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I have two poems from my Book of M project–“Dear Art Dear M” and “I Prefer Gentlemen in Bed”–in the new PoetsArtists (PA#62), which accompanies the “Immortality and Vulnerability” exhibit going up at Zhou B Art Center in Chicago this April. I’m also on the cover in a portrait by the painter Nadine Robbins sporting my Read More …
A new Marilyn poem, “My Cinemascope Life (With Stereophonic Sound)” is in the recent “Heroes & Villains” issue of PoetsArtists magazine. It was a collaboration with painter Francien Krieg, a response to her painting of the elderly woman in the bathtub. Got me thinking: if Marilyn had lived to be 80, what would her thoughts be looking Read More …
I have a new poem “Movable Mound Music” and sound art piece in the “From Motion to Stillness” exhibit opening February 15th, 7pm at the Zhou B Art Center in Chicago, IL. The poem was written in response to Mark Mastroianni’s “Natural Wisdom” exhibit at the Woodwary Gallery in NYC, in particular the painting Autumn Read More …
Allow me to interrupt your normal poetry news to nerd out for a moment. FAQNP has just published a collaborative essay I wrote with my buddy Carter (B.C. Edwards) on two of my childhood idols, the twins He-Man and She-Ra. Hatched over brunch and then a string of emails and drafts, it even comes with 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’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 …
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 …
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 …