tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63107062012-02-01T08:33:09.164-05:00st*rnosedmolepoetry and poeticsReenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.comBlogger19461100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-79475276110504300502012-02-01T08:30:00.002-05:002012-02-01T08:33:09.175-05:00A New Month, a New Open Letters MonthlyThis first day of February finds Washington DC enjoying an unseasonable warm spell, and also brings us the new edition of Open Letters Monthly, where you'll find a new poem by Fani Papageorgiou, as well as my essay on Kate Schapira's two newest books.Happy February!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-85199151047279846012012-01-21T17:49:00.004-05:002012-01-24T08:47:34.271-05:00 Applies to Oranges, and the Gifts of ProvidenceImpose, a cultural magazine out of Brooklyn, has posted a mighty nice review of Applies to Oranges.Also, are you in or around Providence, RI? Will you be there on February 11? Well, so will I! I would love to see you. I'll be reading in the Publicly Complex series, at 6 p.m. at Ada Books (717 Westminster Street), along with Anna Moschovakis and Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-76071973729051525472012-01-02T13:48:00.002-05:002012-01-02T13:51:11.373-05:00Very pleased and grateful to find Applies to Oranges has made Coldfront's list of the Top 30 Poetry Books of 2011, along with as succinct and accurate a description of the book as I've yet seen:Applies to Oranges is part escapist fantasy, part deadpan breakup book. Recurring images suggestive of private meaning — oranges, spiders, Zenith televisions — dip in and out, providing pulse while Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-70101601878595875762012-01-01T13:08:00.002-05:002012-01-01T13:11:20.253-05:00A New Year, a New HatHey, it's 2012! And I have just become the poetry editor of Open Letters Monthly. My first poetry selection, Jordan Davis' "Look Down," can be found here, and you can learn all about my editorial plans in this interview.Look out for more poems and reviews in upcoming months!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-26224587522727186882011-12-29T14:09:00.003-05:002011-12-29T14:16:20.243-05:00End of Year OrangesIt's the time of year when the "Best of" and "Picks" lists for poetry come out, and I am very gratified that Applies to Oranges made both Reb Livingston's and Bernadette Geyer's top-ten lists for 2011, and was singled out by Sandra Beasley as one of three(!) books that drew her particular attention this year. Huzzah! Thanks to Reb, Bernadette, and Sandra for reading, and to Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-78434059540288966502011-12-10T09:54:00.002-05:002011-12-10T09:59:19.775-05:00Tomorrow at In Your Ear: kaufman, Eisenhower, and JacobsTomorrow, December 11, 2011, at 3 pm, the In Your Ear Reading series will present:ERICA KAUFMANCATHY EISENHOWER& KEN JACOBSErica Kaufman is the author of censory impulse (Factory School 2009) as well as several chapbooks, most recently selections from INSTANT CLASSIC (Least Weasel 2011). More poems from this recent project, INSTANT CLASSIC, Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-77488096472465658582011-12-10T09:45:00.003-05:002011-12-10T09:54:13.925-05:00Bloof Books Virtual TourAs you may know, I tagged along with Shanna Compton and her merry crew of Bloofers on a reading tour of the deep, dark, Spanish-mossy South this November. (The South: it do have moss).Shanna has now posted a virtual tour for the benefit of all those people who didn't happen to be in NYC, Philly, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Tallahassee, Atlanta, Oxford, Fayetteville, or Kansas Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-23180416478284206782011-11-19T09:11:00.003-05:002011-11-19T09:14:11.657-05:00Tonight in Raleigh, Tomorrow in DC!Tonight in Raleigh, NC, I am reading with Adam Good and Tony Mancus as part of the So-and-So Series. The fun begins at 8 pm. at Morning Times Cafe (10 E. Hargett Street).And if you are in the DC area tomorrow, please stop by DCAC to check out the November iteration of In Your Ear, featuring Aaron McCollough and Jesse Seldess. Details:IN YOUR EAR@ District of Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-32427182253196365292011-11-06T16:46:00.004-05:002011-11-06T16:57:30.398-05:00It Begins!I had a great time in Philadelphia last night, reading with Anne Boyer, Shanna Compton, and Jennifer L. Knox. Thanks very much to Debrah Morkun and Kim Gek Lin Short for inviting me, and for the many Philly poets who came out!This morning, Jeff and I woke up to a crisp, sunny day, and decided to use the hour and a half until our train to see the sights. We could either have taken a Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-73710871118284971152011-11-04T08:33:00.002-04:002011-11-04T08:35:49.729-04:00Hello, all!Tomorrow night, I am reading in Philly as part of the General Idea series, hosted by Debra Morkun and Kim Gek Lin Short. My co-readers will be Anne Boyer, Shanna Compton, and Jennifer L. Knox. Wow!The reading starts at 7 p.m., and will take place at Fergie's Pub, located at 1214 Sansom Street. Full details here!