Poet, editor. He/him. Resurrection Pie (LSU Press, @lsupress, 2026). Contract editor, @frontenachouse. Poetry Director, The Doorway Effect (artist retreat)
Glassboro, NJ
Joined February 2009
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The Lynch book I edited can now be pre-ordered: lsupress.org/9780807188507/f…
Thanks @lsupress & poet-essayists: James Arthur, @ekduende, George Elliott Clarke, John Beer, Rebecca Aronson, Zach Savich, @MichelineMaylor, Stephanie Bolster, Eric Shoemaker,Adrienne Su, @aliner,Tom Healy
Our artist retreat is getting some good traction. 🎉People have been applying, wooot!! I can't wait for next June in Portugal. 🇵🇹🇵🇹
This interdisciplinary treat for poets & composer offers workshops, performances, individual mentorships, and more in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugual. Join John Wall Barger, Thomas Weaver, Tim Fitts, and Tammy Ho next June for The Doorway Effect. Scholarships available! Deadline: January 15.
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#poets #writingretreat
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Ecstatic to be part of this David Lynch anthology edited by John Wall Barger and forthcoming from @lsupress 🫀
lsupress.org/9780807188507/f…
I like how Zen overlaps with the language of poetry. Poetry isn't therapy, but can have a cathartic component, and a spiritual side.
I wrote an essay about Zen and Chase Twichell and the director Antonioni, for @GuernicaMag. Grateful to the editors.
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The Seaboard Review of Books recently interviewed two LSU Press authors: Bill Hardwig about "How Cormac Works," and @johnwallbarger about "Resurrection Pie."
Check out the convo with John here: bit.ly/4dTKKkh
And the convo with Bill here: bit.ly/4eUFyxD
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Today in New Orleans
#NOPF 🎭 @RuthStoneHouse
New Approaches in Memory and Desire: A Ruth Stone House Reading | New Orleans Poetry Festival share.google/IFe82iGqBfWIo5L… – at New Orleans, LA
I had fun reading with Rae Armantrout and the Russian translator and poet Ian Probstein, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library in downtown New York City.
Thanks to @TheIvyBookshop for hosting a reading by Hillary Gonzalez and me on Sunday afternoon. A lovely event!
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Trump is now attacking the Pope for speaking out against war while posting images of himself as a messianic figure.
This is not only offensive. It is deranged, egomaniacal behavior.
When will Republicans in Congress stop blindly following this dangerous and unhinged man?
Grateful to the vibrant poetry community of Philadelphia for giving me such a great book launch last night! (Resurrection Pie, @lsupress)
Looking forward to this reading tonight at Fergie's Pub in Philadelphia!
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One month after starting the war in Iran, this is the statement of the President of the United States on Easter Sunday.
These are the ravings of a dangerous and mentally unbalanced individual. Congress has got to act NOW. End this war.
Thanks to the Red Wheelbarrow reading series in Rutherford for inviting me to be a feature.
(And it was fun to see William Carlos Williams' old house down the block!)
Yay, @lsupress posted the video for my talk yesterday. In the second half I try to answer some thorny questions about surrealism. 🐟🚲
youtube.com/watch?v=YQlUarpL…
I'm going on a tour!
I'm also reading with very cool people. I'll post more specific details as I go.
If you'd like to invite me to read, let me know!
Please share widely! & give me a high 5 if you come to these events! 🥳🥳
Big thanks @lsupress
