Another Poem to Love

The news is good--my first book is going to come out because the budget didn't suck quite as bad as it looked like it might. A Witness In Exile will be published, and I'm planning on being positively obnoxious about it once it's available. What that means in practical terms is that I have to … Continue reading In which I throw myself a pity party.

I really had planned on doing this column ahead of time last week, but Friday night found me under the kitchen sink teaching myself how to unhook a garbage disposal and attempt to unclog pipes with a plumber's snake. I was not successful. Here are some poetry stories to look at for this week, though. … Continue reading Poetic Lives Online

Vacation is where you go to remind yourself of how much you love being home. That's probably the most clichéd thing I've ever written, and that's saying something. But tonight, after having spent the better part of three glorious days in St. Petersburg, Florida, I have to say that I think it's accurate. I always … Continue reading Back from vacation

Crossposted from The Rumpus When it comes from The Paris Review, apparently. Here's the short version of the story--Daniel Nester fills it out a bit at WWAATD (part I, part II): The Paris Review accepted a bunch of work. There was a change in the editorial staff, and the new editors decided that some of … Continue reading When is an acceptance not an acceptance?

This story has gotten a lot of attention on Twitter this morning--Billy Collins doesn't like the way e-books can mess up the way his poems look on the page. Neither do a lot of other poets. (John Lundberg's objections are similar, but they're also linked to the old "I prefer paper" argument.) I've got this … Continue reading My own anosognosia

I thought I'd written about having a daughter named Brittany Spears before, and all the odd connections we have with the singer of the almost identical name and her family, but apparently not. I have, however, published a poem about it at the very least. Warning: this is going to ramble a bit. So, it's … Continue reading Are you related to…?

We did a lot of work on the Rumpus Poetry Book Club today, including nailing down an order of months for the advisory board. But the most movement we made today was on the Twitter front. The Rumpus Poetry Book Club has its own Twitter feed, and you should follow it. There's no telling who'll … Continue reading Twitter Updates

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Amy and I were getting our exercise in the park yesterday evening, and a band was set up on one of the football fields. It's part of a yearly program set up by one of the banks, and locals were out in force to see them--lawn chairs, coolers, umbrellas, portable gazebos. The ones we could … Continue reading Why not Classic Rap?

Isaac Fitzgerald, the awesome managing editor of The Rumpus, just posted this little blurb promoting our Supersized Combo with Neil de la Flor, and I want to return some love. About a year and a half ago, Stephen Elliott invited me to write a weekly column on poetry--a weekly linkfest, if you will--to be published … Continue reading The Rumpus Is a Place for Poets