May 25, 2013

Today may or may not be my birthday. I'll never tell. I will say that today requires multiple outfits.

Earlier this week I started reading this awesome book:

WITH OR WITHOUT YOU BY DOMENICA RUTA

The fourth issue of Dressing Room Poetry Journal will be coming out in mid-June. I have a poem coming out soon in Issue 39 of The Orange Room Review.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Four New Poems Out (Hobart)

I have four new poems in Hobart. You can check them out here. Thank you to Elizabeth Ellen.

Playsuit Time

Poem Forthcoming in The Orange Room Review

I found out this evening that a new poem of mine was accepted by The Orange Room Review. I'm excited.

The poem will be in the June issue. It's called "Breaking Up with Marc Summers."

Seriously.

My Hobart poems will be out next week.

I feel good and summery.

New Poem Out (Atticus Review)

I have a poem in this week's issue of Atticus Review. You can check it out here. Editor Joseph Gross had some nice things to say about the poem which you can read here. Thank you to all the Atticus Review editors. Don't forget to check out Atticus Books as well. Atticus Review also accepted another poem of mine and I'll let you know when that one comes out.

I found out today that a poem of mine was a winner in Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts' Academy of American Poets Prize competition judged by Shane McCrae. Recently another poem of mine received a prize in the Sam Ella Dukes Memorial poetry contest for grad students at the University of Akron. Those two poems along with two other poems are forthcoming in Hobart and will be out sometime in May. Speaking of Hobart, be sure to check out Jacob Euteneuer's recent piece.

Since my book is coming out before 2014 and I don't graduate until May 2014, my thesis is going to be a new manuscript. I'm really excited about the book and the new manuscript.

I have one more week of teaching and classes until finals week... I am ready for this semester to be over.

4/16/13

I have short hair now! Well... Short for me, at least. It feels really good.

Poem Forthcoming in The Alarmist Magazine

Earlier today I had a new poem accepted by The Alarmist. I'll let you know when the new issue comes out! Issues of The Alarmist can be ordered online or you can purchase a copy at these stores as well as these stores.

I'm on a panel about publishing that will be happening on April 19th at 3:00 pm at Quaker Square Hotel (Plaza A & B) in Akron, Ohio.