My poem “You’re Welcome To the Rest” has been accepted to appear in Salt Hill 34.
Thank you Salt Hill editors!
Barrow Street
My poem “Nobody Is Ever Missing” has been accepted to appear in the next issue of Barrow Street. Thank you Barrow Street Editors!
The title of my poem was taken from the last line of John Berryman’s “Dream Song 29.” You can watch a video of him reading his poem HERE.
Barrelhouse Comedy Issue
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
“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
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.]
Another Chicago Magazine
Two collaborative prose poems written with Dustin Nightingale, “The Automatic Door Will Open Even For You” and “Over and Over Until We Actually Die, Which Is Tomorrow Eventually,” have been accepted at Another Chicago Magazine.
Thank you David Welch and the other ACM editors!
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!