Author: Brian

I planned on choosing the winner of my poetry book giveaway on Monday, but was swamped with grading. Today I've been on campus all day. Tomorrow, I have a doctor's appointment, but before I go to it, I'm choosing the winner, and I'm going to try to do it on camera. Also, I've decided that … Continue reading Tomorrow, I Swear

I've been semi-obsessed with the CIvil War for the last couple of years. It's been more in the public consciousness of late, since today is the 150th anniversary of South Carolina firing on Fort Sumter and starting the military stage of a war which had been a long time in coming. When I read this … Continue reading 150 Years Ago Today

Kelli Agodon is organizing this again, and since I have a book of my own this year, I figure I might as well get in on it. I'll be giving away one copy of my book and one copy of Derek Walcott's White Egrets. If you're interested in them, just leave a comment with a … Continue reading The Big Poetry Giveaway 2011

I'm a couple of weeks behind with this post, but work--and yes, I did a lot of work over Spring Break--has gotten in the way of blogging a lot lately. I've been thinking about this a lot over the last couple of years, but it's been on my mind a lot lately with the attacks … Continue reading I am a fat-cat union employee

I made Harriet. That is to say, the interview for Knight Arts I did with Neil de la Flor got linked at Harriet. I think this qualifies as big time now. I really don't even know what to say, other than if you like what you read in the interview, you can buy my book … Continue reading Holy Crap

So add another hour to last night for prep for this morning's class. I should have done more but I was wiped out. 7:30 - 7:45 Slept in a bit today, so this is when I started answering student emails. Not too many overnight this time, fortunately. 8:45 - 9:30 Office hours on satellite campus … Continue reading Time Card Day 2

6:15 - 6:45 a.m. Answered student emails from overnight 7:30 - 9:10 a.m. Office hours--downloaded poetry papers, reviewed what I'll be covering in class today, worked on prospective class for Fall semester 9:10 - 9:30 a.m. Walk to class, stopping along the way for a Diet Dr. Pepper and to use the toilet. Does this … Continue reading Time Card: Day 1

When critics of higher ed get their two-minutes-hate going, one of the things they like to claim is that professors get paid exorbitant salaries for doing almost no work. If you work in academia, you might even have a colleague who fits that description. They're not as commonplace as critics would have the public believe, … Continue reading Please Don’t Throw Me Into That Briar Patch

Many many thanks to Robin Sampson for her great questions over at We Who Are About to Die. That's one of my favorite lit-blog-type places, and I'm really honored that they wanted to do something with me. Also, if you're not busy on the evening of Thursday February 24, and if you're close-ish to Fort … Continue reading We Who Have Been Interviewed

It seems that if you publish a book and make a nuisance of yourself online to enough people, some of them want to interview you. The folks over at Used Furniture Review are the latest to ask me questions about my work and my book. I actually had a good time with it, and I … Continue reading Shameless Self-Promotion