Yesterday I got the news that the University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP), where I had a graduate assistantship 2005-2006, will be making severe…
Like a lot of people, I’ve been rethinking my spending habits lately (hard economic data there, if you’re into that sort of thing), and asking…
Some exciting news: I’m giving a talk at an upcoming summit called Write Your Own Way. I’ll be presenting on “Finding Guideposts for Your Writing,”…
Life is very busy this time of year, but here are a few poems. “Emily Dickinson at the Poetry Slam” by Dan Vera –…
I’d like to say something in response to what has happened this past week, and I think in this space the best thing I can…
I’m working on some fall decluttering (more trying to clear the decks of year-end tasks before the holidays pick up speed rather than tidying physical…
Here’s a spur-of-the-moment post with a few links that I’ve been saving up since I last did one of these little round-ups. I thought I’d…
I’m coming back from a couple months of silence (hello back to school and renewed focus!) to share a number of poetry events that are…
A few times in recent months, I’ve referred to a set of poet biographies I did for last year’s course on The Art of the…
While researching the paint chip poetry exercise, I was amused to come across the “Lawyer Poet” version of the Magnetic Poetry Kit. Like many bookish…