyn Monroe poems, and takes her stuffing recipe to use as a frame.
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And two micro-reviews:
Steve Fellner looks at Skin Shift and Ruben Quesada’s Next Extinct Mammal at his blog Pansy Poetics.
And Stephen S. Mills takes a look at Skin Shift, Eduardo C. Corral’s Slow Lightning, and Amy Waldman’s The Submission at his blog Joe’s Jacket.
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Enjoy the final days of summer!