I’m thrilled to be nominated for a Pushcart Prize again this year. It was a dream come true to have my poem “It’s Something People in Love Do” appear in the 2018 edition.
“Gullier” a semi-finalist for The Journal’s Charles B. Wheeler Poetry Prize
Delighted to hear that the manuscript of my second poetry book, “Gullier,” was selected as a semi-finalist in The Journal’s Charles B. Wheeler Poetry Prize. And huge congratulations to the winner Katie Condon and the other runners up and finalists!
Thank you to everyone who came out to my reading last night!
Huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out to my poetry reading last night as part of the LiterarY Dinner to raise money for the Arts Branch of the Syracuse YMCA in support of all the amazing and necessary work they do in the community. Thank you again to Joe and Mary for hosting us and to Phil Memmer for inviting me to read and for cooking such amazing Indian food (Sarah sends thanks for her “carry out” 🙂 ) And thank you to Meredith and Nancy for the photos! What a warm and wonderful evening!
January/February decomP Released!
The January/February issue of decomP just hit the digital newsstands and even if I weren’t its poetry editor I’d feel like celebrating. Read and enjoy the winter warmth of so much literary goodness!
http://www.decompmagazine.com/
FLASH PROSE
Raymond Deej, J. R. Gerow, Robert Garner McBrearty, Robin Small
SHORT PROSE
Andrew Reichard
POETRY
Glen Armstrong, Bruce Bond, Abigail Goodhart, Amorak Huey, Benjamin Niespodziany, Jon Riccio, Dawn Tefft, mica yarrow woods
BOOK REVIEWS
A Review of Veterans Crisis Hotline by Jon Chopan, A Review of How Much Of What Falls Will Be Left When It Gets To The Ground? by Carolyn Guinzio, A Review of pungent dins concentric by Vanessa Couto Johnson, A Review of Ghostographs: An Album by Maria Romasco Moore
***SOLD OUT!***I’m reading poetry this Saturday February 9, 2019!
***UPDATE*** I’ve just been informed we’re sold out for tomorrow’s fundraising dinner/reading. Sorry! 🙂
Dear friends. I’m giving a poetry reading this Saturday, February 9 as part of a LiterarY Dinner in support of the Syracuse YMCA Arts Branch and The Downtown Writer’s Center and all of the amazing and valuable work they do in the community. The cost for attending is $50 — it’s a fundraiser event…and you get dinner! 🙂
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Complete info is below. If you’re planning on coming, please RSVP Phil Memmer <pmemmer@syracuseymca.org>. Feel free to share this with anyone who may be interested. Thanks!
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Saturday Night’s Y Lit Dinner – February 9, 2019
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Location: 208 Pear Tree Dr., Camillus 13031
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Time: 6:00 to ? (dinner itself will probably start around 6:45-7:00)
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Guest Poet: Christopher Citro, author of The Maintenance of the Shimmy-Shammy.
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Donation: $50 per person, tax deductible. You can bring a check payable to YMCA, or cash, or you can also give online at our Mobile Cause page: https://app.mobilecause.com/vf/artsymca
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Our menu will include seven dishes, including four vegetarian options. It’s going to be scrumptious!
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Thank you for supporting the charitable work of the Arts Branch of the Y!
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Phil Memmer
Executive Director, the Arts Branch of the YMCA of Greater Syracuse
340 Montgomery St.
Syracuse, NY 13202
pmemmer@syracuseymca.org
(315) 474-6851 x328
(315) 474-6857 (fax)
ycny.org/arts
“The Horses Are Ready and They Need to Go” Published Online at The Cincinnati Review!
My microfiction “The Horses Are Ready and They Need to Go” has just been published online at The Cincinnati Review as part of their miCRo Series. Please click the link below to read it, or to listen to the audio of me reading it to you! 🙂 Thank so much Lisa Ampleman, Jess Jelsma Masterton, and the rest of the kind folks at The Cincinnati Review!
Read/listen HERE!
My Lyric Essay “Root That Mountain” Published in The Florida Review
Even the sub-arctic chill of this polar vortex can’t cool the thrill of receiving my copies of The Florida Review, which contains my lyric essay “Root That Mountain.” I’ve shared the first three pages here. This essay is from my series on the four elements; it’s the dirt essay. Thank you to my friends J Keirn-Swanson and Dustin Nightingale for letting me interview them for it. Thank you to Lisa Roney, Mike Shier, and the rest of The Florida Review staff.
“The Answer the Question in Your Mind Rosemary” and “Lighthouse Lighthouse Lighthouse” Accepted at Arts & Letters
Wonderful to learn tonight that my poems “The Answer the Question in Your Mind Rosemary” and “Lighthouse Lighthouse Lighthouse” have been accepted at Arts & Letters. Here’s a photo I took last summer of the lighthouse on Block Island that inspired one of the poems.
“I’m Back Here I’m Paddling Too” Accepted at Poetry Northwest
Delighted to receive the news that my poem “I’m Back Here I’m Paddling Too” has been accepted for publication in Poetry Northwest! This will be my second appearance in PN since they were kind enough to publish my poem “We Give Ourselves New Medals (We Give Ourselves a Chance)” back in the winter/spring 2016 issue.
Thank you Martha’s Vineyard!
With a steaming cup of chowder on the ferry off of Martha’s Vineyard I toast thank you to all the wonderful people who came out for my lyric essay class yesterday and my poetry reading and book signing today. Thank you to Carolina and Merissa for your help and hospitality. Thank you to everyone for making my winter visit to the vineyard cozy and warm! Can’t wait to come back in June for the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing tenth anniversary!