New Year's Day at the Poetry Project

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend the annual fundraiser on New Year's Day at the Poetry Project this year. This is always a favorite event of mine. The day offers so much from the range of performances--music, poetry, dance, etc.--and from the range of performers--beginners, professionals, young, old, somewhere in between, and so on. (I'll never forget hearing Philip Glass the first year I attended.) Besides the performances, it's worth making it out there for the book sale alone. It's an opportunity to stock up on reading material at a discounted price, and it is good to know that the money you spend will go to support the Poetry Project.

I am writing about this now because it is an excellent time to donate books to the cause. The Poetry Project is currently accepting book donations, and this is a great opportunity to promote your book or your press. So if you have books available to donate, you can send 2 - 5 copies to The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, 131 E. 10th Street, New York, NY 10003.

Feral Houses of Detroit

Some great photos of the earth reclaiming houses and buildings are here. Thanks to Kevin Thurston for sending the link my way.

Reading in Atlanta

I will be reading in Atlanta with Kristi Maxwell and Michael Rerick at Emory University on Thursday, December 3rd, at 8pm. Hope to see some Atlanta friends there!

Some News

It has almost been a whole month since my last post, which is probably the longest I have ever neglected this blog since the inception of A Sad Day for Sad Birds 1. (I'm now on version 2, though I dropped it from the title.) Since May, or so, I have been very involved with a new website, 360 Main Street. The site launched in June (or was it July?), and we just launched a new version of the site this week. You can check it out here. (Since I have been involved with this project, my concept of time and my memory seems to have gotten worse....)

In addition to my associate editorial duties there and my review editorial duties at H_NGM_N, I have been teaching and still trying to keep up with my own book reviewing and other writing projects. The book is starting to get out more, and it is now up on Amazon, though it appears you still cannot purchase it through Amazon. Marc Beaudin recently reviewed it here, and he read a poem from it on his radio program "Report from the Mountains." You can listen here. Thanks, Marc!