Line tamer.
This is a bit delayed considering it’s been a week since AWP Chicago 2012 (a necessary designation since this is like the third AWP I’ve been to in Chicago now). I started with odd chest congestion a few days before the conference which, once in the Windy City, came on with a vengeance after dry Read More …
And with that title I’m writing again. Well, writing in the sense of finally compressing my raw material into “finished” poems. I realized I had a lot of poem starts and poem fragments and even almost-complete but unresolved poems, so I’m in the process of pulling apart and putting back together and splicing and dicing Read More …
I wonder how many poems have made the cover of a magazine? A calligramme I made of Marilyn Monroe’s face graces the cover of the latest Poets & Artists magazine (#31, January 2012). [issuu width=420 height=272 printButtonEnabled=false backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120108124217-7ca7be607c7b425ca608fb2b7d79bcc1 name=collaboration2012 username=didimenendez tag=art unit=px id=b33cbc0c-ed4d-3cb3-4663-cdbf1e504513 v=2] This is a collaboration issue around the theme “Icon” and Read More …
It’s that time of year again. Of the 100 or so books I read this year, these were some of my faves (again, totally idiosyncratic and not limited to books published this year – I often discover books years after they first appeared in print): Mary Biddinger – Saint Monica Joe Brainard – The Nancy Read More …
We’re back online. The era of the pear has ended. My annual “favorite books read this year” post will be up before the month is out. xo
Charlie Jensen is hosting a mini-salon on his blog, Kinemapoetics this month. The focus is on music albums we love, that we can “experience only through ‘sequential listening’–moving track by track, in order, from start to finish, loving every song.” My contribution is now up, a memoir-ish meditation on PJ Harvey’s 1998 album Is This Read More …
I took a bit of an unintended break there the past couple months. Between my recent creative pursuits and some unexpected personal stresses, I just didn’t find I had much to say on the blog. But the stresses I was experiencing with the day job are coming to an end as I transfer to another 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 …