The Pinch

My poem “Even The Best of Us Are Generally Waiting” has just been published in the Fall 2014 issue of The Pinch (check out their snazzy new website).

This issue isn’t available to purchase online yet, but when it is you can get new writing by the likes of Nick Courtright, Bethany Carlson, Adam Clay, Mike Young, and lots of other great people HERE.

Thanks Pinch editors!

 

Prairie Gold: An Anthology of the American Heartland

I’m overjoyed to receive my copy of Prairie Gold: An Anthology of the American Heartland, edited by Lance M. Sacknoff, Xavier Cavazos and Stefanie Brook Trout (Ice Cube Press, 2014).

This anthology contains my poems “One Kitchen One Afternoon” and “Whatchamacallit.”

It has a wealth of fiction, nonfiction and poetry about, concerning, set, dissecting, celebrating, criticizing and et cetera  the American Midwest.

Learn more about the book and grab yourself a copy HERE.

A facebook page containing news of readings and otherwise related to the anthology is HERE.

Rappahannock Review

My poem “A Raising” has just been published in the online journal Rappahannock Review. You can read the poem HERE.

The theme of this issue is Appetite, and it features a healthy plateful of poetry, fiction and nonfiction.

This poem is from my first book, The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy, which will be published in 2015 by Steel Toe Books.

Thanks again Eric Turner, Moira McAvoy and the other Rappahannock Review editors!

Best New Poets 2014

My unpublished poem “Gathering a Few Facts” has been chosen to appear in the Best New Poets 2014 anthology, guest edited by Dorianne Laux.

The anthology comes out this November. You can see a list of the 50 poets/poems chosen HERE.

A facebook announcement with pictures of the poets is HERE.

I am honored and seriously excited by this happy news. Thanks so much BNP editors, Jazzy Danziger and Dorianne Laux!