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Aaron McCollough with deep voice (manly) Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

tony tost (ex)pounding # 2 Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

tony tost (ex)pounding Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

ken Rumble introducting Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

Feeling the Draft By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: October 19, 2004 Columnist Page: Paul Krugman Forum: Discuss This Column E-mail: krugman@nytimes.com TIMES NEWS TRACKER Topics Alerts United States Armament and Defense… Read more.

I am not sure why there is sometimes so much build up before writing. It’s usually when I am revising/restructuring. The intial writing phases are no pressure/no problem. But getting… Read more.

check it out: Ezra Pound Read more.

I am amazed, blown away. Peter O’Leary’s _Watchfulness_ has changed my landscape. Really fired me up to keep moving with my book length poem Campanology. king Midas Gold, man of… Read more.

Been reading a lot of Nathaniel Mackey and Leslie Scalapino lately. In _How Phenomena Appear to Unfold_ Scalapino writes, “The writing is a mode, not a system.” So mode versus… Read more.

After an amazing first festival, the city of Carrboro has decided NOT to allow another festival next year. Where did the funds go? Another national/international festival? Patrick Heron received this… Read more.

Draft is a really interesting word. As in: rough. As in: cold wind down the hallway. I think Evie is right. A draft might wake more people up. Read more.

I handed out this information to my students in class yesterday. Most of them were surprised. Especially the female students. Not sure if Kerry is all for this or not.… Read more.

I am wondering whether or not to buy the new Interpol? Am also wondering about jobs for next year. Contract runs out. Jobs jobs jobs. Agh. Gotta watch some Godard.… Read more.

I am going to teach a film class in the spring. It’s exciting putting together the syllabus. Going to use Monaco’s How to Read a Film and a selection of… Read more.

In constructing my disruptive narrative of influences, I’ve come full circle. I really came to poetry after leaving the comfortable world of a fundamentlist religion. After the leaving, I studied… Read more.

finished Burger’s Theory of the Avant-Garde last night. I’ve been pondering the non-organic versus organic (language as artifact). Burger says, “The organic work intends the impression of wholeness. To the… Read more.

I just ordered the complete Basil Bunting. I’ve only read/heard a little of Briggflatts. I am excited to sit down with him. Also ordered Watchfulness by Peter O’Leary and John… Read more.

The a Desert City Readng Series kicked off again this past Saturday. James Brasfield and Joe Donahue read. Joe read some hot new poems. Lots and lots of voices. My… Read more.

Strange connections. The conversation over at Tony’s blog really picked up with the issue of responsibility. Over at Smartish Place (http://www.smartishpace.com/home/poetsqa/graham_answers.html) I asked Jorie Graham a question about influence and… Read more.

If you haven’t checked it out already, click on over to Tony Tost’s blog. A very interesting, provocative conversation happening. Process and product, canons, cult of the author, art that… Read more.

The memory of last Saturday feels foggy, eerie. Did it really happen? Lots of glazed donuts (one dollar each). The Krispy Creme poetry tent was a wierd revival type setting.… Read more.

all sorts of stuff is leaking into my long poem. Such as Mormon doctrine and early mysticism (the mysticism was quickly abandoned for corporation/institutional reasons). But Joseph Smith’s spectacles amaze… Read more.

A little while back a few Lucipo folks (Tony and Ken perhaps?) mentioned how quite a few younger poets are attempting long poems. I’ve been dipping and out of Olson’s… Read more.

We started discussing poetry section in my intro to literature class. I am using individual collections for all the genres, but for poetry I am using an anthology (Allen’s New… Read more.

Just traded in a collected Milosz and a collected Wright (I like them both but don’t love ’em) for: 1) The geography of the imagination (essays by Guy Davenport) 2)… Read more.

sometimes a little alcohol (or little a lot) helps moisten my mind. Had a good time at a part last night at one of the editors of the new journal… Read more.

I’ve decided to 5 contemporary books of poetry in my intro to poetry class in the spring. I think I am going to create a blog for the class to… Read more.

Finally got the ariel. My head is all squirm. It feels good to rework some of the abstractions (i.e. my head banging against a padded cell) in the second MS.… Read more.

Good times last night at the open eye reading ( a series run by Mr. Tony Tost). A real mix. Chris Vitiello read from Nouns Swarm a Verb and Evie… Read more.

I have some recent poems in the latest issue of Diagram. The second poem “Multitide and Miracle” is actually in my current MS Diagram Read more.

Just got a poem accepted by Forklift, Ohio. It’s strange. My last three acceptances have been for poem I cut from my MS (Columbia Poetry Review, Conduit, and now Forklift,… Read more.

I am teaching two sections of intro to poetry in the spring. I’ve taught with a lot of the Norton/Vendler/Gioia anthologies (etc.) in the past and I am very tired… Read more.

