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Posted on Friday, February 17, 2012 11:17 AM
A review of my latest chapbook, 10 Word Problems, is up here! This was a great surprise. Many thanks to Patrick Trotti and JMMW magazine--and thanks to my editor Dale Wisely for letting me know! |
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Posted on Monday, February 13, 2012 10:43 AM
Issue 15 of e-ratiois now up, featuring five of my prose poems and multiple outstanding works by dozens of other poets! I'm especially excited by the Susan Bee interview also featured in this issue. Check it out! |
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Posted on Monday, February 06, 2012 10:16 AM
I didn't expect to be making another announcement so soon, but this weekend I was notified that my short e-chapbook, 10 Word Problems, is now published. The best description for the book is found in the Author's Statement that functions as a preface: "These prose poems masquerade as word problems of the sort often found on standardized tests and classroom exams. The questions they ask are unanswerable [...]." To learn how I actually finished that sentence, and to see what the whole costume party looks like, check out |
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Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:16 PM
The Last Question
 In May 1929, the final issue appeared of the seminal art and literary magazine,The Little Review. It was devoted to the results of a questionnaire that the editors--Jane Heap and Margaret Anderson--had distributed to (as stated) "more than fifty of the foremost men in the arts." As a historical document, it is particularly fascinating, and on several levels. Not only do we get the actual questionnaire and the actual responses, we get photographs of the respondents, and we get an overall picture of some of the feelings, ideas and beliefs of many modernists. |
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Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:56 PM
Recently I discovered that a copy of
one of my early poetry chapbooks is available for sale through a
couple of online rare/out-of-print bookselling sites. It's listed
variously as a "signed first edition" and as "collectible."
At first I was highly amused to see my work classified in such ways,
but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that the
descriptions are accurate. The bookiscollectible; it is not
available in brick-and-mortar stores or even on my website. |
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Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:03 PM
My latest chapbook, a collection of visual/collage poems called Quiet Vertical Movements, is now available from Beard of Bees Press! It's viewable/downloadable free from the press, here. But I've also linked to it from this site in two other places. Guess where?
Enjoy! |
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Posted on Saturday, January 07, 2012 7:41 PM
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Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2012 11:46 AM
I subscribe toBOMBMagazine, and in the current issue (Number 118, Winter 2012) I found something good in an interview with artistJohn Miller. He makes some very articulate observations on contemporary circumstances surrounding the profession of artist, and the educational approach that (sometimes) prepares people for that profession. Here's the part of the interview that best resonates for me:
The fundamental problem with being an artist is trying to figure out how to use your time and what to do with yourself. |
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Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2012 2:16 PM
 Here's a little photo I took called "Redeye." It's my own nod and wink to the new year, in hope of a brilliant if unclear future. (And hey, if you look really closely in the top lens, you'll see me!)
Some of you might want to know that I have work inBlazeVOX11 Winter 2011, hot off the server today! You can view the issue in its fullscreen glory (and/or download it) here. I've also included links on my Artist Info and Web Publications pages, for the sake of total redundancy. |
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Posted on Monday, November 14, 2011 11:57 AM
The release party for ARTIFICE issue 4 was warm, crowded and energetic. We had an amazing crowd--thanks to Elegant Mr. Gallery and all that came to celebrate and support ARTIFICE and contributors like me! And of course, thanks to Tadd, Ian and the others who put together this great event.
Here are some of the photos I took of the space. I have a somewhat odd, cat-like habit of exploring the entire space of any venue in which I read or perform, well before I step before the audience or start my set. |
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