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I have three poems–“Union, Squared,” “Cascade Escapade,” and “Smite & Spoon,”–in Issue #6 of Scythe. The poems are from my Smite & Spoon manuscript, from which I plan to read on an upcoming return visit to Joe’s radio show (more info on that soon!). Check out the poems here. Lots of great poets in this Read More …
“Dear Chanticleer,” my poem-in-the-shape-of-a-rooster, is up in the September Issue (Volume 5, Number 2) of Press 1. The poem’s part of the Smite & Spoon manuscript project. Check it out.
I’ve been sitting on this news all summer waiting on the outcome, but now that I know I didn’t win, I can reveal that my fourth manuscript, Smite & Spoon, was a Finalist for this year’s Levis Prize in Poetry from Four Way Books. Happy to see another of my projects placing in a contest Read More …
The Five Boroughs Music Festival is celebrating its fifth year with a Five Boroughs Songbook which will premiere 20 new songs by 20 composers. The World Premiere will be at Galapagos Art Space on October 6th. There will be a Composer Chat before the performance at 6:30, and then the performance will be at 8. Read More …
I’m excited to announce Sibling Rivalry Press has picked up my manuscript Skin Shift as one of their four new titles for 2012. It will be released on my birthday, June 1 (which is a Friday!) so expect a combined birthday/book release party in NYC next year! While Skin Shift will be my first full-length Read More …
Charlie Jensen is hosting a mini-salon on his blog, Kinemapoetics this month. The focus is on music albums we love, that we can “experience only through ‘sequential listening’–moving track by track, in order, from start to finish, loving every song.” My contribution is now up, a memoir-ish meditation on PJ Harvey’s 1998 album Is This Read More …
I took a bit of an unintended break there the past couple months. Between my recent creative pursuits and some unexpected personal stresses, I just didn’t find I had much to say on the blog. But the stresses I was experiencing with the day job are coming to an end as I transfer to another Read More …
I’ll be reading my poem “8:46 AM, Five Years Later” at the Five Boroughs Music Festival Fundraiser this Saturday. It’s the next collaborative project in the works with composer John Glover for the Five Borough Songbook. Here are the details: Please join us on July 16th for a special evening of music featuring appearances by Read More …
I have five poems up at Turntable & Blue Light: “39th Floor Aperture,” “Achilles,” “[G]olden Circe Sips Her Coffee,” “Zeppelin,” and “Purgatory”. These are all from my Impossible Gotham manuscript. “39th Floor Aperture” is my homage to my day job at D. E. Shaw & Co., where I manage the Reception team (my receptionistas and Read More …
I have two poems in OCHO #31: “At the Academy of Taxidermy Mirram Keeps a Secret” and “Restoration.” Both are from my Skin Shift project. The taxidermy poem is inspired by the aboriginal tale “The Woman Who Changed Into a Kangaroo” and the trunk poems is for my father. You can read the entire issue Read More …