While I Was Away...

My list of "10 Albums of the Year" was included in Frontier Psychiatrist's "Best of Everything" lists. You can find it here.

Also, a new issue of Country Music, which includes a couple pieces from False Spring, went up. There's also new work by a lot of wonderful poets. You can read the issue here.

I had a nice holiday in Michigan, but it went by too fast. However, it's nice to be home to the kittehs again. I'm currently reading Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence for my book club. I also have a stack of poetry books on deck for reviewing. 2011 will end on a busy note, and 2012 will begin just as busily.

Selection from False Spring at Spittoon

There's a selection from my forthcoming chapbook, False Spring, in the second issue of Spittoon, which can be read here. A selection previously appeared in the recent All Small Caps anthology, and other selections are forthcoming in Sinescope & Country Music.

False Spring began as an attempt at NaPoWriMo this past April. I was writing a poem a day, but then on the 10th day I began what became False Spring, so I only wound up with one poem for the month. Spooky Girlfriend will be publishing the poem in its entirety as a chapbook in February 2012 (date flexible). Above is a painting by the wonderful Libby Booth, which is going to be used on the cover.

Pre-Order Jackie Clark's I Live Here Now

Jackie Clark's I Live Here Now is now available for pre-order from Lame House Press. Find out more information here. The title officially launches on 12/31.

Best Poetry Books of 2011

My list of best poetry books of 2011 went up earlier this week at No Tell Motel.

We Who Are About To Die

I answered a series of questions lifted from teen magazines for We Who Are About to Die. If you're so inclined, you can read it here.

Addendum: I didn't mean to leave the question about what past era I would live in if I could, but my answer would be the 1960s/Civil Rights Era.

Reading in Athens

Tomorrow, Thursday, December 1st, I'm reading with Bruce Covey in the Avid Poetry Series at the Avid Bookshop in Athens, GA (493 Prince Ave). The reading starts at 7PM. For more details, visit the Facebook event page here.

Ben Somers' Your Sorcerer's Way Reviewed!

I just happened across a review of the latest Lame House Press chapbook! Over at the Slash Pine Projects site, Shea Stripling writes, "Your Sorcerer’s Way is a work of remembering and imagining. It is a piece that centers on the adult’s attempt to understand and escape reality, and, by the end, you feel as though you have flipped through a photo book of pictures you never knew you took." You can read the full review here. Thanks, Shea!

And if you're interested in ordering a copy of Ben's book, visit http://lamehouse.blogspot.com.

New H_NGM_N & Two Readings

H_NGM_N #13 is now live, featuring work by Jackie Clark, Matt Hart, Nick Sturm, Kate Colby, Kiki Petrosino, myself, and many others. It also features fiction, reviews, an interview, and three new chapbooks! You can read the issue here.

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This Wednesday, I'm reading with Robert Pfeiffer, Tom Cheshire, and Amy Herschleb in the Vouched Presents series. The reading starts at 8PM and is at The Goat Farm (1200 Foster St., Atlanta, GA). You can find more information about each of the readers on the Facebook page here.

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On Thursday, a group of poets representing Bloof Books will be reading at the Emory Bookstore. Please come out to see Shanna Compton, Anne Boyer, Maureen Thorson, Sandra Simonds, Peter Davis, and Patricia Lockwood. The event starts at 8PM and is free and open to the public. There's a Facebook page for it too, though it doesn't include much more information. But if you're in any familiar with Bloof Books or any of the writers listed here, you know this will be a fun reading not to be missed!