Creative Nonfiction Accepted at Boulevard

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I’m excited to share the news that my nonfiction essay “An Elephant Walks Into a McDonalds” has been accepted for publication in Boulevard.

The essay is a memoir account of two prison arts outreach experiences I have had. The first was in the 1990s at Washington DC’s Lorton Prison as an observer with Living Stage, and the second was in the 2000s as a guest poet at a jail outside Lawrence, Kansas.

This is the second personal essay I have had accepted for publication. The first one, “Go Away and Stay Right Here,” was published last year in Colorado Review. You can purchase a paper copy of that Spring 2014 issue for $10 or a pdf for $5 HERE.

Thank you Jessica Rogen and Boulevard!

Pushcart Nomination from Ice Cube Press

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I just received the wonderful news that my poem “Whatchamacallit” — which was published in Prairie Gold Anthology: An Anthology of the American Heartland from Ice Cube Press — has just been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

I’m so proud to be a part of this amazing anthology of writing from and about the Midwest. If you haven’t read the anthology, you can learn more about it and order a copy directly from the press HERE.

Thank so much Steve Semken and editors Lance M. Sacknoff, Xavier Cavazos and Stefanie Brook Trout!

The Chattahoochee Review

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My poems “Almost the Woods” and “There’s Always Abracadabra,” which were written in collaboration with Dustin Nightingale, have just been published in The Chattahoochee Review Fall/Winter 2014. This issue has a “skin” theme and tons of great poetry, prose, reviews, visual art and more.

You can grab a copy HERE or HERE.

Thanks again editors Michael Diebert and Lydia Ship!

The Review Review’s review of Barrelhouse 13

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I recently discovered that my list poem of mini poems “On Mother,” which appears in Barrehouse‘s recent comedy issue, was mentioned in a review by Michael Good published on the wonderful literary magazine review site, The Review Review.

The author writes:

A series of poems called, “On Mother,”  takes the on the style of Kenneth Koch, and in twenty three brief and disjunctive vignettes, reveals the mother’s character and personality. For example, “Mother (On Father and that One Nurse)” reads, “From now one, if anyone looks up your butt/it’s going to be a doctor or me.”

 

You can read the entire review of that issue HERE.

Best New Poets 2014

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Presents have arrived a little early here in Syracuse! My poem “Gathering a Few Facts” has just been published in the 2014 Best New Poets anthology guest edited by Dorianne Laux.

I am honored to be among the 50 poets chosen for this year’s anthology. The complete list:

Christine Adams, Annik Adey-Babinski, Nico Alvarado, Kate Angus, Linda Blaskey, Daniel Bohnhorst, Chuck Carlise, Anders Carlson-Wee, Christopher Citro, Noel Crook, Karen Embry, Sara Gelston, Benjamin Goldberg, Lenea Grace, Miriam Bird Greenberg, Richie Hofmann, Jen Jabaily-Blackburn, Wayne Johns, Danielle Jones-Pruett, Andrea Jurjević, Lisa Kwong, Peter LaBerge, Quinn Lewis, S.H. Lohmann, Karen Malzone, Amanda Jane McConnon, Corey Miller, Matthew Minicucci, Jenny Molberg, Rachel Morgenstern-Clarren, Erin J. Mullikin, C.L. O’Dell, Rosanna Oh, Joy Priest, Jacques J. Rancourt, Iliana Rocha, Erin Rodoni, Nicole Rollender, Carey Russell, T.J. Sandella, E.C. Sawatzky, Brittney Scott, Matt Sumpter, Talin Tahajian, Gabriella R. Tallmadge, Ocean Vuong, Anna Rose Welch, Lisa Wells, Phillip B. Williams, Jeremy Windham

You can order a copy from your local bookstore or online at places such as THIS, HERE, and ALSO.

Thanks so much again BNP editors, Jazzy Danziger and Dorianne Laux!

Subtropics

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My poem “The Secret Lives of Little Girls” has just been published in Issue 18 of Subtropics.

The issue also contains work by Christina Nichol, Matthew Lippman, Jon Loomis, C. Dylan Bassett, Bernard Quiriny, Circe Maia, Edward Mayes, Angie Hogan, Sheila Kohler, Charles Wyatt, Katherine Bode-Lang, Geri Doran, Mark Jude Poirier, Bruce Beasley, Cally Conan-Davies, Jehanne Dubrow, Mel Kenne, Chinelo Okparanta, Analicia Sotelo, Jennifer Atkinson, Okla Elliott, Lisa Hartz, Brandon Kershner, Patricio Pron, John Weir, and Amy Hempel.

You can snag a copy for $12.95 HERE.

Thanks Subtropics!

First Indications (of Trouble at the Ranch)

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My poem “First Indications (of Trouble at the Ranch)” has recently been read by a gentleman named Kurt Milberger on his youtube page where he reads a poem a day.

The poem was originally published in issue 4 of NOO Journal back in 2006.

You can watch this charming reading of my short poem HERE.

Thanks Kurt for this pleasant surprise!

Barrelhouse Comedy Issue

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I just got my copy of Barrelhouse issue 13, the comedy issue. It contains my list poem “On Mother” composed of little things my mother said that I collected for over a decade or so.

Hurrah!

Contributors include Lucas Adams, Leslie J. Anderson, Oliver Bendorf, Amy Butcher, Sean Carman, Adrienne Celt, Christopher Citro, Danny Collier, Mark Cugini, Patrick Dacey, Brady Dale, Erin Fitzgerald, Elisa Gabbert, Kelsie Hahn, Kimberly Harding, Victor D. Infante, Sunny Katz, Lee Klein, Steven Kraan, Allis Leigh, Patricia Lockwood, Paul Luikart, Dan Magers, Ravi Mangla, Ben Michelman, John Mortara, Sean Murphy, Shawnte Orion, Abbey Mai Otis, Holly Painter, Kate Partridge, Kathleen Rooney, Pir Rothenberg, Ali Shapiro, Brian Warfield, John Dermot Woods, and April Wolfe.

You can get yourself a copy for ten bucks HERE.

Thanks Mike Ingram and the other Barrelhouse editors! And thank you mom!