small moments in a café
A few days ago, i celebrated my one year anniversary…..of writing haiku. Of all the forms of poetry i’ve come across, haiku feel the best fit with how i think/art, though i recently… Read More
My Top Five Bookstores
High Fidelity is 100% responsible for my tendency to compartmentalize my life into Top 5 lists. Throughout my life, I have lived in different places across the US (New England, the Mid-Atlantic, the… Read More
Joseph Young — Biographies
Joseph Young Biographies Benjamin Britten Childhood’s teeth, a war history in boys. A thousand spirochetes, skyrockets, the outcasts of peace. Margery Kempe Whose tongue is turned — man in women, god for man,… Read More
Post-AWP Reflection
AWP will take it out of you. Those of us who traveled up to Boston this year for the annual conference of the Association of Writers and Writing programs lagged for several days… Read More
Michael B. Tager — Dinner and the End of the World
Michael B. Tager Dinner and the End of the World Kyle’s smile is lazy and comfortable and it’s meant to put me at ease. But the taut way he holds his body and… Read More
AWP 2013: Dispatches from the Field, Day Zero
Driving through the night is less fun than when I was younger The Hilton Back Bay is no longer a Hilton owned hotel Writers drink I get the impression that a poet friend… Read More
Blog: Half the Fun of Books
I went to Normals Bookstore today. I like going to used bookstores because I think it’s the literary equivalent of getting a rescue dog. I often forget that I live so close to… Read More
“I’m Tweeting That.”
I’m the person that you’ve turned off your Facebook push notifications for because I post too many times per day. In the midst of writing a research paper, I will suddenly find myself… Read More
A Homegrown Event
BATIMORE –Here is a homegrown product worth getting behind: our friends over at Ink Press Productions are hosting a promising event tomorrow in Baltimore at E.M.P. Collective. A Dark Valentine Party is the… Read More
Blog: The Story of James Lasdun
The story of James Lasdun Tell me you heard about this story: writing professor James Lasdun recounts his tale of being stalked, life-altering-type stalked, by a former M.F.A. student. The way he tells… Read More
