Poem in The L Magazine
My poem “8:46 AM, Five Years Later” from my Impossible Gotham manuscript is in the online poetry section of The L Magazine edited by the very talented Tommy Pico. Speaking of Tommy, check out the blog for birdsong.
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Poetry and Truffles! A Poem in The Concher 2
If you love poetry and chocolate check out The Concher 2. You’ll find a poem of mine in there too, “Cobalt Blue.” The truffle line up: spicy cayenne * honey pistachio * lavender vanilla * peanut butter pretzel * pomegranate white chocolate * smoky orange caramel The poet line up: Kristin Abraham * Dan Beachy-Quick Read More …
Fun Article: Moves in Contemporary Poetry
I came across this fun article at HTMLGIANT cataloging the moves we contemporary poets like to make in our work. “This Is Not About Pears” was mentioned in #36 as an example of “Definition or description by negation” which, I admit, is something I do a lot of in my work. I guess if I Read More …
“Five On It” Interview
Head on over to birdsong to see the latest installment of “Five on It” (I’m one of the five!) from Birdsong #10 released last month. “Five on It” is “a continuing interview series where five established writers and artists answer the same five ‘Inside the Actors Studio’ type questions.” Thanks again for the invite Tommy!
More Musings About Book Awards: An Interview at ]Outside the Lines[
Christopher Hennessy picks my brain about the book award system over at ]Outside the Lines[. Though I’m one voice in the wilderness here, perhaps what I’ve learned from my experiences will help others if you decide to go that route with your manuscripts.
Three poems in Debut Issue of Scythe
I have three poems in the first issue of Scythe, edited by Joe and Chenelle Milford of The Joe Milford Poetry Show. The poems are: “Red Crescent” from The Erotic Postulate; “Sitting in a WaWa Parking Lot” from Skin Shift; and “5th Avenue Stretch” from Impossible Gotham. This first issue features poets who have read Read More …
Some Favorite Books Read in 2009
I’m not going to do a top ten list, or limit this to books published in 2009 as I discovered a lot of wonderful work this year published since 2007. I’m sure I’ve forgotten some books here (it’s hard to remember what you were reading back in January and February) so this is by no Read More …
Some Musings on My Book Contest Stats: The Chapbooks
On a bit of a whim last night I decided to calculate how much money I’ve invested with the poetry book award contests since I started sending out my manuscripts in 2004. Bless the organizational skills I inherited from my mother, I’ve actually kept spreadsheets with all this raw data. At first I wasn’t sure Read More …
Some Notes on Laurie Sheck’s A Monster’s Notes
Head on over to Gently Read Literature where you can check out the November reviews. I have a piece up on Laurie Sheck’s multi-genre novel A Monster’s Notes.
A new portrait by Didi Menendez
Didi had a poet painting marathon last weekend and did a new portrait of me: