Favorite Books Read in 2011

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 …

Goodbye, Pear

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

Three Poems in Scythe #6

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 …

Is This Desire?

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 …