The Chickasaw Plum Politics and the Arts Online Volume IV – Number 1 – January 2007 Many thanks to editor, and fellow Antioch LA alum, John Guthrie for publishing a few of my poems — and putting me alongside the likes of Allen Ginsberg and Gabriel Garcia Marquez… I’m grateful, frightened, and humbled.
Go Birds!
December 31 2006 - In: Fanaticism, Philly, Poetry autumn
Nothing says Happy New Year like seeing the Cowboys get whooped by the second worst team in football, while the Eagles clinch the NFC East (for the 5th time in 6 years, baby!) and take down Atlanta with a full lineup of 2nd & 3rd string players. Playoffs, here we come! And, in honor of [...]
Happy New Year (almost)! I’m delighted to report that I’ll be starting 2007 with a bang, with a reading and two new events that I’m really excited about. Featured reading, Autumn Konopka and Ashraf Osman Jan. 8th, Monday, 6:30 pm Free Library of Philadelphia, Center City As part of the Philadelphia Free Library’s Monday Poets [...]
I *heart* memes… and I have the smedley log and the ballad of yoko to thank for this one. 1. The first poem I remember reading/hearing/reacting to was… When I was little, I had this fat book of nursery rhymes. It was like a phone book — just that thick, with the thin colored-paper pages. [...]
Hey there kids, It came to my attention last night that folks were having some trouble playing the audio for “Hush.” I think I got it all fixed, and it seems like all of the audio is working a-okay; but if anyone has any further problems, just drop me a line and I’ll see if [...]
More than a year ago, I started forcing friends and family to read poems into a microphone in my computer. Then I took their recordings and mashed them up with some sound effects to make entirely new audio art products (at least that was the hope). Then I sat on the files for about 6 [...]
I just updated the events page with my readings through the end of this year and into 2007. Hope to see you there!
Back in the Saddle
November 27 2006 - In: A/V, Books, Domestic Prowess, Events, Fiction, memes, Movies, Music, Philly, Poetry, Politics, The Writing Life autumn
Welcome, one and all, to my brand new website. After allowing my old site and blog to flounder, I’ve decided to hop back in the saddle and take the internets by storm (employing as many puns & cliches as possible in the process). Some folks may be familiar with PoetryClass, an old blog that I’ve [...]
