Waking up with a sore throat today was a drag. The beautiful rain was a consolation. Getting my poem “Save the Receipts For a Kind of Diary” accepted at Hayden’s Ferry Review was a great big consolation.
Monthly Archives: August 2016
I’m Teaching a Poetry Workshop This Fall at The Downtown Writer’s Center in Syracuse NY
I’m thrilled to be teaching a poetry writing workshop called “The Voices of the Poet” this fall at The Downtown Writer’s Center in sunny Syracuse, NY. If you’re in the area come on down!
The Voices of the Poet with Christopher Citro. Wednesdays, 6:00-8:00. 8 weeks, starting October 12. “Each time my heart is broken it makes me feel more adventurous,” wrote Frank O’Hara. In this workshop, we’ll use the influential New York School poets as a jumping off point for a focus on effective use of voice in our writing. We’ll use prompts drawn from our readings to help us continue the adventure of creating new poems.
Registration is inexpensive and open to the public. To learn more about The Downtown Writer’s Center, download the fall class schedule, and register for this workshop, visit the Center’s website HERE. Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested!
Collaborative Poems & Interview Featured in Wildness Issue 5
Issue 5 of Wildness just hit the web and I’m delighted to share the news that it features three prose poems I’ve written with Dustin Nightingale as well as an interview with us about our collaborative process. There’s new work by such literary wonders as John Taylor, Peter LaBerge, Jess Poli, David Ishaya Osu, Jennifer Perrine and more! Thanks so much Platypus Press, Michelle Tudor, and Peter Barnfather for this beauty!
“Raising the Titanic” & “I Think That Guy Came With a Violin On His Back and Wants To Play a Song” Accepted by elsewhere
As the Perseids begin dropping in earnest around us, I’m delighted to announce that two of the collaborative prose poems I’ve been writing with Dustin Nightingale – “Raising the Titanic” and “I Think That Guy Came With a Violin On His Back and Wants To Play a Song” – have been accepted by the online journal elsewhere.
“Otherwise Inexplicable Animation to the Forms Above” Accepted at The Collagist
Jumping up and down under the sliver of a moon tonight to share the news that my poem “Otherwise Inexplicable Animation to the Forms Above” has been accepted by the good folks at The Collagist!
Interviewed on The Campbell Conversations on WRVO
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed about contemporary American poetry, prose poetry, and my book The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy (Steel Toe Books, 2015) on The Campbell Conversations on WRVO by Grant Reeher, Director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University. In case you missed yesterday’s broadcast, you can stream or download the show HERE. And thanks for listening!