Spent a few days last week at Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska, as a visiting writer. Beautiful river country. Great students.
You can check out some pics and videos from the visit at Dr. Bill Clemente’s blog.
Category: News
A Roadside Diner in Iowa
My poem “A Roadside Diner in Iowa” is up today at the Black Lawrence Press blog, where they’ve been posting a new poem by a BLP author each day for National Poetry Month. Some wonderful work up there; check it out when you get a chance.
Memoir (and)
My poems “Anniversary” and “Oblivion” have won the Issue 6 Grand Prize at Memior (and). They’ll be in the print and online magazine, and I’ve got $500 coming my way!
National Magazine Award
Wow. My essay “Out West,” orginally in Orion last fall, has just been nominated for a National Magazine Award (also known as an “Ellie”). And I’m up against Garrison Keillor, Mitch Albom, and Michael Pollan!
“Crow Road” to Appear in Berkeley Fiction Review
Got word last week my short story “Crow Road” will appear in the upcoming issue of Berkeley Fiction Review. Glad to get some short fiction out there again!
I’m up at Black Lawrence Press!
My author page for Killing the Murnion Dogs is up at Black Lawrence Press!
“Hayrake” to Appear in BPJ
Just heard from the editors of Beloit Poetry Journal that they’d like my poem “Hayrake” for an upcoming issue. Here’s a little bit about BPJ from The Literary Magazine Review:
Once in a while, I’ll pick up a lit mag and read a great poem by someone I’ve never heard of. A poem that knocks me down and steals my shoes and makes me walk back to my own poor town over rocks and thorns. A poem that knocks the oomph out of my status quo. A poem I want to read to everybody. One that works and risks while it works. The Beloit Poetry Journal offers such poems.
The Literary Magazine Review
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