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-45198856354050710602011-10-30T13:30:00.002-04:002011-10-30T13:32:36.600-04:00November -- the Month of 1,000 ReadingsSo, I'm going to be giving a bunch of readings in support of Applies to Oranges this November. I'll be joining the Bloof Books fall tour in Philadelphia, PA; Birmingham, AL; Tuscaloosa, AL; Tallahassee, FL; Atlanta, GA; Oxford, MS; and Fayetteville, AR. You can find the full details here!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-19805477255151715482011-10-18T08:22:00.001-04:002011-10-18T08:23:34.093-04:00 THURSDAY OCTOBER 20th, 7:30 PMTHE EDGE READING SERIESat Bridge Street Books presents SHANNA COMPTONSUSANA GARDNER&MAUREEN THORSONShanna Compton's publications include the books For Girls & Others, Down Spooky, and Gamers, as well as several chapbooks and anthologies such as The Best American Poetry. Her third poetry collection, The Blank Verge, is forthcoming from Bloof Books in 2012, with Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-6368709728888820522011-10-15T17:24:00.002-04:002011-10-15T17:26:54.927-04:00Tomorrow at In Your Ear!3:00PM, October 16, 2011@ District of Columbia Arts CenterMIA OLSEN&DREW GARDNERPlease join the In Your Ear Reading Series for a reading by Mia Olsen and Drew Gardner at 3PM on Sunday, October 16, 2011.Emilia Olsen is an artist and poet represented by Transformer in DC. Recent exhibitions include Wish You Were Here 10 at A.I.R. Gallery (Brooklyn) and the (e)merge Art Fair Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-49622743041293062872011-09-21T10:21:00.001-04:002011-09-21T10:22:05.262-04:00This Friday in Philly!Moles Not Molar presentsFriday, September 238pm... @ Vox Populi GallerySUE LANDERS (Brooklyn) MAUREEN THORSON (Washington, DC)ADRIENNE SKYE ROBERTS (San Francisco)presenting "Swimming Lessons and the Red Scare"SUE LANDERS is the author of 248 mgs, a panic picnic and Covers, both from O Books. Her new chapbook, "15: A Poetic Engagement with the Chicago Manual of Style" is Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-69587954609742069902011-09-16T07:36:00.000-04:002011-09-16T07:37:01.796-04:00In Your Ear!Sunday, September 18, 3:00 pmLea Graham & Reb Livingston@ DC Arts CenterPlease join the In Your Ear Reading Series for a reading by Lea Graham and Reb Livingston at 3PM on Sunday, September 18, 2011.Lea Graham's first book, Hough & Helix & Where & Here & You, You, You is just out from No Tell Books. She is also the author of the chapbook, Calendar Girls (above ground press, 2006). HerReenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-4948507547819148172011-09-01T15:54:00.003-04:002011-09-01T15:57:54.000-04:00Hey there internet world! It's been a long time, hasn't? Been a rough summer, but I'm looking forward to autumn, a time of long shadows, warm pies, and poems.
And like a herald of awesome things to come, here is an .mp3 of my May reading with Juliana Spahr. I am on PennSound; therefore I am.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-35601915304702589012011-07-19T06:28:00.002-04:002011-07-19T06:30:01.513-04:00Tonight, TonightHey folks. If you are in DC this evening, please stop by my reading at Riverby Books! It's at 7 p.m., it's free, and there will be wine. Huzzah!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-74182406746336223012011-07-11T08:46:00.003-04:002011-07-11T08:49:04.272-04:00Reading AlertAttention, one and all, boys and girls, children of all ages! I will be reading poems and suchlike next Tuesday, July 19, at Riverby Books here in DC. If you haven't been to Riverby, it is a treat -- a wee little gem of a bookstore on one of DC's prettiest streets. More info here, and thanks muchly to Dan Vera and Michael Gushue for inviting me to read!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-92225103080204559322011-06-29T16:05:00.002-04:002011-06-29T16:07:20.631-04:00I have three summertime/food poems in the new issue of Painted Bride Quarterly.Also, if you haven't yet entered the Applies to Oranges giveaway contest, you have until July 1!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-88686308166284463542011-06-24T09:44:00.002-04:002011-06-24T09:51:03.767-04:00Book (and CD) Giveaway! Hello! With the assistance of the mighty htmlgiant, I am giving away three copies of Applies to Oranges, along with a mix CD I made for the book, and perhaps some mysterious items from the Big Game Books vault. Check it out!