Things Are Happening

Plugs (shameless):

I'll be reading in Ada, Oklahoma at the 2012 Scissortail Creative Writing Festival on Saturday, April 7 at 9:00 AM in Estep Auditorium.  Also, before that I'll be reading at Oklahoma State's Humanities Conference on Saturday, March 10 at 9:00 AM.  So if you like 9:00 AM and my poems, you are in luck!
My wonderful buddies Phil Estes, James Brubaker, and Haesong Kwon will be appearing at both.

Also, I've got poems forthcoming in West Wind Review, Meridian, Bateau, Smoking Glue Gun, and Birdfeast.  Very. exciting.

My reviews of The Black Keys' El Camino and The Roots' undun in the new issue of The Fiddleback.

The Walking Dead is coming back on Sunday and I got tickets to see Eddie Vedder in April.  So there's that.

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Best Albums of 2011

While you can check out my contributions to The Fiddleback's year-end list here, I have put my complete list below.

25. Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs
24. Wild Flag - Wild Flag
23. The Strokes - Angles
22. TV On the Radio - Nine Types of Light
21. Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee, Part Two
20. Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
19. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
18. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
17. Elbow - Build a Rocket Boys!
16. EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
15. Yuck - Yuck
14. Wilco - The Whole Love
13. Destroyer - Kaputt
12. Fucked Up - David Comes to Life
11. Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

10. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Mirror Traffic

9. R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now

8. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo

7. The Black Keys - El Camino

6. Tom Waits - Bad As Me

5. My Morning Jacket - Circuital

4. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

3. Radiohead - The King of Limbs

2. The Roots - undun

1. Bon Iver - Bon Iver

New stuff forthcoming...

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I've got new poems forthcoming: "Marlon Brando"& "Laura Linney" in ACREAGE and "Morgan Freeman" & "John Belushi" in West Wind Review.  Very excited about both.  These are newer poems from a manuscript I'm working on called Method Acting.  Check out both of these journals.

Support Augury Books

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I was recently named a finalist for the Augury Books Editors' Prize with my homeless manuscript No Tee Vee.  Read about the other finalists and the winner Patrick Moran here.

They will be periodically posting poems from the finalists, so keep checking in.  And buy Moran's book when it is available.

Find Augury on Facebook, like them, friend them, post nice things on their wall.

Support this press, they do good things!

West Memphis Three Freed!

"This whole experience has taught me much about life, human nature, American justice, survival, and transcendence." - Damien Echols

Good news today! The West Memphis Three were freed today after 18 years behind bars for a crime they did not commit. 

Rabbit Catastrophe Review: Issue 2

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Rabbit Catastrophe Review: Issue 2 is available now.  Support good art!

I've got two poems in this issue, but more importantly it features the work of many great writers like: Tao Lin, Lewis DeJong, the amazing Haesong Kwon, and many more.

While you're at it, check out Issue 1 featuring Phil Estes and James Brubaker and Phil's chapbook Gem City/Fountain City.  It's all awesome.

Interview with David Trinidad

I recently had the great opportunity to discuss collaboration, influence, and craft the wonderful David Trinidad for Sonora Review.  It turned out really great.  Check it out by clicking HERE:

Many thanks to David Trinidad, Lewis DeJong at Sonora and Phil Estes.