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Calligramme On the Cover of a Magazine

Posted on2012-01-081 Comment

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 …

Five Boroughs Songbook Manhattan Premiere & CD Release

Posted on2012-01-05

The Manhattan premiere of the Five Boroughs Songbook will be Thursday, January 12th at 7:30 PM at Baruch’s Engelman Recital Hall (55 Lexington Avenue & 25th St). There will be a composer chat beforehand at 6:30 and a reception after at 9:30. A special 2-disc CD recording of the Songbook will also be released that Read More …

Anthologized x 3

Posted on2012-01-04

There are a number of fun, new anthologies coming out this Spring that I wanted to highlight: Divining Divas. Lethe Press. Ed. Michael Montlack. Includes a previously unpublished poem of mine, an homage to She-Ra: Princess of Power, called “For the Honor of Grayskull”. A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary Persona Read More …

Nods and Noms and November

Posted on2011-11-08

Hello, blog. Sorry I’ve been away for a while. I’m thinking in 2012 I might try to do a weekly post again like I used to do. In the meantime, here’s a summary of what I’ve been up to, what my work has been up to, what’s coming down the road: I continue to work Read More …

Three Poems in Scythe #6

Posted on2011-09-24

I have three poems–“Union, Squared,” “Cascade Escapade,” and “Smite & Spoon,”–in Issue #6 of Scythe. The poems are from my Smite & Spoon manuscript, from which I plan to read on an upcoming return visit to Joe’s radio show (more info on that soon!). Check out the poems here. Lots of great poets in this Read More …

A Poem in the Shape of a Rooster at Press 1

Posted on2011-09-14

“Dear Chanticleer,” my poem-in-the-shape-of-a-rooster, is up in the September Issue (Volume 5, Number 2) of Press 1. The poem’s part of the Smite & Spoon manuscript project. Check it out.

Finalist for the Four Way Books Levis Prize in Poetry

Posted on2011-09-08

I’ve been sitting on this news all summer waiting on the outcome, but now that I know I didn’t win, I can reveal that my fourth manuscript, Smite & Spoon, was a Finalist for this year’s Levis Prize in Poetry from Four Way Books. Happy to see another of my projects placing in a contest Read More …

The Five Boroughs Songbook World Premiere

Posted on2011-08-25

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 …

Skin Shift to be published by Sibling Rivalry Press

Posted on2011-08-044 Comments

I’m excited to announce Sibling Rivalry Press has picked up my manuscript Skin Shift as one of their four new titles for 2012. It will be released on my birthday, June 1 (which is a Friday!) so expect a combined birthday/book release party in NYC next year! While Skin Shift will be my first full-length Read More …

Five Poems at Turntable & Blue Light

Posted on2011-05-01

I have five poems up at Turntable & Blue Light: “39th Floor Aperture,” “Achilles,” “[G]olden Circe Sips Her Coffee,” “Zeppelin,” and “Purgatory”. These are all from my Impossible Gotham manuscript. “39th Floor Aperture” is my homage to my day job at D. E. Shaw & Co., where I manage the Reception team (my receptionistas and Read More …