I read a range of poems, many new pieces fueled by the MFA–and even some poems about the passing of our son. It was the first time reading them in public, save for a few I read in workshop at the last residency. It felt necessary–like it was time; another stage of honoring and letting …
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That is the comment someone left on one of my posts about Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29. Their IP address came from Panama. Based on the email address (amigas por siempre), the commenter is likely young and female–probably a student. You see, posts I made about Shakespeare or Wallace Stevens are placing high in Google searches. And …
Ecce Mulier (behold, a woman’s pen name) tagged me with a meme involving listing one’s top ten favorite films. Ecce is one of my favorite pseudointellectual bullshitivists (Sid Uberoi, of course, being another) and so I would really like to oblige her. Unfortunately, all I can think about at the moment is the top one …
As you can see, I decided to implement a new, custom template for this site. The main thing you will notice is that each page now expands to fill the size of your browser window. Hopefully this will help the site feel less cluttered. My main inspirations for the design were the New York Times …
Val also turned me on to Art Quotes–their email newsletter is a thrice-weekly dose of quotations from famous artists. I find people who have dedicated their lives to art in disparate media often arrive at similar conclusions about the artistic process. So, reading something about art from a painter can be just as inspiring to …
Earlier today, I heard from my father that Sandford Lyne–poet, teacher and friend–passed away this morning. He went quietly in his own home, having made his peace with this world. I will miss him fiercely. After graduating from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in the early ’70s, he went on to teach poetry at the University …
