December 2008
5 posts
The Corduroy Mtn.
I have a new prose-poem called THE LAND OF MOUTH BREATHERS in The Corduroy Mtn.
The Corduroy Mtn. is an online literary journal from the folks at Airforce Joyride. They also have a printing press called The Greying Ghost, which put together the first print edition of The Corduroy Mtn (featuring work from before my recent contribution). It looks beautiful. Each cover is unique- here’s a...
Jamie in Jacket, Debrah in Moria
Fellow New Philadelphia Poet (NPP) Jamie Townsend has a wonderful essay in Jacket 36 on the poetics of Frank Samperi and the struggles of the modern spiritual writer at large. Jamie examines Samperi’s work as a “bridge between Modernist concerns of the poetic image and mystical Christian notions of abject revelation”.
NPP Debrah Morkun has a poem called SOPHIASLOGOS in the new...
Tonight
I’ll be reading as part of the New Philadelphia Poets from 7-9 tonight at Wooden Shoe Books (5th St. between South and Lombard).
It’s a benefit reading for Build A Bridge. Build A Bridge uses art education to bring hope and healing to places in this world that aren’t so great. $5.00 suggested donation.
My set list:
BELOVED (love poem to my ass in the future)
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