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-30837745389503451682011-06-18T13:36:00.002-04:002011-06-18T13:37:11.728-04:00Tomorrow!IN YOUR EAR@ District of Columbia Arts Center3:00PM, June 19, 2011CHRIS TOLL&JAMIE GAUGHRAN-PEREZPlease join the In Your Ear Reading Series for a reading by Chris Tolland Jamie Gaughran-Perez at 3PM on Sunday, June 19, 2011.Chris Toll is a poet and collagemaker who lives in Baltimore,Maryland. He co-curates the Benevolent Armchair Reading Series.Publishing Genius Press just released his Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-70719699825451279362011-06-07T08:25:00.003-04:002011-06-07T08:26:52.730-04:00I've been making mixes to hand out at Saturday's launch party. See you there?Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-62423639912876943432011-06-03T06:56:00.003-04:002011-06-03T06:59:13.843-04:00Launch Sequence . . . Initiated!Hello! I and the oranges are having a book launch party next Saturday, June 11, in Brooklyn. Ugly Duckling is celebrating the publication of Applies to Oranges, along with new books from Will Hubbard and Laura Solomon, at 7 pm at Pierogi Gallery, 177 N. 9th Street in Wiliamsburg. There will be books! There will be beer! Will there be YOU?Here is the Facebook event Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-85577559391683167962011-05-17T08:48:00.005-04:002011-05-17T08:59:28.612-04:00Review and ReadingHeyo! Here is a wee review of Applies to Oranges from Publisher's Weekly!Also, this Saturday at 7 p.m., I am reading with Joe Hall at the Pleasant Plains Workshop, 2608 Georgia Avenue NW. There will be poetry and there will be art. Snazzy!And I have a poem up today at everyday genius. Thanks to Justin Sirois for inviting me to contribute, and Adam Robinson for everyday Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-79666608659256635242011-05-09T07:36:00.002-04:002011-05-09T07:38:15.515-04:00Thanks to everyone who came out to Segue on Saturday, and to Chris Alexander and Kristen Gallagher for inviting me! It was a great time -- I haven't been to the Bowery Poetry Club in years, and last time I was up on its stage, I think I was doing a karaoke rendition of the theme from Ghostbusters. And then, there I was, reading with Juliana Spahr -- quite a change! Huzzah!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-68707968291554552962011-05-03T06:55:00.002-04:002011-05-03T07:00:01.559-04:00A Book Review and a ReadingThanks to NewPages for this lovely review of Applies to Oranges:Applies to Oranges accomplishes what the best lyric poetry sets out to do: it resists the temptations of resolution and closure. Instead it frees language to sing about the only sure thing, which is the heartache of our world’s impermanence: “the biggest fish, the departing ship, / our house decaying hourlyReenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-55465281219746440782011-04-30T09:47:00.003-04:002011-04-30T09:48:42.425-04:00Today is the final day of NaPoWriMo, and my very last NaPoem is now up at VersAtile.Congratulations to all the NaPoWriMoers who made it to the finish line! And even if you didn't, well, hopefully you got a few poems out of it, and the interest to try again next year!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-56852694030905312232011-04-29T07:35:00.002-04:002011-04-29T07:38:15.041-04:00NaPoem #29 is up at VersAtileToday, my last cowboy poem appears up at No Tell Motel!And next Saturday, May 7, I will be reading in NYC for the Segue reading series, with Juliana Spahr! 4 p.m. at the Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery, just north of Houston), admission is 6 dollars. Whoo!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-37995041630100838592011-04-28T07:09:00.003-04:002011-04-28T07:09:49.630-04:00Today's NaPoem just wants to touch your hair.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-75403781342477614422011-04-27T07:15:00.001-04:002011-04-27T07:16:51.168-04:00NaPoem 27 is now up at VersAtile.And, hey, my poems are appearing every day this week over at No Tell Motel! Today's poem contains a sinister warning against fantasy.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-62891850599072057522011-04-26T06:55:00.000-04:002011-04-26T06:56:11.550-04:00NaPoem number 26 is both up and ridiculous over at VersAtile.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-41549512765174439132011-04-25T07:22:00.001-04:002011-04-25T07:23:45.695-04:00NaPoem 25 is now up at VersAtile.Also! I have poems about cowboys up all week at No Tell Motel!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-77554946008685991302011-04-24T20:47:00.000-04:002011-04-24T20:48:07.159-04:00NaPoem 24 is up at VersAtile.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-81553707023312144212011-04-23T10:54:00.001-04:002011-04-23T10:54:57.557-04:00NaPoem 23 is up at VersAtile.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-52618298954953495982011-04-22T06:50:00.000-04:002011-04-22T06:51:14.552-04:00NaPoem 22 is now up at VersAtile.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-54552308026688650512011-04-21T07:19:00.002-04:002011-04-21T07:20:10.989-04:00NaPoem 21 is up at VersAtile.If you're looking for a poetry project for the day, why not try Danielle Pafunda's cento contest?Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-90137569681091116512011-04-20T07:21:00.001-04:002011-04-20T07:21:40.924-04:00NaPoem 20 is now up at VersAtile.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-6851023964235533092011-04-19T20:41:00.002-04:002011-04-19T20:44:52.387-04:00Heyo! I am featured in the latest "If you borrow this book, you must return it" column at We Who Are About to Die.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-78053556874452311092011-04-19T07:18:00.002-04:002011-04-19T07:18:53.455-04:00NaPoem 19 is up at VersAtile. This is the second poem in a row about the loser of a naval battle. Hrm.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-3606795830801872842011-04-18T07:10:00.001-04:002011-04-18T07:12:49.278-04:00NaPoem 18 is now up at VersAtile.Thanks to everyone who came out to In Your Ear yesterday, and to Casey Smith and Ryan Walker for reading!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-72908826379864739422011-04-17T10:19:00.001-04:002011-04-17T10:21:20.194-04:00NaPoem number 17 is up at VersAtile.Thanks to everyone who came out to hear all about the Poetic Sentence at the Conversations and Connections conference, and to Adam Robinson for inviting me, and to him and my fellow panelists for a great discussion and a leisurely lunch afterwards!Today, if you are in DC, it is In Your Ear day! That's right, today at 3 p.m. at the DC Arts Center, we'll be Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-71468983032361380102011-04-16T09:28:00.000-04:002011-04-16T09:29:40.493-04:00NaPoem number 16 explores the arctic.In a few minutes, I'll be heading off to the Conversations and Connections conference. Hope to see you there!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-4261129414480075022011-04-15T13:35:00.002-04:002011-04-15T13:35:27.281-04:00Are you concerned that you do not know me well enough? Rectify that, stat!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-70867495252658412962011-04-15T07:22:00.002-04:002011-04-15T07:28:09.807-04:00NaPoem 15 is up at VersAtile.Tomorrow is the Conversations and Connections conference! I'll be participating on a panel on The Poetic Sentence, refereed (I mean moderated) by Adam Robinson. Here's Adam talking a little bit about the aims of the panel discussion. Also, he calls me the "Poetry Mayor of DC." Really, I'm more like a Ward 6 representative. Hee!And on Sunday, the In Your Ear series at Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-75858269156915957682011-04-14T07:28:00.001-04:002011-04-14T07:29:23.982-04:00NaPoem 14 is sonnetesque and up at VersAtile.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-41742027137635902682011-04-13T07:21:00.002-04:002011-04-13T07:23:08.998-04:00NaPoem 13 is up at VersAtile.Oh, and #12 was up yesterday, but I forgot to post about it here. Eek!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-47532199061228068902011-04-11T07:16:00.001-04:002011-04-11T07:16:49.407-04:00NaPoem number eleven is up over at VersAtile.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-6679426936217812282011-04-10T09:30:00.001-04:002011-04-10T09:30:51.519-04:00NaPoem #10 is up at VersAtile.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-2366463009024926072011-04-09T07:51:00.002-04:002011-04-09T07:54:23.184-04:00NaPoem Number Nine is up at VersAtile.And remember, next Saturday is the day of Conversations and Connections: Practical Advice on Writing, a one-day conference organized by The Baltimore Review, Barrelhouse, and the Potomac Review. It's being held at Johns Hopkins' DC campus. I'll be on an 11 a.m panel, discussing the Poetic Sentence. Huzzah!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-54356589695061616662011-04-08T07:14:00.002-04:002011-04-08T07:24:16.588-04:00NaPoem number 8 is up at VersAtile.And here is a wee review of Applies to Oranges, courtesy of Trevor Calvert. Thanks, Trevor!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-65514175596370375692011-04-07T07:22:00.003-04:002011-04-07T07:22:40.868-04:00And now for a NaPoem about geometry.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-68577032625070538852011-04-06T06:33:00.001-04:002011-04-06T06:33:39.867-04:00NaPoem 6 is up at VersAtile.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-64190258786042275282011-04-05T07:22:00.003-04:002011-04-05T07:25:53.406-04:00The fifth NaPoem is about corn. It just is. It is also about sisters. You can read my sister's Napoems here!I have three poems in the latest issue of Propeller Magazine.And now I must go be a worker bee.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-32765742709246403082011-04-04T07:18:00.002-04:002011-04-04T07:18:47.439-04:00As the rising of the sun, so is the daily NaPoem. Check out number four, now up at VersAtile.