Friends. The wonderful Roxana Cazan has just had a book of poetry published. It’s called The Accident of Birth, and I had the joy of blurbing it. Grab yourself a copy HERE from Main Street Rag. And congratulations again Roxana!
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“It’s Something People in Love Do” in the Pushcart Prize Anthology 2018
Thank you to Bill Henderson and the other editors of The Pushcart Prize Anthology for including my poem “It’s Something People in Love Do” in the newly published 2018 edition! Having received my contributor’s copy not long ago, I’m still reeling from the honor. Thank you to all the journal editors who have nominated my work over the years, and most especially to Lee Upton and Tony Ardizzone for nominating my work this year. Thanks again to Anthony Sutton, Mitchell Jacobs, Rachel Reynolds, and the other editors at Sycamore Review for giving this poem a home in the first place!
“Shelter Awhile” and “Smell of Wet Earth Like the Inside of My Hands” Accepted at Colorado Review
Huuuuuuge thanks to the good folks at the Colorado Review for accepting my poems “Shelter Awhile” and “Smell of Wet Earth Like the Inside of My Hands” — the latter being one of the very few sonnets I’ve ever had survive into a final draft. So huzzah! This will be the second time my work has appeared in the Colorado Review, since they were good enough to publish my first lyric essay “Go Ahead and Stay Right Here” back in the Spring 2014 issue. So double thanks and huzzahs!
“If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun” Accepted at Gulf Coast
Thrilled to receive the news that my poem “If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun” has been accepted at Gulf Coast.
Blurb for Molly Fuller’s For Girls Forged by Lightning
There’s a new book of prose poems in the world by the wonderful Molly Fuller. It’s called For Girls Forged by Lightning and I had the joy of blurbing it. Get yourself a copy from All Nations Books. And congratulations again Molly!
Semi-Finalist for University of Wisconsin Press’ Brittingham & Felix Pollak Prizes
Thank you Ron Wallace and the rest of the readers and judges for designating my second poetry book manuscript a “strong semi-finalist” for the University of Wisconsin Press’ Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes. Congratulations to the eventual winners and finalists!
Audio Interview Posted @ The Missouri Review!
An interview I did this summer with The Missouri Review audio editor Traci Cox – about poetry, my writing process, and my poems featured in the Winter 2016 issue of the Missouri Review – has just been posted on TMR Soundbooth Podcast. Thanks so much again for this wonderful conversation, Traci!
You can listen HERE.
2 Poems Published in The Carolina Quarterly!
I’m delighted to have received my contributor’s copies of The Carolina Quarterly, which contains my poems “Sunsets Like Strobe Lights” and “That’s Why They Invented Cheesecake.” It’s such a pleasure to share this issue with Devon Balwit, Grant Kittrell, Dan Kraines, Jenna Le, Matt Miller, Annie Woodford, and many more wonderfuls. Thank you again Calvin Olsen and the rest of the Carolina Quarterly crew!
3 Poems Accepted at Alaska Quarterly Review!
Last night I received the delightful news that three of my poems — “In Small Significant Ways We Are Horses,” “To Keep At Least Partially In the Air,” and “We Are Many People Some Okay” — have been accepted for publication in Alaska Quarterly Review! I celebrated by baking a potato at 1:30 am and watching The Man with the Golden Gun. Made sense at the time
2 Poems Just Published in the Southwest Review!
It’s chilly here in Syracuse, but I’m enjoying the warm glow of having received my contributor copies of the sunny Southwest Review, Volume 102, Number 2, which includes my poems “Shadows of Blackbirds on Our Arms” and “Let’s Arm Ourselves with Supple Skin.” This issue features luminous new work by Elijah Burrell, Jac Jemc, Jacqueline Osherow, Lee Rossi, Lewis Shiner, Jonathan Weinert and others. Thank you again to editors Terri Lewers, Preston Hutcherson, and Greg Brownderville!