So there is American surrealism of the deep image and pastoral variety (perhaps Matthew Rohrer is a good example of this tendency although he sometimes moves away from deep image… Read more.

I am teaching Jesus’ Son in my intro to lit class and the students often want to know if such and such really happened. The narrator is not reliable, but… Read more.

I am in awe. I just sat down and read Combo Winter/Spring 2004 from start to finish and I honestly loved every god damn poem (and interview and letter). I… Read more.

some poems I wrote about two years ago are in the current issue of Spork. Spork Mag Read more.

Inspired by the comments of Ken Rumble, I just re-read My Life and read Chris Vitiello’s Nouns Swarm A Verb. It was a very interesting experience to read those two… Read more.

Yes U2 currently sucks. In the past they might not have sucked. I think there is a difference between sucks and sucked. It’s sad when something that didn’t suck now… Read more.

So many strange dreams. An orgy last night. I was ordered to do certain things. I was also ordered to try the new and improved Mormon filter (for Camels only).… Read more.

a collective blog featuring some of the folks of Lucipo poetics is linked to the right. I’ve been reading about Bean News in the Chicago Review. Sounded like an interesting… Read more.

I am still concerned about the conversion narrative (from school of quietude to avant garde). The problem is the narrative is too simplistic. But knowing where you’re coming from doesn’t… Read more.

Chicago Review has some interesting letters between Ed Dorn and Tom Raworth and Dorn and Olson in 1961. So far they are really interesting. Raworth is really funny. I did… Read more.

Just got the latest issue of Chicago Review from my mailbox. It’s a special issue on Ed Dorn. I am really excited to read it. I love Chicago Review Chicago… Read more.

around the table some of the gang around the table Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

kathryn taking a break another porch break Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

Serge, Samantha, and Brian Howe a little porch break Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

The reading took place at Todd and Laura Sandvik’s home. They are amazing hosts. Always great food, liquid, sound, art. I borrowed Chao Manhattan from Todd. Looking forward to watching… Read more.

Read an essay by Marjorie Perloff last night called “After language Poetry: Innovation and its Theoretical Discontents.” It’s a really interesting essay. She begins by talking about the semantic history… Read more.

If you live anywhere near North Carolina you gotta check out Ken Rumble’s Desert City Reading Series The upcoming season (keep checking Ken’s blog for details) is going to be… Read more.

John Taggart’s _When the Saints_ is blowing me away. Stunning. Really. I am rolling. Flying. My head’s on fire. Don’t need a pond. I read a few pages and feel… Read more.

I can’t believe summer is almost over. Time to read the books I am gonna teach. Which is gonna be hard since I just picked up a few cool books… Read more.

Night one: characters: a girl named Cami (ex-gilfriend of main character. Lived with main character after he left the Mormon church.) Cami visits the main character and gives him chocolates.… Read more.

There seems to be a difference between death and ceasing to be. I sometimes imagine death, but I cannot imagine ceasing to be. More and more it feels like ceasing… Read more.

Finished the ms (Mouth Harp) yesterday. Feels really good to let it go. The title changed a few times from Never Mind the Beasts to Stigmata:Burger to Mouth Harp. Mouth… Read more.

Loading a lot of music into itunes today. Three days of music so far. Close to a hundred cds left to import. Just finished loading all Sunny Day Real Estate,… Read more.

The headlong mad energy rush of beats and ny school poets really got me head spinning in new directions. Now I am reading Trevor Joyce in a small even pace.… Read more.

My whole system crashed a few days ago. Spent two days trying to save it (purchased the computer on ebay so who knows about previous owner?). The good thing though… Read more.

if you haven’t already, check out Shearsman Books. Especially MTC Cronin: Talking to Neruda’s Questions (it’s a free ebook). Shearsman Books Read more.

I’ve been cutting reworking resequencing to make an interesting first book manuscript. I had 70 pages now it’s down to 59 pages. (all in all I’ve cut about 78 poems… Read more.

I just finished cleaning out the cat litter (it’s a mega cat litter box). Cleaning out the cat litter box is much different than doing the litter. Doing the litter… Read more.

darn what is going on. Camino will not allow me to type text in blogger and Mozilla is underlining my text. I hate IE so I hope this doesn’t mean… Read more.

I feel like I am always catching up. The Yasusada affair is now way past infancy. The twenty letters to The Believer in Typo 3 explore the issues quite well.… Read more.

currently on the eastern shore of maryland reading Doubled Flowering on a hammock. Ah, this feels great. A shower, some sea air, new underwear, good book, and some tea. Yesterday… Read more.

Finally get to visit home. Got two roundtrip tickets in December to Dublin for $674. Dec 16th – Dec 27th. Never flown on Aer Lingus. Hope they have some decent… Read more.

I just watched Cold Mountain (not a very good movie) and Fahrenheit 911. Both movies, combined with some of my experiences growing up in Portadown, caused a little mortality crisis… Read more.