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-66983164484260435302011-04-02T18:04:00.001-04:002011-04-02T18:07:23.967-04:00Speak Softly and Carry a Big VocabularyJeff, resident husband and muse of Orangeville, is also an editor at Open Letters Monthly. This month, he has an essay on the last and latest volume of Edmund Morris' biography of Teddy Roosevelt. Check it out!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-80929225451984152092011-04-02T10:39:00.002-04:002011-04-02T10:43:05.026-04:00NaPoem number 2 is up at VersAtile.Thanks to everyone who came out to the Poetry Lab last night, and especially to Jim Warner for reading with me and stevenallenmay for inviting me! The space is really amazing -- sort of a reconfigured autobody shop, complete with giant garage doors and TONS of room. People can drink coffee in one area, paint in another, and listen to poetry in yet another, all Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-36565861650135245182011-04-01T07:16:00.001-04:002011-04-01T07:18:32.075-04:00My first poem of NaPoWriMo 2011 is up at VersAtile.I'm reading tonight at the Soundry along with Jim Warner, at the Soundry, in Vienna, VA, as part of the Poetry Lab Reading Series, hosted by stevenallenmay. 8 p.m. at 316 Dominion Road NE, Vienna, VA 22180.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-24938112513113349962011-03-31T07:35:00.000-04:002011-03-31T07:36:16.281-04:00Here it comes!Only ONE DAY until NaPoWriMo. Everybody freak out!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-16886795119669726992011-03-29T07:46:00.004-04:002011-03-29T07:54:26.042-04:00Another Review; Conversations and Connections; ReadingThanks muchly to Maureen Doallas for her kind thoughts on Applies to Oranges. It is beginning to dawn on me that the book really is out in the world, finding its own readers. It doesn't just live in my head anymore. I'm gratified that it has found happy shelter in other places!On April 16, I'll be participating on a panel on the poetic Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-57766993474639090472011-03-25T07:24:00.001-04:002011-03-25T07:26:48.530-04:00Counting DownOne week to NaPoWriMo, y'all.And one week until my reading at Vienna, Virginia's Soundry, as part of the Poetry Lab Reading Series, hosted by stevenallenmay. 8 p.m. at 316 Dominion Road NE, Vienna, VA 22180. Hope to see you there!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-21711575119096066422011-03-21T06:47:00.002-04:002011-03-21T06:49:07.403-04:00Applies to ReviewsMany thanks to Geof Huth for this kind essay/appreciation of Applies to Oranges. This makes me feel like Sally Fields: "You like me, you really like me!" In other words, grateful/humbled/and a little embarrassing.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-52801148230610574222011-03-20T10:23:00.002-04:002011-03-20T10:24:17.452-04:00Today, today at 3 p.m., the In Your Ear reading series hosts Susan Tichy, Justin Sirois, and Jeremy Schmall! It all takes place at the DC Arts Center, 2438 18th Street NW.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-47964091214806491172011-03-17T16:22:00.002-04:002011-03-17T16:26:47.150-04:00Two From L'Etat Libre D'OrangeAfter Tuesday's adventure with the Green Irish Tweed, Jeff and I decided to break out two samples from L'Etat Libre D'Orange, a French perfume house that makes scents with goofy names, and also has a limited line of celebrity scents. But art-house celebrity scents. No Kardashians here.The first one we tried, "Like This," was one of these – it was created in Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-65084937973623431692011-03-17T07:35:00.002-04:002011-03-17T07:37:06.891-04:00So, how's your knowledge of Victorian etiquette? Find out with this awesome game, replete with Monty-Python-style animation. You'll be pleased to know that both Jeff and I are monstrously polite, so hobnobbing with us will not in any way diminish your social standing.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-45011977069804033792011-03-16T10:03:00.003-04:002011-03-16T10:05:05.829-04:00NaPoWriMo . . . nearly there!Yesterday was the Ides of March, which means it's only two weeks until NaPoWriMo! So, sign up!Also, have you heard about any NaPoWriMo-related events going on in your town, school, etc? Let me know! I would be happy to blog about them on the NaPoWriMo.net blog.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-83997839104452480752011-03-16T09:48:00.003-04:002011-03-16T10:02:45.082-04:00Green Irish TweedLast week, I ordered a smorgasbord of perfume samples, and they have begun to arrive. Among my purchases was a sample of Creed's Green Irish Tweed, a men's cologne that's been around so long Cary Grant wore it. Jeff is not really a cologne type of guy, but hey, it's called Green Irish Tweed. That sounds pretty Jeff to me. Also, I read a description of it stating that it "smells Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-44712585574217217992011-03-15T20:56:00.003-04:002011-03-15T20:59:58.719-04:00Places for OrangesHey, you can get Applies to Oranges on Amazon now. But I daresay you'll get it faster through SPD, or better yet, direct from Ugly Duckling, where you can also find the collector's edition.And hey, DC, I am a "new thing" at Bridge Street Books. Sling my hammock, indeed!