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Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2012 9:50 AM
I'd like to announce a great exhibition of visual poetry opening on Monday, April 9 at the Addison Center for the Arts. The show includes amazing work by many visual poets from the Chicago region and beyond, and is curated by Francesco Levato. I provided ten pieces from my series "Natural History," though I don't know if all will be in the show. All the info is here, along with a nice image of one of my pieces, as a sample of what will be shown! The gallery's info page is nice too as a source of info about visual poetry, its types and techniques. |
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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 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 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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Posted on Monday, October 31, 2011 11:20 AM
Yesterday I joined a group of fellow poets for the first Human Micropoem event in support ofOccupy Chicago. The idea is a variation of the Human Microphone method of passing important information along to large groups of people without the use of electronic or mechanical amplification. To be a human microphone, you listen and speak--listen to the information spoken by the Microphones ahead of you, and repeat the information in your strongest voice for the people behind you. The person or people beginning the process calls out, "Mike check! |
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Posted on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 10:37 AM
Now With More Video!
 For more details, visit the ARTIFICE blog here!
ARTIFICE 4 features a multi-piece visual/collage poem from my project Trade (Series 1).
I'll be reading at the event, as indicated--and one of the videos screened will be a video adaptation of my contribution to issue 4.
It will be swell! |
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Posted on Monday, October 17, 2011 2:47 PM
Paraphrased and image-quoted from Larry Sawyer's blog:
Visit the site to get all the necessary information on course offerings, types, cost and payment options.
The School "seeks to offer an alternative to, and a community beyond, the Creative Writing MFA."
YES!
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