Obsidian

A couple poems from the latest manuscript have appeared online recently in the Spring 2017 issue of Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora. Thank you to the editors for including and sharing my work.

Empire

Age of Aquarius focus is on the group. I guess that’s how I’m so lucky to find myself as part of this amazing collaboration happening with artist Kara Rooney, composer Fatrin Krajka, movers Dylan Crossman and Claude ‘CJ’ Johnson, and poets Marine Cornuet and Laura Henriksen. But for What’s My Read more…

Thinking Its Presence

I’m hyped about Thinking Its Presence even though I can’t be there this year. THINKING ITS PRESENCE 2017: The Ephemeral Archive  brings together the discipline and art of pedagogy and the arts in general with perspectives from critical race theory, poetics, performance studies, literary theory, literary history, ethnic literatures, and Native Read more…

reading at Philalalia

I’m super-excited to go to Philadelphia later this month for PHILALALIA, Philly’s small press / handmade poetry and book arts festival. PHILALALIA is a FREE three-day celebration that brings together poets, printmakers, book artists, paper-makers, comics poetry artists, publishers, & arts enthusiasts to showcase, perform, & sell their work. It’s taking place September 14-16, 2017 at Tyler School of Read more…

sanctuary

I’m very excited to be leading a workshop as part of The Millay Colony’s Sanctuary Series in June. DISENTANGLING– Disaster Has Come from the Outside. Don’t Give Up Hope. June 3, 1 – 4 pm  at The Neighborhood Preservation Center 232 E 11th St, New York, NY 10003 How do we stay Read more…

Resilience is human nature

The February/March 2017 issue of The Poetry Project Newsletter is online now.  Issue #250 includes: “Madmen Who Were Poets,” a chapter from The Necklace Without Peer by Ibn ‘Abd Rabbihi from David Larsen Poetry from Sasha Smith, Nicole Shanté White and Jayson P. Smith Art from Rachel Schragis‘ Confronting the Climate: A Flowchart Read more…

Poetry Project Newsletter #249

I was particularly happy with the timeliness of issue #249, now available online. The George Schneeman cover felt really perfect for election season. Contents include Marcella Durand on Paul Blackburn and an interview with Anselm Berrigan about his book of Newsletter interviews, What Is Poetry? (Just Kidding, I Know You Know). Read more…