Best New Poets 2014

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!

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My unpublished poem “Gathering a Few Facts” has been chosen to appear in the Best New Poets 2014 anthology, guest edited by Dorianne Laux.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