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-65782353378858311232011-03-15T07:39:00.003-04:002011-03-15T21:01:15.744-04:00Thanks muchly to Dgls Rothschild and Ben Fama for hosting me at the Zinc Bar series on Sunday, to Matthew Rohrer and Will Hubbard for reading alongside me (I snagged a copy of Matthew's latest from Wave, and am eagerly awaiting Will's UDP release), and to everyone else for coming out on a Sunday to hear some poetry!I read a slightly shorter set than on Friday, and boy was I nervous! Hard to know Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-19453429534769373202011-03-13T10:34:00.002-04:002011-03-13T10:38:38.143-04:00Packing for NYCYes, I will be flying up the Big Apple today, to read with Will Hubbard and Matthew Rohrer for the Zinc Bar Reading Series. Huzzah! 6:30 at 82 West 3rd Street. Hope to see you there!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-82978207897761165212011-03-12T11:08:00.003-05:002011-03-12T11:25:37.040-05:00Readings, Perfumes, etc.Thanks to everyone who came out last night to the Ruthless Grip reading, and thanks also to Mel Nichols and Brian Fitzpatrick for inviting me to read alongside Seth Perlow. Seth has a very cool little chapbook out from the Particle Series; I really enjoyed getting to hear from it.So, I'm reading in NYC tomorrow! 6:30 p.m. at Zinc Bar, 82nd West 3rd Street. If you are in Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-8460488653115670772011-03-11T07:16:00.002-05:002011-03-11T07:19:13.150-05:00Reading TonightTonight at 8 p.m., I'll be reading with Seth Perlow at Baked and Wired in Georgetown (1052 Thomas Jefferson Street NW). We'll be celebrating Applies to Oranges, and there WILL be cupcakes. I hope to see you there! (Need more info? Look no further!)Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-50095375448039567992011-03-07T22:41:00.001-05:002011-03-08T07:27:47.555-05:00Applies to Interviews.Kate Greenstreet did an interview with me about Applies to Oranges. Read it here, at Bookslut!Also, it's never too late to be fancy! The Collector's Edition of Applies to Oranges remains available!(And in looming news . . . April approaches, and so does NaPoWriMo.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-82116537503374007472011-03-07T07:43:00.001-05:002011-03-07T07:44:25.601-05:00Death by Lebkuchen!It rained, and thus I baked.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-38305910953899677272011-03-03T07:45:00.003-05:002011-03-07T22:48:15.093-05:00Doing two readings next weekend -- one in DC and one in NYC!First, in DC, on Friday March 11 at 8 p.m., I'll be reading with Seth Perlow and Mysterious Guests at Baked and Wired in Georgetown. It's a bit of an A20 Launch Fiesta, so come on out!And then, in NYC on Sunday March 13 at 6:30 p.m., I'll be reading with Will Hubbard and Matthew Rohrer at Zinc Bar. Huzzah! UPDATE. Apparently, the readingReenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-116878328833252442011-03-01T07:26:00.002-05:002011-03-01T07:28:38.316-05:00NaPoWriMo 2011 is coming!Hey, it's March 1! That means . . . one month until the poetic tumult known as NaPoWriMo. In the past, I've kept a list of people who are posting poems on their websites. Last year, that sprawled into its own website, and this year I got some help to make the website like, functional and pretty. Yay!So, tool on over to the new, improved NaPoWriMo 2011 website, and get Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-10449329837590655532011-02-25T07:43:00.002-05:002011-02-25T07:46:18.451-05:00It's Heeeeeerrrrree.Heyo! Applies to Oranges is now available for honest-to-goodness non-pre-sale regular sale -- and a steal at $11 if you buy direct from UDP.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-28072896094793786322011-02-20T13:29:00.002-05:002011-02-20T13:37:05.634-05:00AWP Haul Mini-Reviews, Part 2Fish, You Bird, by Phillip D. Ischy and Martin Rock (Pilot Books)—These collaboratively-written tanka are presented in a “maze-book,” whose unfolding leave it unclear how exactly one should plot one’s path through the work. Far from being a problem, this uncertainty underscores the allusive and elusive nature of the work itself, in which images of fish, birds, sleep,Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-56810849979793335642011-02-20T11:40:00.002-05:002011-02-20T11:45:33.733-05:00Bookspotting!Here's Applies to Oranges, hanging out just to the left of the typewriter at McNally Jackson in Soho. Thanks to Matt for taking the photo and sending it on!