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SHORT, FAST, & DEADLY PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINATION

Endless gratitude to the Short, Fast, and Deadly gang for nominating my poem, “Bruises/Insect Exchange (Footnotes to an Excerpt from Jane Hirshfield’s ‘Bruises’),” for a Pushcart Prize. Additionally, thanks to all who actively read and support my work. Seriously.

Read the poem HERE.

TAKE HEED FOR I AM SNOW ETC

Short, Fast, and Deadly published a mash-up poem I scrawled with sticks into the ashes of “50 Shades of Grey” and “The Divine Comedy,” titled simply TAKE HEED, FOR I AM SNOW PATROL BLARING & OLD, BURNT IN BY THE FLAMES, & KATE IS WALKING FROM HER CAR AS I HEAD OUT THE DOOR, & I WAVE & DON’T STOP FOR THE INQUISITION; THE FLAME IS EXTINGUISHED &, STILL, IT GRIEVES ME TO REMEMBER. Thanks, Parker and Joseph, for rocking with me. (Pro tip: Be sure to continue to the second page.)

SEE: TAKE HEED FOR I AM SNOW

 

 

 

REGARDLESS OF AUTHORITY

I have many pixels and word things in the forms of photographs and an interview published by the good folks at Regardless of Authority. Thank you for having me, Aleathia and Michael!

SEE: REGARDLESS OF AUTHORITY, Issue 3

SHADOWS OF THE FUTURE, AN ANTHOLOGY

This is a nice surprise today. I have a couple of wacky word crawlers lurking between pages inhabited by the auras of friends and brilliant folks like Keith Higginbotham, Howie Good, Joani Reese, Aleathia Drehmer, and many, many more. Download and dig on the Argotist Otherstream e-book anthology “Shadows of the Future.”

SEE: SHADOWS OF THE FUTURE

 

LOST IN THOUGHT, Issue 5

Folks, I am tremendously—with a capital TREMENDOUSLY—pleased to announce the release of Lost In Thought Issue 5, where I share space with rock star friends like Amanda Deo and Mary Stone Dockery. I cannot recommend more whole-heartedly that you grab a copy of this. Thank you Kyle Schruder and Robert Vaughan for including my work in what might arguably be the best looking lit journal around.

SEE: LOST IN THOUGHT, Issue 5

Photography in ARDOR Literary Magazine

I have a photograph in the new issue of Ardor, which accompanies their 2013 short story contest winner. Good company, obviously. Excellent journal. Kind editor. Class digs. Hang out a while.

SEE: ARDOR Literary Magazine, Issue Three, September 2013

SLEEP IS THE ANTHEM

SLEEP, coming soon from Plain Wrap Press.

Ben Tanzer blurbage alert

This please me. You?

ConnotationPress.com – Featured Guest Editor: David Tomaloff

Ken from Connotation-Press approached me a short time ago about doing a guest column made up of work from people I admire. My people came hard with the goods, and now I’m proud to share their work with you.

Dig the interview with Eric Baus followed by the work of Kristina Marie Darling, Carol Guess,Howie Good, Neal Kitterlin, Jasmine Dreame Wagner, JA Tyler, Amanda Deo, Chadwick Redden, Scott Bugher, J D Nelson, Tracy Jager.

SEE: ConnotationPress.com – Featured Guest Editor: David Tomaloff

KMD AT THE HTMLG

I gave Kristina Marie Darling’s excellent book Petrarchan the ol’ 25-Point treatment at HTMLGiant. Thanks, Brooks, for giving me a good place to sit and talk lit to myself.

SEE: KMD AT THE HTMLG

ERIC PANKEY’S “TRACE” REVIEWED AT THE FIDDLEBACK

I reviewed Eric Pankey’s poetry collection TRACE at The Fiddleback. (Scroll down to the bottom.) It’s a beautifully brutal and haunting thing, this book. Highly recommended for readers who love minimalism that is anything but.

SEE: TRACE at THE FIDDLEBACK