Ever wanted a 1.5 hour interview of me lipping off in depth about composing and revising my poem “Our Beautiful Life When It’s Filled with Shrieks” from my book If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun? Along with oodles of nitty-gritty poetry writing talk–daily practices, radical free-writing, quelling the inner critic, lineation, creating stanzas, titling? Along with a little Dog Day Afternoon and Goodfellas content? Well, you’re in luck. One just got posted today on YouTube by 1-Week Critique.
Huge thank you to Matthew Schmidt and the awesome gang at 1-Week Critique! This conversation was such a pleasure, and I’m thrilled to share it with you!
I’m teaching Voice (via Zoom) for the Literary Bit of Festival in Oxford, MS!
I’m delighted to be teaching a one-off generative Zoom workshop on Voice in poetry, as part of the Literary Bit of Reflection Festival run by the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council in Oxford, Mississippi!
I’m teaching the same class twice, at noon on October 29 and at 3:30 on October 30. It costs only $5 to attend. Come on by!
To register visit https://oxfordarts.com/literarybitof
Thank you Superstition Review!
Huge sparkly thank yous to Sara Walker and The Superstition Review for posting about my new poetry book, If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun! They included a the title poem and a video of me reading other two poems from the book.
https://blog.superstitionreview.asu.edu/when-life-gives-you-lemons/
Acceptance at The Los Angeles Review for my poem “Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in the Mystery of the Rest of Your Life”
Spine-tinglingly thrilled to receive the news that The Los Angeles Review has accepted my poem “Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in the Mystery of the Rest of Your Life.”
My book is 6 months old!
It’s October and my book, If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun, is 6 months old! *whistles and noisemakers* Grab the cinnamon and cloves, put some cider on to mull, and snag your copy from Amazon, Small Press Distribution, or get a signed one directly from me!
3 collaborative prose poems accepted at The Laurel Review!
Yip-a-dang! I’m delighted to share the news that The Laurel Review has accepted three of the collaborative prose poems I’ve been writing with Dustin Nightingale: “Our Dust Collection in Great Demand,” “I’ll Wait Here In Steam I Make Myself” and “We Come from the Orchard Eating.”
“We Might As Well Be Hovering” Video
I made this short video of me reading my poem “We Might As Well Be Hovering,” with accordion accompaniment by my partner Sarah. I’ve also posted it on my YouTube page. Thanks for watching! You can find the poem in my new book, If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun (Elixir Press, 2021).
Goodbye 112! Hello 113!
After a morning’s poetry writing among the mosquitoes, it’s time to say goodbye to Journal 112, hello soon-to-be 113!
I’ve been interviewed for The University of Arizona Poetry Center!
The University of Arizona’s Poetry Center has just published an in depth interview with me about my second book, If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun! Thank you so much Jon Riccio for the wonderful questions! Get ready for: quasars, black bears, Three’s Company, Mole people, The Denial of Death, Cab Calloway, naked hijinks, a laundry dryer that plays Schubert, a writing prompt, spelunking, Otis Redding, etc…. I hope you all can give it a read!
Congratulations Sarah!
My awesome partner’s awesome short story just got nominated for Best of the Net by Guesthouse! Congratulations sweetie!