I’ve got a long poem, “Arguing with James Baldwin the Day After the Re-election of Barack Obama,” at a great new journal, Codex. Lots of strong work in this issue. Check it out.
Tag: Poem
Poem at The Coachella Review
Started working on this poem over thirteen years ago. Been through hundreds of drafts–and here it is. Thanks to everyone at The Coachella Review for believing in it!
“Wish” at Blackbird
“Wish,” a poem from my manuscript-in-progress, has just been published in this spring’s issue of Blackbird: A Journal of Online Literature and the Arts. Lots of great work in this issue, including poems by Melissa Ginsburg and short fiction by Michael McGriff.
Poem in Orion
My poem “Drought” appears in the latest issue of Orion. Lots of wonderful stuff in this issue (as always–Orion’s plain great!), including a stunning/scary essay on the breast cancer industrial complex by Jennifer Lunden and a dreamy meditation on borders, dying rivers, and ghosts by Luis Alberto Urrea.
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New Poem at The Nashville Review
Along with great work by Traci Brimhall, Mike Meginnis, and others, my poem “A Story We Might Follow” is up in the summer issue of Nashville Review.
Four Poems and an Interview at Dahse
I’m very pleased to have four poems and an interview featured in the second issue of the new and lovely magazine of fashion and art, Dahse.
Poem in Michigan Quarterly Review
Jazzed to have a long poem, “Eight Letters of Explanation, Acknowledgement, & Apology on the Occasion of My Son’s First Birthday,” in the latest issue of Michigan Quarterly Review. Lots of great stuff in this issue, including new work by Peter Ho Davies, Tod Boss, and Elizabeth Alexander.
The Vibrant Word
You can now check out the lineup for next fall’s The Vibrant Word: A Lutheran Festival of Writing conference, along with my poem “Then I Packed You Up the Ridge Like a Brother on My Back.”
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.
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