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So last night Katy Lederer hosted a little book party at her place to celebrate the publication of three books. As usual, it was an interesting mix of people from work and people from the literary community (and even those categories often cross). Actually, “mix” may not be the right word as the writers were Read More …
A brief break from the Jamaica postings to tell you about an important portrait exhibit at the International Center of Photography. The exhibit is called “Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits” curated by Deborah Willis. The ICP is located at 1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street here in New York. And Read More …
Just a quick note from Jamaica. I was checking my email and discovered a message from my colleagues at Muhlenberg College informing me the poet Len Roberts passed away this past Thursday night. Len was one of the first poets to mentor me and I can safely say he was probably one of the best Read More …
Just a note to say my long poem Platos de Sal was a runner-up in the Frank O’Hara Award Chapbook Competition this year. Last year I came in Fourth forPear Slip and the year before I was a Semifinalist for Narcissus Resists. But next year the contest will be going away (only for a year, though) as Read More …
Just wanted to post a piece that originally appeard in the June 25, 2006 edition of The Observer, called “Arbitragedy: A Hedge-Fund Poet’s Bittersweet Ballad” written by my colleague Regan Good.
Went to hear my friend Hui Hui read at the Ear Inn Saturday afternoon. Hui Hui (Tung-Hui Hu) has two books out, now: Mine just out from Ausable Press; andThe Book of Motion which won the Eisner Prize and was published by The University of Georgia Press in 2003. Please buy them. It was a small Read More …
Not that anyone else is probably interested, but every now and then I like to make a list of books I recently read. So here I go: Bernard Cooper’s A Year of Rhymes; Mark Doty’s Dog Years; Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass; Cynthia Hogue’s Incognito Body; Brenda Shaughnessy’sInterior with Sudden Joy; Rick Hilles’s Brother Salvage; Aristotle’s Poetics; Kei Read More …
National Poetry Month has begun. There are already more readings than I can attend as friends send me notes informing me that they’ll be reading here, reading there. I’ll hit what I can. And save my mixed feelings about this month for another post. Last night I attended a pre-reading cocktail party at Katy Lederer’s Read More …
My friend Troy rang me up Saturday morning. He had an extra ticket to Matthew Bourne’s interpretation of Edward Scissorhands at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. I met him at BAM, we trudged the slushy streets to brunch, and then settled in to what was a pleasant but somewhat underwhelming performance of one of my Read More …
I discovered two poets at the Tribute to Carcanet Press event the other night that have me excited. The first is Mimi Khalvati, whose work was adeptly read by Marilyn Hacker. I have some of her books on order and will say more when I’ve had a chance to see and process them on the Read More …