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Posted on Monday, April 22, 2013 9:49 AM
Join me this Thursday, April 25 at 7:00 pm as I do another poetry reading with my friends Richard Fox and Robert McDonald! As part of Chicago indie bookstore The Book Cellar's poetry month program, Robert, Richard and I have been invited to share the store's area-in-front-of-the-magazines (it's not exactly a stage). I'll be reading from my forthcoming collection Telephone. The reading is free, but be sure to allow yourself time to browse and buy books! The Book Cellar, 4736-8 North Lincoln Ave. 60625 773-293-2665. |
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Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:08 AM
Triple Play! Join Jen Besemer, Richard Fox and Robert McDonald for a free reading at City Lit Books (2523 North Kedzie Blvd.) Thursday March 21 at 6:30 p.m. Contact City Lit at 773-235-2523 with questions. Did we mention it's FREE? |
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Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 10:37 AM
I was tagged by my dear friend and collaborator j/j hastainto participate in the ongoing blog interview project, "The Next Big Thing." For this project, I am to respond on my blog to the same questions j/j used, then tag five others to do the same on their blogs--or to guest blog here-- each of whom then tag five others themselves. Here, the questions refer to one of my forthcoming books. And I will add names and links to the blogs of the authors I "tag" right here, as they agree to participate: |
publications, process notes, art practice: issues and challenges, experiments, poetics, poetry, poetry market, press, nicholas alexander hayes, blogging, j/j hastain, The Next Big Thing project, Brooklyn Arts Press, Telephone, michelle naka pierce, christine mcnair
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Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 1:13 PM
See my essay "Collage-Mind" at Drunken Boat! Thanks to Dan Godston for inviting me to send occasional dispatches. |
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Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 12:51 PM
Pretensions
to Accessibility
Poets
are people who make poetry, whatever that means. I make poetry that
interests me, and trust that my audience is made up of those who are
also interested in what I make. I find my work is strongest and most
satisfying to that audience when I am true to my own priorities and
my own poetics. I do not work with much concern over
"accessibility," which in the context of poetry refers to
whether or not the "general reader" will be able to find
value in the work--maybe through a recognition of cultural allusions
in the content, through emotional resonance or empathy with the
feelings described, or through relating to the experiences of the
poet as narrated in the poem.
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Posted on Monday, October 08, 2012 12:16 PM
Come up (or down, or over) to Rogers Park's own Mess Hall this Friday for the Between Reading!
The Between Reading presents texts based on the creative reading of and response to Nicholas Alexander Hayes's first novel Between. The source text examines perception and identity in a decaying American town. True to the shifting planes of perception in the book, writers and poets were invited to respond to the work through whatever modes they preferred. Their responses have been compiled in the Between Compendium.
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Posted on Wednesday, October 03, 2012 4:44 PM
As part of the Seventh Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival (click here for full programming info), I will be presenting a collaborative poetic performance entitled "Surrogates." I'll be offering poems written in collaboration with j/j hastain, inviting the audience to become involved as performers or prompters. Check the attached press release for more details--it should be a great evening of exciting improvisational and genre-blurring performance! |
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Posted on Sunday, September 16, 2012 11:00 AM
Borderbend Arts Collective Fundraiser at Reversible Eye GallerySaturday, September 22 (8-11 p.m.)Reversible Eye1103 N. California Ave.Chicago, IL 60622
The Borderbend Arts Collective is having a fundraiser at Reversible Eye on Saturday, September 22nd -- a party with poetry readings, musical performances, refreshments and more. Hope to see you there!
AND:
The Seventh Annual Chicago Calling Arts Festival happens September 27-October 13, with “Bicycles and the Arts” at Working Bikes Cooperative, “ |
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Posted on Sunday, September 02, 2012 2:06 PM
I am very pleased to announce that my full-length poetry collection Telephone has been accepted for publication by Brooklyn Arts Press for their 2013 series! I've been invited to do the cover, too, which is quite a luxury. I am deeply honored to be included in B.A.P.'s author lineup.
For those interested in purchasing a copy once it's available, you'll be able to do so (and to pre-order) online through B.A.P.'s website, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble. The book will also be handled in the U.
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Posted on Monday, July 16, 2012 1:15 PM
Here is a post I wrote for Nicholas Alexander Hayes' blog Zipper. |
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