Category Archives: Publication

Best New Poets 2014

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Presents have arrived a little early here in Syracuse! My poem “Gathering a Few Facts” has just been published in the 2014 Best New Poets anthology guest edited by Dorianne Laux.

I am honored to be among the 50 poets chosen for this year’s anthology. The complete list:

Christine Adams, Annik Adey-Babinski, Nico Alvarado, Kate Angus, Linda Blaskey, Daniel Bohnhorst, Chuck Carlise, Anders Carlson-Wee, Christopher Citro, Noel Crook, Karen Embry, Sara Gelston, Benjamin Goldberg, Lenea Grace, Miriam Bird Greenberg, Richie Hofmann, Jen Jabaily-Blackburn, Wayne Johns, Danielle Jones-Pruett, Andrea Jurjević, Lisa Kwong, Peter LaBerge, Quinn Lewis, S.H. Lohmann, Karen Malzone, Amanda Jane McConnon, Corey Miller, Matthew Minicucci, Jenny Molberg, Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren, Erin J. Mullikin, C.L. O’Dell, Rosanna Oh, Joy Priest, Jacques J. Rancourt, Iliana Rocha, Erin Rodoni, Nicole Rollender, Carey Russell, T.J. Sandella, E.C. Sawatzky, Brittney Scott, Matt Sumpter, Talin Tahajian, Gabriella R. Tallmadge, Ocean Vuong, Anna Rose Welch, Lisa Wells, Phillip B. Williams, Jeremy Windham

You can order a copy from your local bookstore or online at places such as THIS, HERE, and ALSO.

Thanks so much again BNP editors, Jazzy Danziger and Dorianne Laux!

Subtropics

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My poem “The Secret Lives of Little Girls” has just been published in Issue 18 of Subtropics.

The issue also contains work by Christina Nichol, Matthew Lippman, Jon Loomis, C. Dylan Bassett, Bernard Quiriny, Circe Maia, Edward Mayes, Angie Hogan, Sheila Kohler, Charles Wyatt, Katherine Bode-Lang, Geri Doran, Mark Jude Poirier, Bruce Beasley, Cally Conan-Davies, Jehanne Dubrow, Mel Kenne, Chinelo Okparanta, Analicia Sotelo, Jennifer Atkinson, Okla Elliott, Lisa Hartz, Brandon Kershner, Patricio Pron, John Weir, and Amy Hempel.

You can snag a copy for $12.95 HERE.

Thanks Subtropics!

First Indications (of Trouble at the Ranch)

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My poem “First Indications (of Trouble at the Ranch)” has recently been read by a gentleman named Kurt Milberger on his youtube page where he reads a poem a day.

The poem was originally published in issue 4 of NOO Journal back in 2006.

You can watch this charming reading of my short poem HERE.

Thanks Kurt for this pleasant surprise!

Barrelhouse Comedy Issue

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I just got my copy of Barrelhouse issue 13, the comedy issue. It contains my list poem “On Mother” composed of little things my mother said that I collected for over a decade or so.

Hurrah!

Contributors include Lucas Adams, Leslie J. Anderson, Oliver Bendorf, Amy Butcher, Sean Carman, Adrienne Celt, Christopher Citro, Danny Collier, Mark Cugini, Patrick Dacey, Brady Dale, Erin Fitzgerald, Elisa Gabbert, Kelsie Hahn, Kimberly Harding, Victor D. Infante, Sunny Katz, Lee Klein, Steven Kraan, Allis Leigh, Patricia Lockwood, Paul Luikart, Dan Magers, Ravi Mangla, Ben Michelman, John Mortara, Sean Murphy, Shawnte Orion, Abbey Mai Otis, Holly Painter, Kate Partridge, Kathleen Rooney, Pir Rothenberg, Ali Shapiro, Brian Warfield, John Dermot Woods, and April Wolfe.

You can get yourself a copy for ten bucks HERE.

Thanks Mike Ingram and the other Barrelhouse editors! And thank you mom!

inter|rupture

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“The Weight of Everything” has just been published in the October issue of the online literary journal inter|rupture. This poem was written in collaboration with the poet Dustin Nightingale.

This issue is chock-full of great poem-stuff, with work by Molly Brodak, Nick Courtright, Brooke Ellsworth, Matthew Guenette, Colleen Barry, Adam Day, Janelle Dolrayne, Nick Depascal, Lindsey Webb, Daniel Beauregard, Khaty Xiong, Dillon J Welch, Meg Cowen, Sean Shearer, Gregory Lawless, Maggie Millner, Peter Laberge and Jill Khoury. And there’s art, including the above, by Benny Merris.

You can read our collaborative poem HERE.

Whiskey Island

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The new issue of Whiskey Island contains two of my collaborative prose poems written with poet Dustin Nightingale: “Anywhere Is the Center of the Universe” and “Down to the Wire.”

It’s a gorgeous issue with lots of great fiction and poetry, with work by Paul David Adkins / Paul Albano / Justin Carter / Liz Chereskin / Jamison Crabtree / Caroline Crew / Francis Daulerio / Justin Lawrence Daugherty / James Eidson / Dan Encarnacion / Didi Goldenhar / Carol Guess / Eileen Hennessy / Bob Hicok / Anne Cecelia Holmes / Celia Homesley / Lindsey Hopton / Neal Kitterlin / Sarah Levine / Rob MacDonald / Kelly Magee / Alex McElroy / Karyna McGlynn / John McKernan / Joe Milazzo / Katherine Scott Nelson / Elizabeth O’Brien / Nina Puro / Jade Ramsey / Ann Robinson / Aurelie Sheehan / Anis Shivani / Ryan Teitman / Jason Tobin / Caleb True / Madeline Vardell / Katie Willingham and artwork by Aniela Sobieski.

You can grab a copy for just 4 bucks HERE.

[Note: the journal erroneously listed me as the sole author, but these are collaborations.]

The Pinch

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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!

 

Rappahannock Review

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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!