I think it’s about half way through summer break so I better start reading or re-reading the books I am gonna teach. Just decided to use Lisa Jarnot’s Ring of… Read more.

Is it really true that it is good and right to wash your hands for 2 minutes to kill maximum germs/bacteria etc. I consider myself clean, but 2 minutes feels… Read more.

Does anyone dream of old flings? When I feel anxious about my mortality I have a dream about an old fling. It takes place in 1990. I am 16 yrs.… Read more.

Check out Fred Chappell’s review of Tony Tost’s _Invisible Bride_ in News & Observer: <a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/lifestyles/story/1375244p-7498182c.html&quot; >Invisble Bride Review Read more.

I didn’t realize the greatness of OS X and Mozilla. They are both so fast and clean and bright and precise. One happy camper. I wonder how and why the… Read more.

New computer arrived yesterday. Waiting on the monitor today. A nice older G4 tower with 600MB RAM and a 40 Gig hard drive. Apple studio crt monitor coming soon. Almost… Read more.

This has been a week of moving prep. Tomorrow is the big moving day. My normal reading/writing schedule is way off track. So, hopefully monday I will have a new… Read more.

(Dedicated to the dead horse I kicked a few entries back. R.I.P.) You see, my experience of life conflicts with my experiences in life. I want experience as in not… Read more.

The latest issue looks heavenly. Check out the blog: Verse Mag Read more.

Chris Murray (the trek and meme of American poetry) has featured me as texfiles poet of the week. (thank you Chris). Texfiles Read more.

Watched a really good movie last night called The Barbarian Invasions. I am still processing it. Some of the “Barbarian Invasions” in the movie= disease, capitalism, love, lust, terrorism, death… Read more.

Here’s a poem that perhaps illustrates “the school of quietude.” Abalone (by Tony Leuzzi. BOA editions) Lift the mollusk to your ear and you will hear a cello weap the… Read more.

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wish you were here?: Bloomsday Rejoyce Read more.

Tony is instigating a great conversation on the breakthrough or freedom narrative. In the 20th century it was the narrative of freedom from meter. Now it might be the narrative… Read more.

marcus and tiffany slease I never dress this nice. Tiffany looks sexy as hell. Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

When I read poetry that knocks off my socks I have two contradictory reactions: 1) stop writing poetry. Just read it. Die happy 2) Steal as much as possible and… Read more.

lucipo chap Based in North Carolina, The Lucifer Poetics Group is an affiliation of people interested in contemporary poetry with an emphasis on experimental, post-avant, and avant-garde poetics. For more… Read more.

Where to begin? An amazing word dizzy weekend. So many amazing performances. First, the regrets: 1) Our cat Iris was rushed to the emergency room Sunday morning right before the… Read more.

Brian Howe as bookseller At the end of the night, Brian Howe, Will May, and I cashed everyone out. We came out right with paper and pen (no fancy adding… Read more.

Chris Murray Can't wait to sit down with Meme Me Up, Scotty! Fantastic poet. Very gracious and humble. Wonderful to meet the woman behind texfiles. Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

Chris Vitiello and Clayton Couch What a pair! Super poets. Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

Linh Dinh and Chris Murray Terrific poets both. Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

newly engaged Yes. Aren't they a lovely pair! Linh Dinh dedicated his reading to their engagement! Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

Standard Schaefer and Chris Vitiello damn these fellas can write. These “new younger poets” really really rock. I mean it. They really rock. They also happen to be nice people.… Read more.

Murat Nemet-Nejat Amazing reader of contemporary Turkish poetry. Get everything he's laid hands, eyes, mind on. Another highlight of the festival Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

Mark DuCharme and ken Rumble Mark's reading was one of the highlights of the festival. Some good chatting at the bar about Pound, Chris Stroffolino's essay on lineage etc. if… Read more.

Joe Donahue and Lee Ann Brown Does it get any better? Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

Tried hartz flea tick stuff for our cats last night (instead of the usual frontline). Now Iris has the shakes. Gotta take her into the vet in 30min. I guess… Read more.

Tony’s blog makes me want to read Pound in the near future. I like to immerse myself. I am obsessive. But I have to feel a kind of intuition in… Read more.

Nice discussions going on in the blog world. The whole Jeff Clark review is interesting. The idea of a negative review having a postive impact? A bad review or censorship… Read more.

limo party (yeah) Blogged via Fotola.com. Read more.

What a weekend. The whirl keeps on going. Thursday bachelor party. Friday rehersal dinner. Saturday wedding, reception (with open bar and amazing food then a stretched limo ride back to… Read more.

My good friend Hardy gave me his bookstore credit before he left town. Picked up: Armenian Papers: poems 1954-1984 by Harry Matthews The Random House Book of Twentieth Century French… Read more.

It was great to meet Tim Botta and hear some of his poetry. He read a poem about the box Joseph Cornell never made. He also read a Pantoum and… Read more.