Field Recordings

A new poem in the symbiosis-themed issue of River Mouth Review. Many thanks to Sarah Stockton and staff. My review of Michael Chang's Boyfriend Perspective in Heavy Feather Review . Many thanks to Jeff Chon.  My review of Ian Dreiblatt's forget thee is up at Rain Taxi.

Many gracious thanks to  Rosanna Gargiulo and the folks over at  The Maine Review , for including me in their May issue. Many thanks to Richard Peabody for including "Dinner Tonight at Henri's" on the audio/cd issue of Gargoyle. You can purchase it here. Many thanks to James Diaz and Jenny Robbins for including "Bird/Brain" in the newest Anti-Heroin Chic. Many thanks to Jill Ireland for including me in South Florida Poetry Journals Summer Issue. I'm on page two, down towards the bottom. You can hear me read "What it's like to get up and go to work when the black cowl of depression covers your face."

I have a new review of Michael Chang's chapbook, Drakkar Noir, up at the Rumpus.  

Hey folks, the workshop at the Eastern Shore Community College will be returning! I did not do a virtual workshop last fall because I was immersed in hybrid learning at Pocomoke High School.  My multi-genre workshop will return, beginning in late August. The folks over at the Academy for Lifetime Learning will be posting the fall schedule toot sweet. Visit them here . In the past, I have done variations of Beating Hell to Hell, which I recently taught over at the Eastern Shore Writers Association.  This fall is likely to involve some prompts, probably not generated via Dante, however.  From the catalog Students will read poems and short plays, analyzing for content and technique. Students will compose original works. Students will critique each other’s works for content and technique. Prompts will be provided but will not be required. Students are encouraged to go on their nerve with regard to the work they will compose. Six sessions:  Thursdays,  8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16, 9/23, 9/30   —

Grateful to the folks at River Heron Review, The American Journal of Poetry , and Gargoyle for including me in their newest collections. "Zoo Animals Disappeared" "Lawnmower" and "Lark Sparrows in a Pasture Outside of Town"   I'll be reading with River Heron Review next week. You can find the information here . The zoom link registration for the reading is here. "Tiresias Comes Over For Tea" Gargoyle Mulch a sprawling American magical realism/speculative fiction mash-up of horror, small-town crime, historical and adventure fiction will be released in 2021, from Montag Press.  Another flooded Boston dystopian eco-adventure will be out late, late 2021, in Helios Quarterly's new magazine venture.

New work in these fine literary journals. Grateful to Mary Carroll-Hackett, Semein Washington, Brigid Hokana for publishing my prose poem   "What the Fire Said to the Arsonist"   in the newest edition of K'in. Shout out to Ghost City Review's Justin Karcher, Jack Bachman, & Kevin Bertolero for publishing   "Flagpoor". Thanks to Andrea, Jeff, and Ryn, over at Panoply for publishing "Old Man Winter on the Marsh." Big shout out to Betsey Boyd, Emely Rodriguez, Adrearna Fleet, Chris Hart, Tim Huber, and Stevie Sanchez over at Welter, for publishing my prose poem "The Butcher & the Wild Child".