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It’s Pear Slip‘s birthday! Officially released December 13 2007, Pear Slip had its coming out party on that rainy night here in NYC. Let’s take a look back at the year (click on the links to see the related posts): I’ve read from Pear Slip four times this year: in February as part of the Read More …
My reading at Shaman Drum was a nice homecoming. Unfortunately James Shea had to cancel at the last minute so I adjusted to read for a bit longer than normal. There were many familiar faces including the fabulous poet Lorna Goodison with whom I studied, my friend Ray McDaniel who introduced me (check out Ray’s Read More …
Please check out the December 2008 (Volume 22, Issue 8 ) MiPOesias. I’m the cover boy! And I have four poems included: “Bethesda,” “Baked Peanuts,” “The Light, the Idea of Light, Repeats Itself at South Beach,” and Zer0 Ground.” And major shout-outs to my friends: the photos were taken by the very talented Luke Redmond Read More …
Today is my little sister’s wedding. Back in January when she and her boyfriend announced their engagement they asked if I would read a poem at their ceremony. Actually, she asked how I felt about e. e. cummings and I said, no, no no, everyone does that, I’ll find you something. So I set to Read More …
David Krump at Oranges & Sardines has nominated “Somersault Precedes Transformation” for a Pushcart Prize. You can read the poem in issue one of O&S: Get your own – Open publication
Head on over to Dustin Brookshire’s blog to check out my contribution to his series “Why Do I Write?”
For those of you in Ann Arbor, I’ll be giving a reading at Shaman Drum Bookshop with poet James Shea on Wednesday, November 19th at 7pm. Here’s the event info: November 19, 2008 07:00PM Shaman Drum Bookshop 311-315 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United States http://www.shamandrum.com/bookshop/ Hope to see some familiar faces there!
I went with my friend Liz to the Chelsea Art Museum yesterday for the second performance in the “Notations 21” concert series. I guess the common thread of this exhibit and series is “innovative notation” where the musical notation itself is a work of art (see the above image) just as much as the music Read More …
My last day in London I decided to stay on the West End and finally see the Frank Gehry structure I spotted on the drive in my first day. I wandered down to Hyde Park and entered via Marble Arch and Speakers Corner: Then across the Parade Ground where the brisk fall day created some Read More …
My last night in London I met up with Paul at Tate Britain for “Late at the Tate” and dinner before the rest of the gang arrived. We used his membership ID to go into the exhibits in pairs and avoid paying for tickets (very clever) and I got to see the Turner Prize finalists Read More …