Reading at Impossible Language

I'll be reading in Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday, January 18 for the Impossible Language series. Held at Crosstown Arts, I'll be sharing the stage with Caki Wilkinson and Abraham Smith, with artworks by April Pierce, Amerlia Briggs, and Caitlin Hettich. Thanks to Ashley Roach for having me!

Brautigan recovered

My first appearance in Octopus is my "Recovery Project" essay--completely informal--reviewing Richard Brautigan's Rommel Drives Deep into Egypt, an exceptional book of poetry that, if you can find it, is a great read. The essay is here. For my part, I found the book in a rundown used bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky.

"Moonrise" in the new issue of Catch Up!

The latest edition of Catch Up!--now an online journal--features one of my Warren Wilson thesis poems alongside poems by friends Jessica Farquhar, Kyle Coma-Thompson, Josh English, plus a host of others. Thanks to Jeff Hipsher for throwing it in there. You can read the poem here.

My first book review for the Kenyon Review

My review of Ernst Meister's In Time's Rift, translated by Graham Foust and Samuel Frederick (Wave Books, 2012) is posted at the KROnline. Many thanks to Wave Books for the review copy and Zach savich for the careful editing.

 

Because I nearly forgot, the September issue of Kentucky Monthly, the 15th Anniversary Edition, also has my feature story on The Mammoth, a colossal arts project by Aron Conoway and Hallie Jones.

Here is a video link on You Tube of me reading the poem "1972" from my chapbook, Hibernaculum, at the Big Big Mess reading series in Akron back in June. Thanks to Joshua Ware for posting.

Cave Hill Cemetery article in the Kentucky Monthly

My latest cover piece for the Kentucky Monthly, a profile of Louisville's Cave Hill Cemetery, is in the new issue and also online here. The amazing accompanying photos are by David Toczko.