Hi. I’m back from California where I met amazing people, heard amazing poety, drove amazing roads, saw amazing animals, ate amazing food and then took one very NOT amazing flight home. This whole traveling thing would be much easier if someone could just knock me over the head as soon as the plane takes off… Continue reading Post-California update but really, it’s just about poetry.
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End of an Era
So my submission notebook finally gave out. All the pages are filled. I know what you’re thinking. Who cares, right? Get a new notebook. Thing is I bought that notebook back in 2000. Thirteen years ago at the Pitt campus bookstore I snatched that notebook off the shelf and decided that while it was great… Continue reading End of an Era
Where is my brain?
Clearly I left my brain behind back in August when the very very kind folks at Electric Windmill Press published Issue 7 which contains two poems of mine, Long Weekend and Teaching My Cat. There is also work by the always awesome Susie Sweetland, one of half the Blue Hour dynamic duo. TRIO! (see comments) Susie… Continue reading Where is my brain?
The Reverberations from 9/11 Seem Likely To Continue For Many Years at Camel Saloon
This is the cover of Culture Shock: USA, a book that is supposed to help acclimate new immigrants to the customs and etiquette of America. It’s also full of sweeping generalizations about the country that I live in, some of which are so true, I don’t know if I should a laugh or cry. It’s… Continue reading The Reverberations from 9/11 Seem Likely To Continue For Many Years at Camel Saloon
Banned Books Week
Phew. One day left. I missed it last year but this year, I got in just under the wire. You remember that scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? Yeah. Banned Books Week = hat. So here’s my favorite of all favorite banned books: The Catcher in the Rye which has been banned… Continue reading Banned Books Week
Ally Malinenko 