Thursday, July 02, 2009

 

50% Off Draft


The reading went very well on Tuesday. Writing has also been productive, and here's a draft. Apparently I'm in some sort of rhyming phase, because this one came together when I was messing aimlessly with the form and realized I had rhymed the first four lines much as they are now. The title I stole from "Binge and Purge" by Clutch.

Monday, June 29, 2009

 

Final Reminder


Tuesday, June 30th at 6 PM, Poor Richard's Bookstore, 320 North Tejon Street in Colorado Springs. Come see me read from Torched Verse Ends and new poems!

Sunday, June 28, 2009

 

Here I Am


We're in Colorado now. More later.

Friday, June 26, 2009

 

Addendum/Errata


Aaron wanted me to know Colin Frazer of the CC press designed the logo at the top of the poetry poster I posted yesterday, and the rest of it was adopted from Sonya Unrein's design. They should get the credit they're due.

Also, Jane Hilberry's Body Painting apparently won the Colorado Book Award the year Aaron's No Accident was eligible, so I guess I didn't remember the year right. Jane should get the credit she's due too, as my careless initial comment comes across as incredibly dickish. I didn't mean to insult her book, just say Aaron's was great. Sorry, Jane. Mea maxima culpa. Now I'm going to shut up before I make an ass of myself again.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

 

Colorado Colorado Colorado


First of all, congratulations to Jake Adam York on his win of the Colorado Book Award award for A Murmuration of Starlings, which is just fantastic.

Speaking of Colorado: in preparation for my trip out and my reading, here's a lovely poster that Aaron Anstett put together during National Poetry Month as part of his Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Poetry While You Wait project. The poem originally appeared in Natural Bridge.


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

 

Preparing for Colorado


We're leaving St. Louis on Friday afternoon to drive back to Colorado. If you're in Colorado, come see me read Tuesday, June 30th at 6 PM, Poor Richard's Bookstore, 320 North Tejon Street in Colorado Springs.

Monday, June 22, 2009

 

Interview


There's an interview of me up at Deborah's blog right now, along with interviews of Jeannine, Alexandra Teague, and Harvey Hix. You should definitely go read them!

 

Wrapup


Interesting recaps of the Vargas silliness here and here. Thanks to Barbara Jane Reyes and Craig Santos Perez for raising substantive criticisms of the review. At this point, unless someone who's read Vargas' poems wants to engage the review, I plan on not talking about it anymore. "I haven't read him, but..." doesn't strike me as a viable starting point for a conversation, or as bringing much to the table at all.

Oh, and I really, really don't appreciate someone searching out my home address online so they can send me hate mail.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

 

Moves


I remember Elisa posting on the pshares blog about "moves" in poetry--those recognizable devices we see other poets pulling out repeatedly or that we use often in our own poetry--and now she's mentioned them again on her blog. In the interest of self-examination, here are some moves I notice myself using in my own poetry:
What moves do you like, either in your own work or in other poets?

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

 

My birthday revisited


I'm not big on receiving birthday gifts--I think there's not much need for it once you hit 21. However, I did get several nice things last Friday:
Also, I ate caramel birthday brownies.

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