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-50879720417108868342011-02-19T11:28:00.000-05:002011-02-19T11:30:11.721-05:00Tomorrow at DCACSunday, February 20, 3:00 pmGreg Fuchs, Alexa Pearson, & Rod Smithat the DC Arts Center2438 18th Street in Adams Morgan(south of Columbia Rd. on the west side of the street)All readings are on third Sundays at 3 PM, Admission $5, FREE for DCAC membersReenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-33585477465632136692011-02-15T07:19:00.006-05:002011-02-17T07:44:14.280-05:00Orange You Glad?Word has it the first copies of the collector's edition are starting to hit mailboxes. I got my author's copies recently, and they are pretty! Whee!Here's a peek!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-77193134260059642002011-02-12T15:30:00.002-05:002011-02-13T14:18:29.657-05:00AWP Haul Mini-Reviews: Round OneMagpie’s Box, by Kate Schapira (eensy handmade chapbook, with handprinted image of a magpie on the cover) – Magpies have all the advantages of birds – flight, grace, freedom – and a weirdly human compulsion to collect shiny heaps of junk. In these twelve short poems, this identification of the avian and the human veers between the mythical, (“When you heard your Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-8350307030760619892011-02-11T07:18:00.002-05:002011-02-11T07:28:55.163-05:00Oranges Pre-Sale, Cough, Cough, Cough, Ruthless GripHello, all you internauts! The pre-sale of the Collector's Edition of Applies to Oranges ends soon -- if you haven't already claimed one of these beauties, now's your chance. I got to see the books and broadsides both last week, and sign them as well, and they are tres fabulous. The deckle edge on the broadsides alone is enough to make you Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-63024999088831652242011-02-06T11:16:00.003-05:002011-02-06T11:54:59.688-05:00AWP HaulWell, we survived! I have had more social interactions over the past four days than I would usually spread over six months. I am very happy that we live in DC, so that we aren't traveling today -- just cooking up some chili for the superbowl and recuperating.Now that Applies to Oranges has been both written and published, AWP was a bit more anxiety-making than it might otherwise have beenReenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-71681301227762456832011-02-03T07:43:00.003-05:002011-02-06T11:54:15.427-05:00Oranges!I saw my first real life copies of Applies to Oranges last night at the Local Plus reading! Thanks to James Copeland of Ugly Duckling for bringing them down. I came into Grand Central last night, saw a little table set up full of magazines and books -- and there it was! Whee!Here is an image of this majestic, wild creature -- caught in its natural habitat:BTW, I will be roaming the AWP Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-14754360628345926112011-02-02T07:26:00.004-05:002011-02-02T07:33:18.346-05:00If you are in DC tonight, come on out! You'll hear some great poetry, and there's even a chance to maybe see the very first copies of Applies to Oranges!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-91940249989931623032011-01-26T07:20:00.002-05:002011-01-26T07:31:07.625-05:00My Readings At AWPThe monstrous poetic convergence known as AWP draws near to the unsuspecting Capitol City. Among the hubbub and riffraff, I shall be doing two poetry readings. Whoo!First . . . Wednesday, Feb 2, at Grand Central (2447 18th Street NW, in Adams Morgan), I will be reading with poets representing Big Lucks, Folio, Gigantic Sequins, and Phoebe. Doors open at 7 p.m., admission is Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-23521245748592141842011-01-24T22:10:00.001-05:002011-01-24T22:12:15.564-05:00Fancier Than ThouAre you fancy? Are you sure? There's one way to know for certain! Pick up a copy of the collector's edition of Applies to Oranges, and revel in the self-esteem that comes from possessing true discernment!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-20581598576478715562011-01-24T07:33:00.002-05:002011-01-24T07:36:37.024-05:00Un-NightmaresFor the past two nights, I have had dreams that should be terrible, but aren't. First, I dreamed that I was fighting terrible monsters, but I was really blase about it. Like, oh yeah, killer bats and ghouls. Whatevs. Then I dreamed that I was still in high school and I hadn't been to my math class in months and it was almost May, and I couldn't remember my locker combination or whereReenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-82239401949414687202011-01-21T07:16:00.002-05:002011-01-21T07:42:27.181-05:00NostalgiaI decided to start taking a multivitamin. I go to the store, buy a bottle, take it home, open it, and find that the vitamins are yellow, oblong, and huge. Like trying to swallow a surfboard or a chesterfield sofa.I miss Flintstones chewables.