

Close Reading of "Human Immunodeficiency Virus" from SACRILEGION in Vinyl
I can't believe Sacrilegion, my debut collection, turns 3 in a couple of weeks. Carolina Wren Press is in its third or fourth printing, so thank you for the support! Go small presses! Vinyl, which nominated the poem in which the book's title emerged, "Resurrection Sunday," for a Pushcart, keeps showing love. Evan Kleekamp gives another poem on the virus that cause the most tender close reading. You must read his prose; he sees things I felt but didn't realize anyone would dis
Happy 2016! New Poem, New Essay
Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been up to as I've been hiding on the Inter/net(s). A new poem, "Games," has been published in the new sports-themed Prairie Schooner (http://prairieschooner.unl.edu/prairie-schooner-news), guest-edited by Natalie Díaz. Later this year, a lengthy close reading of Bob Kaufman's "Grandfather Was Queer, Too" will emerge in a special issue of Obsidian, marking its 20th-anniversary Furious Flower Conference, where I presented with Drs. Jeric