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I Was a Natural Wonder, New POP, and Reading Poems this Friday!
Lily Ladewig and Anna Cecelia Holmes run a neat collaborative project called I Am a Natural Wonder, wherein they ask poets to write a poem using “I Am a Natural Wonder” as the title. The project started off as a collaboration between Lily and Anna (you can see the eChap of their collaboration published by…
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After LIT, A Whole Bunch of Poetry Readings, and Boog City
Well, the LIT 19 launch party came and went. I am super proud of this issue and am happy that my friends and peers came to support the journal and me. It ended up being an emotional night for me. A friend who I was hoping to come did not, but another friend who I…
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LIT Launch Party This Friday and Indigest Podcast and I Read Poems at the Lincoln Memorial!
First thing’s first. LIT 19 launch party! This Friday! Hope to see you there! This is the last issue that I will be editor for so it’s a bit bittersweet for me. I am looking forward to putting my energy into new projects but I have been on the staff of LIT since 2007 (!!!)…
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I Read at Supermachine & Passages from Bluets that Wring My Heart
I read at Supermachine on Friday. There were a lot of people there!! Thanks to everyone who came out! I feel like I read slightly awkwardly. I guess that happens sometimes. In other Supermachine news, they started a Kickstarter account to help fund their publications for the upcoming year. You can find info about how…
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Well, WordPress thinks I’m doing awesome. That’s something I guess.
I got the information below from WordPress a couple of days ago. Pretty neat. Thanks to you folk out there in internet-land who stop by from time to time. The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The…
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A Year in Poetry (and some other updates)
I have to admit, poetry has been good to me in 2010. I can’t speak to all the other things in my life, many of which have been disappointing, but poetry, yes, poetry has been a friend to me. A few weeks ago I read Just Kids by Patti Smith. I thought it was delightful. …
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New POP & Omnidawn & Nothing After Something and Before Something Else
So some things. This month’s Poets off Poetry is up featuring an essay about Courtney Love by Lily Brown! You can find the essay here. Thanks Lily! Also, remember when I told you that I was a finalist for the Omnidawn Chapbook Contest and that some time soon they would post a special feature to…
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Issue 11 of H_NGM_N up, including my eChap Red Fortress!
The latest issue of H_NGM_N is up now! It’s kind of massive and awesome. In addition to it’s awesomeness, H_NGM_N has kindly published my chapbook Red Fortress! Am super stoked about this. Thank you to Nate Pritts and the entire H_NGM_N editorial staff!