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I have two poems up at LambdaLiterary.org in their new poetry section: “I Could Not Say” and “Keystone Effect: KKK Rally in Carlisle” which you can read HERE. Both are old love poems (written ten years ago this month!) that I rehabilitated a couple years ago for my PA-themed Keystone Effect chapbook manuscript. They have Read More …
I have a persona poem, “Not Berdache Not Gynandromorph Not Even Two Spirit” in the new issue (Issue 4) of Clementine. One of the many dramatic monologues scattered throughout the first section of my Skin Shift manuscript. It’s a great line-up, including work by: Joe Eldridge, Jerome Murphy, Jeffery Conway, Kerri French, Rio Cortez, Sarah Read More …
Happy National Coming Out Day! I have a poem “Divine Violence” from my Smite & Spoon project in the Summer/Fall 2010 Issue of Mary: A Literary Quarterly. There will be a release party for the fall issue here in NYC at 7pm this Friday, October 15th at The Pearl Lounge, 155 8th Avenue (between 17th Read More …
The November 2010 Issue (Volume 3, Issue 10) of Poets & Artists (Oranges & Sardines) is now live! It’s a special collaboration issue where poets and artists teamed up “in pursuit of” many different things… Open publication I teamed up with painter Kristy Gordon and the title of our collaboration is “In Pursuit of a 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 …
What a month! A pattern seems to be developing in recent years: that of the rough September. I’ve had a root canal this month, an ear infection, survived a round of layoffs at my day job, and found out I have to have minor surgery later this fall. Tack this on to my summer of Read More …
My essay/obit on John Stahle is up at LambdaLit.org. You can read it here. * Speaking of John, the memorial tribute honoring his life and the journal Ganymede will be next Saturday, September 18th, at 2:30pm in the Lerner Auditorium at The Center (208 West 13th St, NYC). More details available here. Hope you can Read More …
Bryan Borland has been hard at work editing Ganymede Unfinished, which pays tribute to the late John Stahle and his journal Ganymede. It is now finished and available for ordering. Here’s the list of contributors: Perry Brass, Jee Leong Koh, Matthew Hittinger, Alexander Grafy Gale, Sergio Ortiz, Ocean Vuong, Jeff Mann, Eric Norris, Steven Cordova, Read More …
I took this photo today while visiting Governor’s Island. I saw the dragonfly sitting on a clothespin from quite a distance while we walked by one of the yellow officer’s houses. I managed to get pretty close. I’m usually just a point-and-click kind of guy, but am proud of how this turned out:
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 …