New Work
April 7, 2013 § 2 Comments
In a strange but fitting act of synchronicity, two “sister poems” of mine have both recently been published. One–”After the Haircut”–you can read online at The Collagist, and the other–”What I Want to Remember”–is in the new print issue (#13) of The Los Angeles Review.
I am, as always, humbled and grateful to have them out in the world. Many thanks to my kind editors, and to my teacher Marie Howe for her guidance and insight into both poems.
The Pleasure of the Introduction
February 12, 2013 § Leave a Comment
A couple weeks ago at NYU’s Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, I was thrilled to introduce Brenda Shaughnessy before her reading with Craig Morgan Teicher. Here’s an excerpt:
I was first introduced to Brenda Shaughnessy’s work in a high school poetry workshop, when my teacher brought in her much beloved poem “I’m Over the Moon” for our class to discuss. As teenage students of poetry are wont to do, my classmates and I were more concerned with articulating our feelings than anything else, and I think our instructor hoped the poem—the first from her James Laughlin Award-winning second book, Human Dark with Sugar—might get us thinking more critically about the role of music and metaphor in articulating our precious feelings. To call the moment a pivotal one for me is vast understatement: my understanding of the possibility of poetry was forever broadened, and “I’m Over the Moon” remains one of my favorite poems. « Read the rest of this entry »
Sixteen and Obscene
December 5, 2012 § Leave a Comment
I wrote and recorded this song when I was sixteen. Please enjoy the lolzz.
Photo of me at sixteen, after the jump… « Read the rest of this entry »
Stuff on the Internet You Should Read
September 19, 2012 § Leave a Comment
In no particular order:
My piece for Next Magazine on Lonely Christopher and his new chapbook Crush Dream, which is terrific, and which you should go order from Radioactive Moat (a BARGAIN at $6, including shipping). UPDATE: My copy arrived in the mail today–check out this gorgeous hand-painted cover: 
Also for Next, I wrote a preview of my most anticipated books coming out this fall. It’s a good season for gay lit.
Over at Lambda Literary Review, we’ve got a slew of great poets who’ve recently been featured in the Poetry Spotlight, including Stephen Zerance (“Anne Sexton’s Last Drink” and “Lindsay Lohan”), P. Elan (“What I Will Get), Nick Comilla (“Montreal Sestina” and “Pure Form”), and Chris Emslie (“Blanks”). « Read the rest of this entry »
Whatever Happens to Pussy Riot Happens to Me
August 17, 2012 § Leave a Comment
I wrote for Lambda Literary Review about the Pussy Riot verdict and last night’s reading of support at the Ace Hotel. Click the photo of the ever-elegant Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, one of the evening’s readers, to read the story. 
