Wonderful to get a chance to talk about my two most recent chapbooks, We Had to Go On Living and Leviathan, over at Speaking of Marvels.
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Another Poem in The Southern Review
Issue after issue, I just love The Southern Review. For my money, it might be the best read out there. And the new issue rocks: Kevin Prufer, Malachi Black, Susan Blackwell Ramsey, Stephen Dixon, Albert Goldbarth, Alison Townsend–just stellar stuff. So pleased one of my newest poems, “My Son Asks for the Story About When We Were Birds,” is among such fine company.
A Story at TriQuarterly
It’s always so wonderful to land a piece in a magazine you’ve had on your best of the best list, which is why I’m thrilled to see my story “The Ditchrider” in the latest issue of TriQuarterly, which also features work by Claudia Rankine, Kai Carlson-Wee, Rigoberto González, and many others.
Jackson Hole Writers Conference
Pretty jazzed to be teaching (and tromping around the mountains) this summer–June 25-27, 2015–at the Jackson Hole Writers Conference. A stellar faculty this go-around, including Tobias Wolff, Nina McConigley, Laurie Kutchins, and others. Love to see you there!
Two Poems in All of Us
Two Poems in Nimrod
Pleased to have a couple of poems, “Western” and “‘Where Was I Before I Was Born?’,” in the latest issue of Nimrod, a journal I’ve long admired. Good stuff in here from Eric Trethewey, Christopher Buckley, Don Judson, Kathleen Kirk, and Neruda Prize winner Mary-Alice Daniel.
Another Essay in Orion
Crazy late with this (I’m just catching up), but I have a short essay in the September/October 2014 issue of Orion. As with every issue of Orion, this one is required reading; I mean, new work by Terry Tempest Williams, Luis Alberto Urrea, Brian Doyle, and Kathleen Dean Moore, as well as reviews, poems, and so much more–if you aren’t subscribed to Orion, well, you’re missing out!
A Poem in Knockout
Pleased to have a poem in the current issue of Knockout, which features Melissa Kwasny, Jeffrey Alfier, Jim Daniels, Nin Andrews, and many others.
Railtown Almanac: A Spokane Poetry Anthology
The Spokane literary scene continues to amaze. Here’s another great anthology just out from Sage Hill Press, Railtown Almanac: A Spokane Poetry Anthology. Lots of wonderful poets included herein, including Christopher Howell, Jonathan Johnson, Shann Ray, Laura Reed, Nance Van Winckel, Jess Walter, and Maya Jewell Zeller, as well as my former teachers D.S. Butterworth, Beth Cooley, and Tod Marshall. Please to be part of it all.
Two Chapbooks
This fall I’ve been delighted to have two chapbooks released. First, from Red Bird Chapbooks, We Had to Go On Living: a collection of two essays, “Northern Pike” and “Bruised,” that both speak to the years my wife and I spent in the Midwest, years of joy, as we started our family, and loneliness, as we struggled to find our footing in new communities and alien landscapes. And just this past week, winner of the Iron Horse Chapbook Issue Competition, Leviathan: a short collection of poetry that also speaks to our Midwestern sojourn, though it does so in a host of voices and forms. And what beautiful books! Both presses took such care during the editorial and design processes. I’m so pleased to have had the chance to work with such wonderful folks and to now have in my hands these two lovely chapbooks.
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