A really lovely write up of the Telephone project appears in the Sept/Oct issue. I was very pleased to be interviewed for this, and grateful to be part of the Telephone community.
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New poem out on Dusie
I’m delighted and honored to have a new poem up in the Tuesday Poem series at Dusie! I love this series and really appreciate being part of it.
New poem in the collaborative Telephone project
I had so much fun participating in Satellite Collective’s second game of “Telephone,” a collaborative international art project where artists from multiple disciplines respond to, “translate,” and create art based on each other’s projects. This is the second time I’ve had the great pleasure of playing Telephone with these folks and it is wonderful to be part of this global arts community.
Augury Books: t'ai freedom ford is a Kingsley Tufts finalist!
I’m a bit late to post this, but we at Augury Books are so proud and delighted and just over the moon to announce that t’ai freedom ford’s “& more black” was a Kingsley Tufts Award finalist this year! It was an honor to edit t’ai’s book and help bring it out into the world. She’s had an amazing run with it—it’s a LAMBDA winner, as well as a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts AND for the Hurston/Wright “Legacy” award. Way to go, t’ai!
Forthcoming Augury Books title!
This made me so happy: an interview between two of my favorite poets, Arisa White and Matthew Zapruder, about Arisa’s latest book Who’s Your Daddy which I had the great pleasure and honor of editing for Augury Books
Short Edition Contest
I’m very pleased to take part in judging the Short Edition “Long Story Short” award. If you are or know a student at any of the participating colleges, please encourage them to submit their work! Winners and Runners Up receive between $300-500 in prize money, and will have their work published in the wonderful Short Story Dispensers (rather like literary juke boxes) across the world.
"A Way with Words" episode
This morning a friend emailed me a link to the “A Way with Words” radio show whose recent episode discussed an essay of mine. It was pure luck that she heard the episode! I’m grateful to her for sharing it with me, and so honored to hear my work talked about on the show. If you listen, my work is featured on the “Deviled Eggs” episode at the 32:50-37:00 mark.
t'ai freedom ford wins the LAMDA Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry!
I’m really happy to announce that t’ai freedom ford’s poetry collection & more black won the 2020 LAMBDA Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry. It was a honor to publish t’ai’s book through my press Augury Books.
Spanish translation of "Zoology"
I’m really grateful to Javier Medina Bernal who translated my poem "Basic Zoology” into Spanish recently
New poems in Columbia Poetry Journal online
I’m really pleased to have two new poems published in Columbia Poetry Journal online. It’s been a little while since I sent work out and I’m grateful that these poems found such a good home.
Augury Books' January Open Reading Period
If you have a poetry manuscript that needs a home, during January we are looking at submissions over at Augury Books, the press I co-founded ten years ago and still run. You can find details on submissions guidelines and a link to submit your work here.
Interview on Advice To Writers
It was a lot of fun to do this interview on Jon Winokour’s “Advice to Writers” website.
Write up on Medium
Kelly Eden wrote up a nice piece about my Lit Hub essay over on Medium’s The Writing Cooperative.
New essay on Lit Hub
I really enjoyed writing this essay about writer’s block and fallow periods for Lit Hub.
Short-Edition International Literary Vending Machines
I’m really thrilled that the French publishing house Short Editions just published my poem “Prayer.” You can read it online in their journal Rendez-Vous or—what really has me psyched—depending on where you live, you can visit one of their “dispensers,” which are basically vending machines for literature, at any of their locations (libraries across the world from Iowa to Guinea, airports in Canada & Hong Kong, subway stations in London, a French bookstore in New York and Francis Ford Coppola’s vineyards)!
Essay on Catapult
I wrote an essay about heartbreak, writer’s block and a tiger. Catapult was kind enough to give it a home.
Review of So Late to the Party
This very nice review of So Late to the Party by Dorothy Chan in Boxcar Poetry Review really made my day! The review came out last year I guess but I just found it so it’s new news to me!
Interview with t'ai freedom ford about her new book "& more black"
I’m really excited that Augury Books (the press I founded) will be publishing “& more black,” the second collection by poet t’ai freedom ford. Her poems are powerful, kinetic, witty, heartbreaking, sexy, brave and wise. I had the chance to interview her about her forthcoming book and hope you’ll check it out—just click the Interview tab after you follow the link!
New Essay on Ninth Letter
I’m really grateful to Philip Graham over at Ninth Letter for giving my essay about love, St. Anthony (the patron saint of lost things) and Italy such a lovely home.
Best American Poetry "Meet the Press" interview
It was a lot of fun to do this interview for the Best American Poetry blog’s “Meet the Press” series. I owe many thanks to Dante Di Stefano for asking me to take part and for his thoughtful questions.