I’m thrilled to have received my contributor copy of the spring issue of North American Review, which contains my poems “On a Foreign Planet Surrounded by Sugar Maples” and “Bats and Applesauce.” I’m delighted to share these pages with the likes of Nicole Cooley, Todd Davis, Martín Espada, Stephen Gibson, Tobias Wray, and so many others. Thank you so much to Rachel Morgan and the rest of the NAR crew!
I’m delighted to share the news that I’ve been asked to be the guest poetry editor for the next issue of Stone Canoe. From now until July 8 we’ll be reading poetry for issue 13 to appear in 2019. I’m thrilled to join the team for the next issue and excited to read what you have to send us!
Stone Canoe, a journal of arts and ideas from Upstate New York, was founded at Syracuse University’s University College, and is now published by The YMCA’s Downtown Writers Center, at the Arts Branch of the YMCA of Greater Syracuse.
In order to be eligible to submit, you must have a first-person connection to Upstate New York, but the poems submitted can be about anything at all. The work does not need to involve New York State. For simplicity’s sake, we current define “Upstate” as that portion of the state which is outside of New York City and Long Island. Examples of qualifying connections include but are not limited to: being born here, even if you moved away later; going to college at an upstate school such as SUNY Binghamton, Ithaca College, Syracuse University, etc.; working in the area currently or at some point in the past.
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Submit your work HERE!
Wednesday evening I had the honor and delight to receive a 2018 Residence Hall Association Professor Recognition Award for being an outstanding educator at SUNY Oswego. Thank you to Richard Kolenda, Jacob Gardner, and most of all to my students!
It’s gratifying to learn that my poem, “It’s Something People in Love Do,” has been named a finalist for the 2018 Wolverine Farm Poetry Broadside Prize. Congratulations to the winner, Derek Mong, and to the other finalists!
This poem of mine appears in this year’s Pushcart Prize Anthology and you can read it here.
The new issue of DecomP is out and it’s so good. I’m not biased, being the Poetry Editor. But seriously. Robert James Russell, Kimberly Burwick, Robert Wrigley, Liz Clift, to name but a few! Plus it’s our 14th anniversary issue. Happy birthday to us!
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It’s an honor and a joy to share the news that I’ve just received my contributor copy of the new Alaska Quarterly Review, which contains my three poems “In Small Significant Ways We Are Horses,” “To Keep At Least Partially In the Air,” and “We Are Many People Some Okay.” What a delight to share this issue with such amazing writers as Hananah Zaheer Bajwa, Sarah Barber, Matthew Minicucci, Mark Wagenaar, Bruce Cohen, G. C. Waldrep, Blas Falconer, Alyse Knorr, and so many others! Thank you so much to Ronald Spatz and the rest of the AQR crew!
My lyric essay “Root That Mountain” has been accepted for publication at The Florida Review. This essay is from a series I recently completed on the four classical elements. It’s the dirt essay. Yay dirt! Here’s the song that inspired the title:
I’m delighted to share the news that my poem “To the Dirt Which in Time Will Consume Us All” has just been published over at Narrative Magazine! You can read the poem HERE (logging in is required to read the poem in its entirely, but it’s completely free to do so!) Thank you so much Jack, Carol, Tom, and the rest of the staff at Narrative!
Howdy friends. I’m delighted to share the news that I’ll be teaching an eight-week poetry workshop called “Welcoming Surprises” this spring at The Downtown Writer’s Center in sunny Syracuse (see class description below). Registration is inexpensive and open to the public. To learn more about The Downtown Writer’s Center, download the spring class schedule, and register for these workshops, visit the Center’s website below. Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested!
Welcoming Surprises with Christopher Citro. Wednesdays, 6:00-8:00. 8 weeks, starting April 18. In this workshop, we’ll discuss poetry that incorporates leaps, turns, and the unexpected. We’ll use prompts and exercises drawn from our readings to inspire new writing that helps us break out of our ruts and embrace fresh discoveries.
I’m thrilled to share the news that my poem “Yesterday I Saw a Small Snake Holding Still” has been accepted for publication in The Massachusetts Review! I thought I’d share the photograph that inspired the title–a small ringneck snake I encountered on the Onondaga Community College campus last autumn. (Apologies to any ophidiophobics out there.)
