20110224

i have a new piece up at fourpaperletters today. for some reason, only 285 of the 'accepted' 674 words appear. strange, but whatever man. read here.

here is a picture i took the other day on a mountaintop through a pair of blublockers:



here is a picture i took the other day in a bodega on 5th ave in brooklyn:



here is a picture i took the other day in the swamp in florida of a gator and my gatorade:



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20110220

yay. i read a book and drank a beer today. thanks adam robinson.

now i'm going to the everglades for three days.
yay.

20110217

harmony korine’s ten favorite films according to amazon.com



the february issue of pank is now online. i have story in it which has received both positive and negative feedback. read it if you please. Other contributors include Claudine Moreau Andrew Kozma Rachel Brown Nate Pritts Brendan Constantine Leslie McGrath Sarah Kokernot Chloe CaldwellJoseph Cassara Maya Jewell ZellerAmy Butcher Erik Hanson Lania Knight Len Kuntz Joseph Quintela Frankie Romano James Schlatter Susan Slaviero Shenandoah Sowash. cheers roxane!

20110215

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'airplane exhaust trail' (ms paint)

phmadore interviewed me yesterday. we make mention the following items:

- Artistically Declined Press
- alice blue review (Sarah Gallien)
- Bitches Be Trippin’ (Roxane Gay)
- FRiGG Magazine (Ellen Parker)
- Nobody Trusts a Black Magician (xTx)
- H. A. Fleming
- Book of Revelations
- Ryan Bradley T-Shirts
- Jackson Pollock
- Writer Buddy
- Zoetrope Virtual Studio
- Belmont
- Spoonbill & Sugartown
- Slashdot
- Blake Butler
- Word Riot Press
- featherproof books

you can listen to the discussion here.

20110214

i have a whatnot in the new mad hatters review. the piece is accompanied by music from steve kane and art from gene tanta. other contributors include jamie iredell, kim chinquee, paul kavanagh, shome dasgupta, and many others. please read and enjoy.



going to use this to light something on fire. maybe later.

20110211

eric beeny reviewed my novel(la), oikos, on his blog. you can read the review HERE.



eric beeny is the author of THE DYING BLOOM (Pangur Ban Party, 2009), SNOWING FIREFLIES (Folded Word Press, 2010), OF CREATURES (Gold Wake Press, 2010), PSEUDO-MASOCHISM (Medulla Publishing, 2011), MILK LIKE A MELTED GHOST (Thumbscrews Press, 2011), and many many many many other piano-related things.

big thanks to beeny for reviewing. goddamn. i want everyone reading this to 'friend' eric beeny on facebook and poke the shit out of him. click it until your mouse shatters.

first person to link beeny's blog (on whatever social media) will receive (1) a signed copy of oikos and (2) a copy of eric beeny's of creatures (which i just finished/luved). this is what you call a 'jackpot' folks. link it below.

fri.
day.
now.
yes.

20110210

i recently received my contributor’s copy of the west wind review & it’s a sexy looking thing.



it also features work from the following folks: Chris Alexander, Shane Allison, Brian Ang, Joe Atkins, derek beaulieu, Steve Benson, Gregory Betts, Mark Boccard, Sommer Browning, Edmond Caldwell, Dereck Clemons, Bryan Coffelt, Shanna Compton, Alan Davies, Luke Degnan, Tiffany Denman, Buck Downs, Patrick Durgin, kevin mcpherson eckhoff, Micah Freeman, Kristen Gallagher, Drew Gardner, Angela Genusa, Nada Gordon, Plynn Gutman, Nadxieli Nieto Hall, Mike Hauser, Emily Hockaday, Janis Butler Holm, Paul Hoover, Uyen Hua, Jake Kennedy, Rodney Koeneke, David Lau, Emily Liebowitz, Jonathan Lohr, Travis Macdonald, Alana Madison, Adam J Maynard, Rebecca Mertz, Sharon Mesmer, Monica Mody, Rosiere Moseley, Christian Nagler, Chris Nealon, Jessea Perry, Adam Roberts, Steve Roggenbuck, Andrew Sage, Estee Schwartz, James Sherry, Josh Stanley, Erin Steinke, Christina Strong, Cole Tucker-Walton, Joshua Ware, Jeanine Webb, Elisabeth Workman, Timothy Yu, and Carolyn Zaikowski.

my story is about los angeles or something.



big congratulations to editors Sarah Cunningham and K. Silem Mohammad on another fantastic issue.

grab one HERE people.

20110207

i did not go to awp.

i do have a new poem @ commonline. read it here.

20110204

issue #1 of the rabbit catastrophe review is now available. it includes work from the following people: James Brubaker Tobi Cogswell Phil Estes Howie Good Christine Hamm Ben Nardolilli Stephanie Pape Nicholas Michael Ravnikar Ray Succre Lindsay Waples Thomas Zimmerman & Me

the cover artist, charles rolwing, is represented by las manos gallery in chicago.


seems pretty cool. get your hands on a copy here.

20110203


just finished prathna lor's ventriloquism (future tense books, 2010). i encourage all with taste to grab a copy here.

kevin sampsell sent me a pin with my copy too. so not a bad deal.


you can read excerpts from ventriloquism here, here, and here.

20110201

this winter is growing colder and sicker.

i have three new poems at girls w/insurance today.

enjoy them.

maybe send some of your stuff to them.

remember:



there's only will billy murray.