Poem at The Rumpus

In honor of National Poetry Month, The Rumpus is featuring new, previously unpublished poems by 30 different authors in 30 days.  My poem “Xanthic the Day, Cyanic the Day” is the poem for today. Also, if you missed it, here’s a nice LGBT-focused AWP recap by David Groff at the Lambda Literary site.  I’m stealing Read More …

Denver, Day Three

I think I’m in AWP-withdrawal, which I wasn’t expecting.  Let’s hammer out the last day in Denver. Well, it started slow for just about everyone I know thanks to the drinking and altitude and lack of sleep.  I think the altitude was blamed for a lot of behavior beyond the altitude sickness some people experienced…what Read More …

Denver, Day Two (part 1)

So far at the conference I’ve overhead lots of talk about online vs. print, which seems to be a hot topic this year.  The conversation has many parts: on the shuttle ride over it was about the fight at some journals just to get an online submission manager (fear being that it would increase submissions Read More …

Denver, Day One (part 2)

Okay, I took some pics! This is the Denver Convention Center where the book fair, registration, and panels take place: And the entrance to Exhibit Hall A or whatever it’s called; the main hall.  What’s nice is the entire book fair is in one hall this year, with carpeted aisles!  Still a bit overwhelming, but Read More …

Featured Poet in Winter 2010 Issue of Blue Fifth Review

I’m the featured poet in the Winter 2010 Issue of Blue Fifth Review, special theme: the body.  The poems featured include “The Allentown Aubades” from The Erotic Postulate, “Circe’s Letterpress” from Skin Shift, and “After Jamaica, June” and “Spiral Compact Fluorescent” from Smite & Spoon. The issue includes new work by Marilyn Kallet, Ivy Alvarez, Read More …