I just spent a delightful lunch hour being interviewed about contemporary American poetry, prose poetry, and my book The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy by Grant Reeher, Director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute at Syracuse University. My 24-minute interview is scheduled to air this Sunday at 6pm on The Campbell Conversations on the NPR station WRVO Public Media.
You can stream the show HERE when it airs or download a podcast of the episode shortly after.
Hi Central New York friends. I’m giving a poetry reading Saturday, February 6 at 11 a.m. as part of the 11th Annual LiterarY Dinner series of The Arts Branch of the Syracuse YMCA to support their After School Arts Programs, serving over 850 children in Syracuse’s inner city. The cost is a tax-deductable donation of $40, and you get a great brunch at the home of Judy Carr, fine company, and me reading poems! Please RSVP before the brunch by email to jcarr96@twcny.rr.com or by phone 560-3484. Please share with anyone who may be interested. Hope to see you there!
On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 7 PM I’ll be reading poetry along with Jeffrey Harrison at the Downtown Writer’s Center in Syracuse, NY as part of their Fall 2015 Visiting Author Reading Series. The event is free and open to the public. Please come!
A huge, massive, thundering thank you to Phil Memmer, Georgia Popoff, and to my students and my fellow instructors at The Downtown Writer’s Center August Occasion Writing Retreat last month at the Harding Farm in Clinton, NY. That was an amazing and inspiring day.
This was also the first time I read aloud from my new book, The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy. An experience I won’t ever forget.
I am pleased to announce that I will be reading my poetry February 9, 2013 as part of the Deep Fried Reading Series in Rochester, NY. The series is curated by Albert Abonado, editor of The Bakery. My fellow readers that evening will be Donora Hillard, and Tony Leuzzi.
You can find further information about the reading via the Readings link at the top of this page.