Hello! A quick update, as I prepare for the first official reading and book signing for IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE, happening today at 5PM at Downbound Books in Cincinnati’s Northside neighborhood. (My next reading will be at Juniper’s in Covington KY on the evening of March 20th.) I’ve not been writing much –Continue reading “Update”
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Be Kind, Rewind
Check out another new interview about It Was Never Supposed to Be over at Tupelo Quarterly. L.J. Sysko asked me Proustian questions about my writing life as well as the motivations and inspirations underpinning the book! I wanted the book to capture the nature of change and how you can like parts of it/not likeContinue reading “Be Kind, Rewind”
It Was Never Supposed to Be
At last, It Was Never Supposed to Be is out in the world! Purchase your copy here!
The busy year so far
Updated the publications page today. How have I already published 19 poems this year? That’s bizarre. I feel like I’ve spent most of my time working on the final manuscripts for my upcoming three books vs writing new stuff. Mind you, as publishing works, a lot of this year’s publications were submitted and accepted inContinue reading “The busy year so far”
Quick Update
Work continues on preparing It Was Never Supposed to Be for publication with Variant Literature. The original art commissioned for the cover is amazing and the design keeps the vibe of the art forward and fresh. Although given recent political developments, I’m beginning to fear the arc of the poems in this book will soonContinue reading “Quick Update”
More new work debuts.
As the year progresses, more new work (written in the past couple of years) debuts. I have had poems appear at Pithead Chapel (one of my favorite places for contemporary prose) and Atmospheric Quarterly (a new lit journal focused on the environs above us.) Three poems appeared in Pithead Chapel: “A Lisp,” “Holler Psalm 6:02,”Continue reading “More new work debuts.”
New work, and lots of it!
Publishing doesn’t race; it doesn’t even turtle. It watches a thousand sunsets from the porch, Aperol spritz sweating in hand, god in the wind, not the chime. And I’m not one who ascribes to good things come to those who wait. I’m more you better make it happen – but I have been waiting forContinue reading “New work, and lots of it!”
New work alights!
Hello everyone! 3 new poems have debuted this month of Pride…and they’re all queer as queer poems like to be. First up, two poems appear in the latest issue of Bellingham Review – “Elegy for 1990” and “Eternal Flame.” Very different poems from very different projects. Then, “Survey of Common Source Minerals in the BottomContinue reading “New work alights!”
It Was Never Supposed to Be
Well, well, well…2023 has turned out to be a year of sudden pivots. Last week, I found out that my full-length collection of poems It Was Never Supposed to Be has been acquired by Variant Literature. This book ponders the rapid arc of change we’ve experienced with queer marriage rights – out of the despairContinue reading “It Was Never Supposed to Be”
New poem : What Was Supposed to Be Ours
A new poem debuts today at Pangyrus! “What Was Supposed to Be Ours” goes through a gay divorce and makes good use of nostalgia in its meditation of rights/wrongs. The poem comes from my project exploring gay dating life during the arc of queer marriage rights – I don’t know if it’s a book yetContinue reading “New poem : What Was Supposed to Be Ours”
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