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The world’s felt pretty dark since election day, as if Gotham (NYC’s mythic space) has gone into mourning. I’ve found myself up at odd hours, not sure what to do with my racing brain so decided to make use of 4am today by losing myself in something physical: why not print and send out Xmas Read More …
Reviewing is one of those generosities that I always thinks good literary citizens should do more of, and then I shrink from the task when I have to put my thoughts to page. But when it’s a poet whose aesthetic you click with, and whose work you’ve been following for years, you might find a Read More …
My love for She-Ra is well known to most of you. The new She-Ra action figure, designed by twins Garrett and Darren Sanders for Mattel, is fab. u. lous. She’s pictured above checking out the dramatic monologue I wrote for her, “For the Honor of Grayskull,” in the Divining Divas Anthology. And here we are Read More …
I have two new poems–“Cafe Imagination” and “Proof of Intent to Marry”–in the “Mirrors & Prisms: Writers of Marginalized Orientations & Gender Identities” issue (Spring/Summer 2016. Vol. 59, No. 2) of Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry. You can see the full list of all the wonderful contributors over here.
My poem “Xanadu Xanadu” from my Impossible Gotham book project appears in PoetsArtists #73, published in conjunction with the exhibit “Freak Out!”, an homage to disco, at Zhou B Art Center. If you’re in Chicago, you should swing by the opening April 15th, and if you can’t make that, the exhibit will be up until Read More …
I spent far too little time submitting work to journals in 2015, partly out of that weird post-book fatigue I seem to experience in the months after a collection comes out (other poets, do you experience this too?). But I’ve committed to reengaging in 2016 with journals, getting work back out in the world. What Read More …
My annual list of books I enjoyed reading over the previous year; not a “best of” list at all, just works that stuck with me. As always, I present these in alphabetical order by author. They are a mix of genres and a mish-mash of books recently published and books I either finally got around to Read More …
Thanks to Stephen S. Mills for featuring my poem “Monocacy” in Animal: A Beast of a Literary Magazine for December. The Monocacy Creek is in Bethlehem, where I grew up. It’s a native word for a twisty creek or river. * The new Rabbit Ears: TV Poems anthology is now available. My poem “Wednesdays at the Read More …
I never knew the extent of Picasso’s sculpture output–the focus is typically on his paintings and periods (his changes in style usually tied to a change in mistress/muse). The sense of play, though, of figuring out spatial questions, of turning the creative hand to a different type of “making” to give the brain a break/engage Read More …
Nadine Robbins’ portrait of me in my She-Ra crown graces the cover of the September issue of Chronogram, a magazine out of the Hudson Valley. You can read the whole issue here. * I’ll be attending my 15-year college reunion and an alumni author’s reception on Saturday, September 19th. Muhlenberg College, Trexler Libary, 3-5pm. * Read More …