Striking a Yoga Pose in the WSJ Online
I’ll let a bit of my day job in here: check out this link to the Wall Street Journal Online to see me striking a yoga pose.
Category: Press
Pear Slip Commentary on Ekphrasis: Poetry Inspired by Art
I received a nice email today from Therese Broderick who maintains the blogEkphrasis: Poetry Inspired by Art; she offered some nice commentary on Pear Slip (I love attentive, thoughtful readers!). Here’s a preview: When you see the phrase “still life,” what image comes to your mind? Now that I’ve read the very engaging and inventive poems Read More …
Pear Slip Praise
A happy discovery. Someone included Pear Slip on an Amazon.com top nine list: “Favorites of a Self-Taught Literary Snob”. This is what they have to say: “This book is a great gift for someone who enjoys poetry, but doesn’t have the patience for something too long. The work is fresh and smart.” Thank you “greeningupsmart”, whoever Read More …
Winner of the Beauty/Truth Press Chapbook Competition
Just found out my sequence Narcissus Resists won the 2007 Beauty/Truth Press Chapbook Competition. They are estimating the print date will be December 1st, and you can check in on their publication schedule here:BeautyTruthPoetryPublications
Frank O’Hara Award Runner-up
Just a note to say my long poem Platos de Sal was a runner-up in the Frank O’Hara Award Chapbook Competition this year. Last year I came in Fourth forPear Slip and the year before I was a Semifinalist for Narcissus Resists. But next year the contest will be going away (only for a year, though) as Read More …
Also Notable
Narcissus Resists has been highlighted as an “Also Notable” manuscript for “prowess in composition and daring originality” in Caketrain’s 2006 Chapbook Contest. Nice to be in the top 5.