As an undergrad at Gonzaga University, I always thought of the annual Get Lit! Festival as the main event in the Spokane literary scene. So I’m pretty much beyond excited to be headed back to Spokane as part of the Get Lit! 2013 lineup, which features luminaries like Joyce Carol Oates, Major Jackson, and David Shields, as well as my mentors from graduate school, Kim Barnes and Robert Wrigley.
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A Wise, Kind Note
Always wonderful to hear from readers, and I can’t help but share a few lines of this wise, kind note I received yesterday about The Mountain and the Fathers:
My father, like yours, was strong and gentle, but fortunate enough to live into old age. He too carried me in his large hands and on his broad shoulders, but in Iowa and Colorado. We loved each other without words and without bounds, but somehow we remained strangers. Perhaps no man ever finds his father. Thank you for a masterfully written story about your father and all our fathers.
Best Poetry Collections of 2012
Really pleased to see Notes from the Journey Westward on The Scrapper Poet’s list of the Best Poetry Books of 2012. Great company here, including Kathleen Flenniken, Bruce Snider, Johnathan Williams, and many others.
Poem from the New Book
“On the Beginning of Winter in Some Lost Industrial City of the North River Country,” from my latest book of poems, Notes from the Journey Westward, is up in Escape Into Life‘s recent poetry feature. Especially pleased to see my work alongside great work from Karen J. Weyant and Molly Spencer.
Thanks, Mr. Hollowell
Magic City Magazine, out of Billings, MT, always does a year-end issue featuring inspiring people in the area. This year, my old 4th grade teacher, Frank Hollowell, is featured–as is a selection from my memoir, The Mountain and the Fathers, where Mr. Hollowell figures prominently.
Playlist for Notes from the Journey Westward
The official Notes from the Journey Westward playlist–featuring Lucinda Williams, Lucero, The National, Houndmouth, and others–is up at Largehearted Boy!
“Reckoning” up at Verse Daily
My poem “Reckoning” is up at Verse Daily!
Notes from the Journey Westward
My second full-length collection, Notes from the Journey Westward, winner of the 17th Annual White Pine Poetry Prize, is officially for sale at the White Pine Press website. Really humbling to be in a catalog that includes James Wright, Robert Bly, Marjorie Agosin, David St. John, and so many other essential poets and writers.
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Another Review for Killing the Murnion Dogs
A great review in the Billings Gazette this week for Killing the Murnion Dogs!
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