Line tamer.
As we were preparing the galleys for The Erotic Postulate this past spring, I was revisiting poems I had written more than 10 years ago. Most of them still held up–a different style from how I’m writing these days, but I’m excited to have them soon out in the world to expand the conversation I’m having Read More …
A new poem, “Cross Bucket Candle Knife,” is up at The Offending Adam. It’s an ekphrastic response to Max Ernst’s Trois Poemes Visibles from his Una Semaine de Bonté: A Surrealist Novel in Collage (1933) and the poem sections align with his collage sections. It’s part of a triptych of poems. “Caliper Owl Thistle Fork” appeared in Crazyhorse late last Read More …
Happy to announce that the new issue (#32) of the relaunched OCHO is now live. Didi Menendez, the publisher of MiPOesias, PoetsArtists, and iArtistas, contacted me back in February about relaunching OCHO as a journal focused on queer arts and literature. I thought it was a great idea, wrote a new mission statement and submission Read More …
My copy of the new anthology Drawn to Marvel: Poems from the Comic Books edited by Bryan D. Dietrich and Marta Ferguson and published by Minor Arcana Press arrived today. My homage to Wonder Woman, “Orange Colored Sky” is in there, sandwiched between a John Ashbery poem and a collaborative poem by Denise Duhamel & Maureen Read More …
I had a lovely time visiting both my alma maters this past month. In an odd alignment of the stars, they both contacted me within a 24 hour window back in February to return to their campuses as a “distinguished alum” – aw. My first visit was to Muhlenberg where their new/reinstated chapter of Sigma Read More …
I forgot to post here that I had four poems appear in Crazyhorse (Number 84/Fall 2013): “Frost Pear,” “Caliper Owl Thistle Fork,” “The Sphinx * The Asterisk,” and “Villa Lyric.” The first three are from my current Book of M project, and the last from Smite & Spoon. Chip Livingston wrote an insightful review of the issue for NewPages, Read More …
I’ve had three poems appear recently at Blue Fifth Review: “Rune Stories” appeared in their Winter Quarterly: City (February 2013/13.4) “There Are Characters I Omit;” appeared in their Poetry Special (December 2013/13.23) “The Library The Lion” appeared in their collaboration issue. The poem is in response to a drawing by Portrait of Dennis (In His Library) by Ira Joel Haber. The first Read More …
Over Christmas, when I was home visiting my parents in Bethlehem, PA, I trekked over to Nisky Hill and the Public Library to do rubbings of H.D.’s grave and historical marker. Finding a flat grave after a fresh snowfall is quite the challenge, but I’ve shown many a visitor those sites over the years and Read More …
I have a new poem from my Book of M project, “Script Sculpt,” in Issue 10 of Weave.
Publishing this on time this year and not four months into the new year. =) Now that 2013 is over I can present my annual list of books I enjoyed reading over the previous year. As always, I present these in alphabetical order by author. They are a mix of poetry, prose, and art monographs, Read More …