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Happy birthday to my book Skin Shift, which is officially released today. You share a birthday with your daddy, and with Marilyn Monroe, amongst others. Last summer while in the midst of my Marilyn research, I discovered The Seven Year Itch premiered on her birthday, June 1st, 1955, during her year of self-imposed exile in New York 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 …
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 …
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 …
The handsome Stephen Mills interviewed me for his new monthly interview series featuring emerging LGBT poets on his blog, Joe’s Jacket. Click on over to find out whether or not I write poems in the nude, how “anagram me” can be your new pick-up line, and which luscious-locked actor would play me in my bio-pic. Read More …
As with last year’s list, this is a list of books I read this year that stuck with me in some way. There were many books published this year that I have yet to read (a boy only has so many hours in a day!) and they are sitting in a pile here. I’ll get Read More …
The November 2010 Issue (Volume 3, Issue 10) of Poets & Artists (Oranges & Sardines) is now live! It’s a special collaboration issue where poets and artists teamed up “in pursuit of” many different things… Open publication I teamed up with painter Kristy Gordon and the title of our collaboration is “In Pursuit of a Read More …
My essay/obit on John Stahle is up at LambdaLit.org. You can read it here. * Speaking of John, the memorial tribute honoring his life and the journal Ganymede will be next Saturday, September 18th, at 2:30pm in the Lerner Auditorium at The Center (208 West 13th St, NYC). More details available here. Hope you can Read More …