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I have two poems–“Bufeo Colorado” and “Two Black Swans”–in OCHO #22, a special edition edited by Miguel Murphy called “Dear America, Don’t Be My Valentine” which came about as a reaction and response to California’s passing of Prop 8 last fall. You can read it HERE (definitely check out Miguel’s preface before you dive in) Read More …
An article by Priya Bali from The Michigan Daily regarding the Hopwood Awards, complete with some quotes from yours truly. Enjoy!
Grady Harp, a top ten reviewer on Amazon and author of War Songs, was kind enough to review Pear Slip: Matthew Hittinger is an artist. He is able to paint with words intimate still lifes focused on one object – a pear – and make each of the eight poems in this small but treasurable book Read More …
Friends- I’m writing to encourage you to support the magazine Limp Wrist and their scholarship fund for LGBT high school juniors and seniors. They are having a raffle of some sizzling autographed items, including a copy of Christopher Hennessey’s Outside the Lines, Mary Biddinger’s Prairie Fever, Paul Lisicky’s Lawn Boy, a limited edition broadside of Read More …
I’m curious that Chatwin considered this book fiction; perhaps by today’s standards we’d brand it “creative nonfiction” the “creative” part being perhaps invented or doctored dialogue, some bending of facts to get at a more truthful narrative, etc. As a travel document, though, it maintains Chatwin’s compressed ability to sketch a character or paint a Read More …
Here is the text, courtesy of the Academy of American Poets, of Elizabeth Alexander’s “Praise Song for the Day,” the poem she read at Barack Obama’s Inauguration. Nice to see the brief tradition of the inaugural poem back; this is only the fourth time a poem has been read at an Inauguration. The first was Read More …
It’s been a while since I’ve thrown up a review of something I’ve read, and I rarely gush about a book of poetry, but I am in love with Sharon Dolin’s Burn and Dodge, Winner of the 2007 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry. What initially struck me was the vast grasp and versatility of form, Read More …
You gotta love google alerts. Some recent links in my inbox that made me smile: From Lorcaloca: Hottie of the Week From VowelMovers: The Day That Poetry Became Jennifer Aniston NAKED From Andrew Demcak’s site: Favorites From Dustin Brookshire’s blog I Was Born Doing Reference Work In Sin: You Voted…You’re Fan Faves are… (and be Read More …
Didi took a second stab at capturing my likeness: I believe she based it on this photo of me by Luke Redmond:
Didi painted my portrait for her “American Poets Portraits” series: