My old friend Nate McFadden recorded the poem, “Dinner at Henri's ”, from News from the Front (my latest chapbook, published by the Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, here ) for his podcast. He performs a smashing reading, nailing the tone. The poem, inspired by the French Resistance, and a life long love of radio, is one of my personal favs; it reads well with audiences, more than others. It's nice to hear someone besides me read it, like most of you I do not like the way I sound to others. Actively, I try to squeeze some kind of poem, or poetic work out every day. It keeps me sane, healthy, and engaged with language. During the busy school year I can least give myself a twenty minute period of time when I can be in my own voice, so to speak, and work my talent. I'm documenting the quotidian over at Figmen t and Wattpad , two social media sites that deal with writing. Granted, most of the work on the site is written solely so the author can post a cool, hip c
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