New Piece Out, Books I Want to Read, Etc.

I have a new piece out. It was published by Little Old Lady Comedy and you can read it here. I have another poem forthcoming on the site, and I think it is coming out this week sometime.

Right now I'm reading The Life of the Mind by Christine Smallwood. I'm really enjoying it so far.

Books I want to read include...

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Vasectomania by Matthew Guenette

The Atmospherians by Alex McElroy

Dead Souls by Sam Riviere

Everybody: A Book about Freedom by Olivia Laing

These photos are from yesterday/Sunday (05/23/2021). If I look crabby in these pictures, it's because my wisdom teeth are really bothering me and I need to have them removed. Yes, I'm in my thirties and I still need to get my wisdom teeth out.

"Interview with..." Series

I recently answered some questions for Annalisa Crawford's "Interview with..." series. You can read it on her site, Blogging with My Fountain Pen.

A couple days ago, I finished reading Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin. The author really took her time with the story, and I wasn't sure why it was unfolding as slowly as it was, but once I finished reading it, I felt the pacing made sense. I wasn't sure if the ending would be satisfying, but I felt that it was.

Have a good weekend!

Excerpts from Without: Body, Name, Country

Without: Body, Name, Country (Vine Leaves Press, 2020)

Throwback Poems

From Inappropriate Sleepover (The National Poetry Review Press, 2014):

From The Crimes of Clara Turlington (Vine Leaves Press, 2015):

Interview & Reading Replay

I recently answered some questions for Andrea Blythe's interview series which you can read here. Also thanks to Andrea for writing a bit about Without: Body, Name, Country earlier this year. 

Thank you to everyone who came to the Raven Book Store reading (online) in February. It was fun. If you missed the reading & mini-talk/q&a and would like to watch it, this is the link. You can watch all of Raven Book Store's past events and check out their future events here.

Update (3/25/2021):

Check out this article about Raven Book Store in The New Yorker. Something nice to read compared to the rest of the news in the U.S.

Online Event with Jennifer L. Knox, Hosted by Raven Book Store (Tues. Feb. 16th)

This Tuesday Jennifer L. Knox and I are doing an online reading for Raven Book Store. 

It starts at 7 p.m. central time.

You can watch it through Crowdcast here.