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-65055087203470529662011-01-20T07:35:00.003-05:002011-01-20T07:40:52.950-05:00I Smell Like the Nineteeth Century!This past weekend, Anne Gorrick told me all about Possets, the website from which you can obtain both perfume and a Victorian novel. The perfumer-proprietess mixes as manner of scents, including some to go along with her novel about nineteeth century astronomers and heiresses, Dark Matter.Anyway, I've been wearing two samples that Anne gave me. One, Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-49708116748549968962011-01-19T07:42:00.003-05:002011-01-19T07:46:29.819-05:00Hello! Here is a wee video of me reading a poem from Applies to Oranges at last Saturday's Cadmium Text reading.BTW, the art on the wall behind me is by Sean Sullivan. You can learn more about the installation here I really enjoyed it -- like mad blueprints and maps, with abstract buses and trains trundling over it all.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-61089935644793811482011-01-18T07:30:00.003-05:002011-01-18T07:33:35.616-05:00I had a wonderful time reading on Saturday with Anna Moschovakis up in Kingston, NY. Thanks muchly to Anne Gorrick for inviting me! I tried reading a bit more slowly than I usually do. I don't think it struck anyone else as slow, but I'm usually kind of nervous while reading, and it makes me speed up. This time, I tried to keep from sounding like the MicroMachine Man. I think it worked -- not Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-49427756333154111812011-01-11T05:51:00.003-05:002011-01-11T05:58:19.295-05:00There Will Be PoemsThree readings this weekend, in DC and upstate NY. If you are around, please come out!Friday at 8 p.m. -- The Ruthless Grip series returns with readings from CAConrad, Debrah Morkun, and Adam Robinson. @ Baked and Wired, 1052 Thomas Jefferson Street Northwest Washington D.C., DC 20007-3813.Saturday at 2 p.m. -- Cadmium Text presents Maureen Thorson and Anna Moschovakis, @ the Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-1051331963525879702011-01-03T06:28:00.003-05:002011-01-03T06:30:19.754-05:00A new year, a new edition of Open Letters Monthly, and I have a little something therein -- an interview with Anne Gorrick!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-30167550955415199062010-12-29T21:53:00.002-05:002010-12-29T21:53:47.583-05:00Hello! Now I am on twitter. Marvel at my pithy observations. Whee!Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-4369618458804665722010-12-21T13:39:00.006-05:002010-12-29T21:52:49.896-05:00Applies to Oranges Collector's Edition now available for pre-orderWould you like a book? One that I have signed and put a number on? And that comes with a fancy broadside? You can have all of these things, as it turns out, and you can order them now!Read all about it here, and order either online or by mail.And if signatures/broadsides do not fit within your budget, fear not! The less fancy but Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-43011196989471503902010-12-20T14:26:00.004-05:002010-12-20T14:30:36.044-05:00RIP My Cellphone: August 2005 - December 2010It just won't turn on anymore. No amount of charging or battery swap-outs will coax it from its blank slumber. It took this permanent descent into intractability to actually force my hand and get me to upgrade. New fancy phone with all them newfangled email whatsits and gizmos should arrive Wednesday.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-6736055984125876882010-12-20T06:48:00.002-05:002010-12-20T06:51:12.073-05:00Know ThyselfI'm learning some important things about myself as I get older. One, I'm very reactive. When I learn a new piece of information or am asked a question (particularly about something long-past or complicated), it's like I have this neural storm that presents as a powerful desire that the information or question will go away, because I do not have a ready response. I will in five minutesReenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-53707730464783275612010-11-28T15:38:00.003-05:002010-11-28T15:48:34.849-05:00Book Trailers!Here are my attempts at a couple of book trailers for Applies to Oranges. The movie-making program that came with my computer has some rather goofy limitations, particularly with respect to the size of the picture itself, once you add music and narratives. I've tried to work around this a bit by publishing the movies in HD, so that if you look at them full-screen in high resolution,Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310706.post-81582030478967395882010-11-26T17:08:00.002-05:002010-11-26T17:10:52.284-05:00Web Design Part 2After a month of looking at the new, Applies-to-Oranges-centric design for my website, I decided it was a bit too dark and busy. So here is Design #2. A lot lighter, and with a dedicated A20 page, from which I can link to blurbs, the book trailers (coming soon!),and hopefully -- in the not-so-distant future -- reviews.Reenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04960908915132825259noreply@blogger.com0