Reaching the Cliffs of Moher was a visceral experience of the end of the line, the edge of the world. Beautiful and terrifying. This photo does no justice to the drama of the experience, but it illustrates an end. Ending one year, beginning the next, I’ll be starting my 2019 Read more…
I saw a video online of Ed Sanders, Jack Kerouac and Lewis Yablonsky discussing the political moment happening in 1968 with William F. Buckley on Firing Line recently. I asked Ed Sanders if he still stands by the visions of love & light that he talked about in that interview. I really hoped he Read more…
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…
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…
2017 means my gig as editor for the Poetry Project Newsletter is almost up. I’m really pleased with all the issues that have managed to come together while I’ve been holding the reins. Poetry Project Newsletter #248 is now available online here. Issue #248 features: Memorials for Ted Greenwald and Bill Berkson Read more…
Seems like as soon as I get one newsletter issue done the previous one is posted online as a pdf file available for download. Included in issue #245: the usual awesome Poetry Project stuff plus poems from Krystal Languell, a photo essay from the Rio streets from Kaia Sand, a Read more…
I may have failed to mention, but I’m editing the newsletter for The Poetry Project these days. The first one I did, #244, just got put online and is now available for download as a pdf. I’m so grateful to the generous folks at University of Toronto for sharing this fantastic image Read more…
2016 fast approaches! On New Year’s day I’ll be reading in the Poetry Project’s annual marathon with hundreds of amazing readers/shining lights: This year’s performers include: Heroes Are Gang Leaders, Hanif Abdurraqib, Julia Alsop, Penny Arcade, Ed Askew Band, Vyt Bakaitis, Jennifer Bartlett, Morgan Bassichis, Jim Behrle, Rijard Bergeron, Felix Read more…
Some of my chit-chat with Pierre Joris and Jerome Rothenberg on international poetry/poetics– specifically notions of borders boundaries and refuge– from the most recent Poetry Project newsletter (issue #245) is now available on the Project website.
Spring is finally here. Breathe deep. Inhale. The joy of another poetry month! I’ll be reading next Monday April 20 at the Poetry Project at 8 pm with Roberto Harrison. 131 E. 10th St. NYC please join us. fb details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1566387556971399/