Fourth Portrait by Didi
Didi Menendez has painted my likeness a fourth time. Here’s a cool progress strip of how the painting progressed: You can view more of Didi’s work here.
Category: News
Review of OCHO #29
Grady Harp, an Amazon Top 10 Reviewer, has weighed in on OCHO #29: OCHO #29 continues to present fresh poetry by both well-established poets and those on the threshold of fame – due to the unflagging commitment by publisher Didi Menendez and crew. This particular issue, adorned on the cover with some fascinating graphic art Read More …
Five Poems in OCHO #29
I have five poems in the new OCHO #29: “Arachnophobia,” “Bamboo Tattoo,” “Done Gone and Riled Kingston Up Again,” and “The Astronomer on Misnomers” which are all part of the Skin Shift manuscript; and “Nulla Dies Sine Linea” and “Homography” which are part of The Erotic Postulate. [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true pagenumber=55 documentid=100122153417-1ec8d577d86e4d0b8e33f93928d33bf8 docname=ocho29 username=DidiMenendez loadinginfotext=OCHO%20%2329 Read More …
Spire Press KGB Bar Reading
I’m part of the Spire Press Reading at KGB Bar this Saturday, January 23rd from 7-9pm. Line-up includes fiction by Damian Dressick, nonfiction by Shelly Reed, and poetry by JoAnn Balingit, Christina Olson, Elizabeth Rees, and me. If you’re free and in/close to NYC, stop by. I’d love to see you!
Poem in The L Magazine
My poem “8:46 AM, Five Years Later” from my Impossible Gotham manuscript is in the online poetry section of The L Magazine edited by the very talented Tommy Pico. Speaking of Tommy, check out the blog for birdsong.
Poetry and Truffles! A Poem in The Concher 2
If you love poetry and chocolate check out The Concher 2. You’ll find a poem of mine in there too, “Cobalt Blue.” The truffle line up: spicy cayenne * honey pistachio * lavender vanilla * peanut butter pretzel * pomegranate white chocolate * smoky orange caramel The poet line up: Kristin Abraham * Dan Beachy-Quick Read More …
“Five On It” Interview
Head on over to birdsong to see the latest installment of “Five on It” (I’m one of the five!) from Birdsong #10 released last month. “Five on It” is “a continuing interview series where five established writers and artists answer the same five ‘Inside the Actors Studio’ type questions.” Thanks again for the invite Tommy!
Three poems in Debut Issue of Scythe
I have three poems in the first issue of Scythe, edited by Joe and Chenelle Milford of The Joe Milford Poetry Show. The poems are: “Red Crescent” from The Erotic Postulate; “Sitting in a WaWa Parking Lot” from Skin Shift; and “5th Avenue Stretch” from Impossible Gotham. This first issue features poets who have read Read More …
A new portrait by Didi Menendez
Didi had a poet painting marathon last weekend and did a new portrait of me:
Gregory Woods Reviews Ganymede Poets, One for Chroma
Gregory Woods, author of the critical study Articulate Flesh: Male Homoeroticism and Modern Poetry (a well-worn copy of which sits by my desk) has reviewed the anthology Ganymede Poets, One for Chroma: A Queer Literary and Arts Journal. Woods highlights some of our work: So what impresses me here, before we even begin on the content, is the Read More …