Two collaborative prose poems, written with Dustin Nightingale, have been accepted at The Chattahoochee Review. Thank you editors Michael Diebert and Lydia Ship!
Verse Daily features “An Emergency Every Day of the Week”
The good folks over at Verse Daily have featured my poem “An Emergency Every Day of the Week,” originally published in The Southeast Review!
This is the fourth time they have featured a poem of mine. Thanks Verse Daily!
Inter|rupture
“The Weight of Everything,” a prose poem written in collaboration with the poet Dustin Nightingale, has just been accepted for publication in Inter|rupture. Thank you Curtis Perdue and Katherine Factor!
Above image from the June 2014 issue. Art by Henrique Lima.
Ninth Letter
My prose poem “The Nearness of You” has just been published in the Spring/Summer 2014 issue of Ninth Letter.
Thank you Ninth Letter editors!
To celebrate, you can go listen to the great Johnny Hartman sing “The Nearness of You” as written by Hoagy Carmichael HERE.
The Pinch
My poem “Even The Best of Us Are Generally Waiting” has been accepted for publication by The Pinch.
Thank you Pinch editors!
Broadsided
Someone posted the Broadsided broadside of my poem “Stop Doing That,” illustrated by Amy Meissner, on the door to the MFA office at UMass Boston.
If I could hug them, I surely would.
Lyric Essay in Colorado Review
I’ve just received my contributor’s copy of the spring 2014 issue of the Colorado Review which contains my first published full-length creative nonfiction essay, “Go Away and Stay Right Here.” It’s a lyric essay on the subject of electricity, among other things.
There’s a ton of great poetry, fiction and nonfiction in the issue, including poems by the likes of Gale Marie Thompson, Doug Ramspeck, Christina Pugh, James Longenbach, Colette Inez and Lindsey Alexander.
You can order a print copy for $10 HERE or a digital copy for $5 HERE.
I’m proud as all get-out to be in this gorgeous issue. Thanks Stephanie G’Schwind and the other CR editors!
The Rappahannock Review
My poem “A Raising” has been accepted for the August 2014 issue of the Rappahannock Review. This online literary journal is published by the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
If you’re not familiar with this journal, check out the essay Justice by Alyce Miller, one of my former instructors at Indiana University, in the inaugural issue.
Thanks Eric Turner, Moira McAvoy and the other Rappahannock Review editors!
Whiskey Island
Two prose poems written in collaboration with the poet Dustin Nightingale have just been accepted for publication in Whiskey Island.
We’ve been working hard at this ongoing series of collaborative prose poems — emails bouncing back and forth between Fargo, North Dakota and Syracuse, NY — and it’s fantastic to see them finding homes in journals as wonderful as Whiskey Island.
Thank you Whiskey Island editors! Huzzah!
Gay Head Lighthouse Poetry Project
Five of my poems have just been selected to appear in the Gay Head Lighthouse Poetry Project, an anthology to help raise money for the preservation of Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha’s Vineyard. This historic lighthouse is in danger of falling into the sea due to erosion and funds are being raised in many ways to move it to a place of safety. You can find more info about the preservation project HERE.
If you’ve never been fortunate enough to see this lighthouse in person, chances are you’ve seen it on film, in this scene from Jaws:
