Where did November go?

Some things that happened in November:

1. New poems in Sixth Finch.

2. Dad turns 55. 

3. Yardmeter reading with Ben Fama and Phil Provance, Chapter and Verse reading with Michelle Taransky and Jacob Russell, Visitng Writers Series reading with Michael Earl Craig (followed by a feast at Dara Wier's house).

4. New Kitten. 

And now, October

September snipped by. A student said, "You have book called Pink Panther!"

As It Ought To Be featured "Electrocardiogram" and "Small and Private Tragedies" in their Saturday Poetry Series. Today there are poems by Carl Adamshick that are cool gems!

Getting a late but beautiful start is GlitterPony 11. We have two Pettits, Guy and Emily! Also,  *Amy McDaniel, *Andrew Brenza, *Anne Holmes & Lily Ladewig, *Erin J. Mullikin, * J.A. Tyler,* Jackie Therrien, *Kate Greenstreet, and *Kristen Evans. Cover by Noah Bolton. Do you like our thoughtful cow?

Zachary Schomburg's Scary, No Scary and from the fjords showed up in the mail. The mailbox cheered! fjords has a stunning cover, rough and beautiful, like it came from a secret part of the earth!

To add to the good news, Jeannie Hoag's New Age of Ferociousness is now out from Agnes Fox Press. Brian Baldi and I are working on a special project around it that involves mailing things all over the US (and possibly beyond?) and tracking it all on the AF website.

Also, people are moving and birthdays are looming! The world continues to spin.

Reading Tonight!

The Aquarius Rising / Try A Little Time Travel "tour" begins tonight!

Metro Rythm reading series, 8 pm, Blue Angel Wines!

Ben Fama, Garrett Kalleberg, Kostas Anagnopoulos, and Natalie Lyalin!

New Poems in New Places

I have a poem in the new issue of We Are Champion

Issue #3 is Cezarija Arbatis, Mark Leidner, Anne Cecelia Holmes, Sasha Fletcher, Natalie Lyalin, Salvatore Pane, Thomas Patrick Levy, Kyle Winkler, Carolyn Zaikowski, Sean Kilpatrick, Elaine Kahn,
Gregory Sherl, Donora Hillard.

And some poems in the new new Esque

In ISSUE 1:

OETRY is the kitchen sink.
Charles Bernstein. Bei Dao. Tamiko Beyer. Jackie Clark. Amy De'Ath. Lidija Dimkovska. Kate Durbin. Steven Karl. Natalie Lyalin. Filip Marinovich. Sharon Mesmer. Miguel Murphy. Ariana Reines. Saeed Jones. Tomaz Salamun. Evie Shockley. Heidi Lynn Staples. Leigh Stein. Cole Swensen. John Tranter. Matvei Yankelevich. 

IFESTO is everything but.
Jennifer Bartlett. Jillian Brall. Ching-In Chen. Ken Chen. Rachel Blau DuPlessis. Jennifer H. Fortin. Molly Gaudry. Roxane Gay. Matt Hart. Brenda Hillman. Dan Hoy. Ron Padgett & Olivier Brossard. Lars Palm. Joan Retallack. Brandon Shimoda. Anne Waldman. Franz Wright. Carolyn Zaikowski.


And what else? Summer is over. Ovah. I now have an attic to myself and there are june bugs here. I'm reading and studying up on fairy tales. Grimms' in particular, though much of Angela Carter as well. "The Bloody Chamber," whoa. Whoa.

Ryan Marshall's Mission

Ryan Marshall wants to educate and raise awareness about SMS, or Smith Magenis Syndrome. He is raising money for research with the help of some musician friends who put together the wonderful
album, Do Fun Stuff. You can purchase the album on itunes or make a donation - 100% of the proceeds will go toward SMS research.

Also, if you have a blog and want to get involved, you can use this handy widget to help spread the word about Do Fun Stuff and SMS awareness.

Go, Ryan, go!

On Covers

Below is Weezer's new album cover. And here is the explanation. I am obviously very happy about this!

On another cover note, Anna Pinkas drew the cover of Try A Little Time Travel using my very
vague description  and her obviously giant talent.

I think it turned out beautifully.  Please check out her other work here.

Like A Double Rainbow!

This week/end in New York City is going to be joyful to the nth degree.

Starting with this: 7.22.10 - Heather Christle, Dorothea Lasky, and Maggie Nelson read at McNally Jackson Books @ 7pm. (52 Prince St)

Then! 7.24.10 Dear friends will get married!

7.24.10 & 7.25.10 Popsickle: A Festival Of Literary Arts!

Saturday, 3-8pm, Sunday1-5pm

Market Hotel, 957 Broadway, Brooklyn.

Here is who will read: Alaina Stamatis, Anna Fitzgerald, Ben Fama, Brett Price & Dani Leventhal, Carter Edwards, Dan Magers, Eddie Hopely, Emily Pettit, Evan Burton, Gina Abelkop, Jamie Peck, James Copeland, Jordan Michael Iannucci, Joshua Mehigan, Lauren Russell, Leigh Stein, Marc Nasdor, Michael Barron, Natalie Lyalin, Nicole Trigg, Paige Taggart, Parker Phillips, Timothy Donnelly and more. 

It might make you feel like this!