New poem in Harpur Palate

My poem "1972" is in the new issue of Harpur Palate, 11.1, out now. Glad to be in there with a few talented poets: Michelle Chan Brown and John James, not to mention Sherman Alexie.

New poem at 751 Magazine

My prose-poem "The Gryphon" is online in the fifth issue of 751 Magazine. I'm grateful to the editors for the solicitation and publication.

"Literature of Place" at Bluegrass Bioneers

This Saturday, October 22, I'll be giving an hour-long lecture at the Bluegrass Bioneers Conference, held at the University of Louisville. Information on "The Leading Sustainable Solutions Conference" is here. My presentation will be at 11:00 AM, location tba. I'll be talking about authors such as Gary Snyder, William Stafford, Barry Lopez, and Wendell Berry, and discussing ways of incorporating a "literature of place" into education, publications, and artist residencies. The whole conference is free!

Partners in Truth and Beauty: Christopher Luna interviews me

My old friend Christopher Luna, resident poet of Vancouver, Washington, interviewed me about The Imagined Field, Interstitial, Kentucky poetry, and being a dad and writer. There interview is at his blog, Christopher Luna in Ghost Town, USA, here. Much gratitude to Luna for the generous remarks and insightful questions.

Review of Michele Glazer's latest

I reviewed Michele Glazer's On Tact, & the Made Up World for the Boston Review, which you can read here. Thanks to Timothy Donnelly for his editorial help and for being an all-around good guy.

Interview at We Who Are About to Die

Author Patrick Wensink interviewed me for the blog We Who Are About to Die concerning the relationship between being a parent and being a writer. This is part of a series of interviews with other parent writers, as well (including Sage Cohen, an old friend from Portland, Oregon). My gratitude to Patrick and the bloggers for giving me room to speak.

New Review of The Imagined Field

My friend Jason Mashak, living in Prague, reviewed my first book of poems, The Imagined Field, for the August online edition of Gently Read Literature. My gratitude goes out to both the author and the editors for including me in the issue.