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Mad love for Midwestern Gothic's new issue, which was released today, & features a new poem—[Once, the nomenclature of boulevard & thoroughfare turned common]—from my ongoing collaboration with Beth Marzoni. & seriously, check out Amorek Huey's poems, too. You won't be sorry. 

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The Hooch has arrived! Beth Marzoni & I have two new poems in the latest issue of The Chattahoochee Review. [& So, like a map, scale matters & the river] & [Inside the levee, call it a state] are our first Georgia publication! Thanks to the very gracious folks in Clarkston for taking such good care. 

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Looks like spring may have finally made its way to the midwest! Not only are there buds on the trees, but Hayden's Ferry Review just arrived with an early spring poem of mine, [In this, this snow-brightened light of a near-spring morning, I think of the glass]. All my thanks to the good folks in Arizona for their hard work. You'll also find a stunning poem of Beth Marzoni's there. Just saying. 

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Two new poems from my on-going collaboration with Beth Marzoni were just published!  [Imagine we can hear winter breaking its hold on the river & how] & [Cold snaps summer in half the same day someone] are out in the newest issue of Permafrost 36.1 (winter 2014). Our first poems published in Alaska! Very exciting. Also, the journal is stunning, so well-made, such care. 

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POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER…& I am very disappointed...

Reading Event #11: Dora Malech, Monica Berlin, & Rhiannon Dickerson at The Hinge, February 1st at 5:30 

In honor of "Yes, Virginia, There Is...", The Hinge's exhibition of Missouri regionalist painter Virginia Terpening, this eleventh reading event will feature three female poets representing the diversity and ferocity of the Midwest. Dora Malech, of Iowa, Monica Berlin, of Illinois, and Rhiannon Dickerson, of Missouri, will read a selection of their poetry at what is sure to be a wondrous event!

If you are in the neighborhood, stop by! I'm excited to see this beautiful space, looking forward to seeing my pal, Eileen G'Sell, and over-the-moon thrilled to be in the same room with Virginia Terpening's paintings.  

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Quiddity & the Vachel Lindsay Association are hosting the Midwest Poetry and Fiction Series at the Dana Thomas House, 301 East Lawrence Ave, in Springfield at 3:30pm on Saturday, December 7th. The reading will be co-hosted by John McCarthy & Justin Hamm. Featured Writers include Chad Simpson, Sandy Longhorn, & me. If you're in the neighborhood, stop by.