Galesburg, Illinois
Flattered to be in the company of so many giants in the newest issue of Bennington Review. You should rush to order a copy. Because gasp. Because also Kent Shaw. Because I could go on & on. Two of my little sonnets, [Someone left the light on, so that nearly] & [That sense of scale & some distance makes], are there, too.
O, hi december... what a gift this journal, in these days, & such company. Thanks to everyone at december for honoring a legacy begun in 1958, & for taking care of my [That near relic on the wall, its small]. Pick up a copy, hm. Makes a great holiday gift, too.
I heart Water~Stone Review. Classy, complicated, smart & brave: every single issue of this brilliant annual, which also happens to include my [In this light & from any perspective, name]. Get your copy if you haven't. It will knock you over in all the right ways.
Hey, pretty Salt Hill. Look at you!
The beautiful fall issue of this lovely, well made journal just arrived in the later afternoon post. Two of my chair poems, [Early summer & that building yawns] & [Every chair can be alone, sit], are there, tucking up next to some other marvelous work. Pick up a copy, would you....
The newest Crazyhorse has arrived, & I'm completely smitten. You can read my [Let the day make its own,] & [Pressed against these days, & against] there, of course, but more importantly, the whole issue is out of this world & the cover art by David Harrison...well, it's pretty much perfect...
Beth & I are "on the road" again, heading toward Pella, Iowa on Thursday, April 14th. If you are in the area, we are reading in Central College's Upper Chapel at 7:30 p.m. Very much looking forward to it!
From Maybe To Region was just published as an e-chapbook at Kudzu House Quarterly. 37 sonnets for spring (which I swear is on the way). Thanks to Madison Jones and Robin Ward at Kudzu House for taking such incredible care, and to Beth McDermott for the attentive, moving introduction.
Beth & I are "on the road" again, spring breaking in La Crosse. I can't imagine an elsewhere I'd rather be. With my dear collaborator & friend by my side, that gorgeous river finding spring, & Iowa & Minnesota bridges away, this new season seems hopeful. If you are in the area, we'd love to see you on Wednesday, March 16th at 6 o'clock in FAC Recital Hall, at Viterbo University.
My “Remembered Is Misremembered Then Turns,” a new essay, has been included in the anthology From Curlers to Chainsaws: Women & Their Machines, edited by Joyce Dyer, Jennifer Cognard-Black, Elizabeth MacLeod Walls, and just out with Michigan State University Press. The books is amazing, & should be on your shelf or beside your bed. I'm thrilled to be included there.
A very handsome Passages North, with my [The other night, we stood in front of the picture], arrived in the post the other day. I stayed up late reading the whole issue. You should, too. It will carry you through the roughest patches of winter.
The Cincinnati Review just arrived in the afternoon post, & I've got to say that I'm knocked over by it. Yes, yes, my [What happens is this: the body calls—though we don't] happens to be the first poem in the issue, but more importantly... gasp... a new poem by Nancy Eimers is there, & two by Carl Phillips, & & &... You probably want to pick up a copy, hm.
Looking forward to being in Macomb on Thursday, November 19, 2015, where I'll be The Fred Ewing Case & Lola Austin Case Writer-in-Residence. If you are in the area of WIU, the reading will be at the University Art Gallery at 7 o'clock.
Hey, hey. Cimarron Review arrived in the afternoon post, & boy do I feel lucky. Two new poems of mine are included in this always beautiful journal. Check it out here.
Thanks to the team of Caleb Fridell and Sofia Drummond-Moore (video), Kyle Kunkler (audio effects), and Rikki Smalley (producers) for these crazy-cool cinepoems & video-essay, a three parter they've called, "Dear City of My Heartache." (You can watch them all by following the link back to the youtube channel.) Galesburg sure does look so very much itself.
Thanks to Verse Daily for selecting [Against arranged line & proportion, in defiance of] & to Denver Quarterly for grabbing it all those months ago.
Hey! The new issue of Midwestern Gothic just arrived & let me tell you... Well, it's great. Check it out, hm. My [Because the season snags, tangles up with itself & won't] is near the end, but is the very first (of this series of new poems I'm working on) to be published.
Beth & I just found out that our poem [Begin not with coastline, not with harbor or cove. Begin] was awarded a 2015 Heartland Poetry Prize, selected by Lee Ann Roripaugh, and republished in New Poetry from the Midwest. Thanks to Lee Ann Roripaugh, & to Okla Elliott & Hannah Stephenson for including the poem in this killer anthology, & also big thanks to New Orleans Review for first trusting this work.
Thanks to all the folks at Quiddity, where I'm proud to have three new poems. Issue 8.1 is richly textured & my poems are keeping very good company.
Spring has arrived, finally, & along with it, the new issue of Mantis, which includes four new poems of mine! Thanks to Derek Mong for hearing “[With every wall a window],” “[Because you’re still in another time zone disparate things],” “[The lesson tonight nothing less than]” & “[Not quite another season, but almost, & on the window ledges,].” I'm very lucky to be included in this amazing journal.