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This coming week two of my poems — “Orange Colored Sky” and “Samson in Reverse” — will be performed in the “Lions and Lambs” edition of the Emotive Fruition reading series, curated and directed by Thomas Dooley. The collaborative series pairs accomplished actors up with NYC’s emerging poets. I got to hear a preview at Read More …
I found a book about origami when cleaning my bookcases the other week. I’m not exactly sure where it came from, but there was a packet of origami paper tucked inside, so I decided to try my hand at it. This is my favorite creation, a fox and a book, based off a fox and Read More …
Last weekend I attended a master class at Poets House. It was focused on collaboration and led by Anne Carson and Robert Currie. I’ve been intrigued by the Carson/Currie collaborations in recent years that I’ve seen around NYC, and the timing of it seemed perfect given my interests right now. I’ve been wading into the Read More …
AWP D.C. was a bit of a whirlwind experience this year due to its unfortunate timing. I didn’t think I would be able to go due to commitments in NYC, but managed to get roughly two days of the scene covered. AWP organizers, I know you probably lock down dates based on cheapest rates, and Read More …
Who owns a story? Who has the right to tell it? And if they have the right, how should it be told? Kei Miller’s The Last Warner Woman explores these questions as the narrator “Mr. Writer Man” and the protagonist, Adamine Bustamante, the “Warner Woman,” duel and duet to tell her story, which, without giving Read More …
Hey Chicago! Composer Randall West’s settings of my poems “Skin Game” and “Not Berache Not Gynandromorph Not Even Two Spirit” will debut in a “New Song” concert next week as part of Chicago’s VOX3 vocal music collective. You have three chances to catch the concert: Tuesday, January 11 @6:00pm at the Loyola University Museum of Read More …
I’ve wanted to write a Christmas poem for a few years now, and have always been struck by two ornaments on my tree: a pickle and a pear. Inspiration struck during a Christmas Eve service last night and I had the first line and title. And then this morning I woke and wrote the rest. Read More …
The new journal Assaracus (taking its name from Ganymede’s brother, and continuing the legacy of the late John Stahle’s journal Ganymede) edited by Bryan Borland at Sibling Rivalry Press debuts! I’m holding my contributor copy and am excited to dive in. The fun thing about Assaracus (aside from its, ahem, “cheeky” name–check out the cover Read More …
As with last year’s list, this is a list of books I read this year that stuck with me in some way. There were many books published this year that I have yet to read (a boy only has so many hours in a day!) and they are sitting in a pile here. I’ll get Read More …
A week of poems at No Tell Motel! Each day this week I had a poem from my color sequence (color wheel? prism poems?) up at No Tell Motel: “Red Gotham,” “Orange Gotham,” “Yellow Gotham,” “Blue Gotham,” and “Indigotham.” These poems are part of my Impossible Gotham manuscript. As for the other colors, “Violet Gotham” Read More …