Shit like this is why I don't believe that calling it a "civil union" makes any difference.

• I've posted some poetry links over at Vary the Line.
• 42 Magazine has accepted two poems.
• My job at the oil and gas leasing company ended Friday. They took me and my fellow temp co-worker (who they were also letting go) out for lunch at Jay Alexander's, a reasonably upscale restaurant in Franklin which makes the best damn carrot cake I've ever tasted ( Read more... )

Clockwise Cat: A Progressive Literary Magazine just accepted three of my political poems.

• Concelebratory Shoehorn Review has their newest issue up (I'm not in it or anything, I just like the journal).
• I've posted an entry at Vary the Line on animated poetry. If you only watch one of these, my favourite is "Today" by Billy Collins. (ETA: While I was editing that entry, which took more than a day, Mary and Jeannine both wrote interesting ( Read more... )

Just posted about political speech and modal difficulty over at Vary the Line.

In January 2001, a search on google on my name brought up 69 results (about half of which actually refer to me). A search on "Sarah Palin" brought up 0 results.

Strange Horizons has published my short story "Swan Song."

I've posted a new poem on Look Away.

Words I didn't expect to hear in a vice-presidential debate:
darn right
Obiden
shoutout

1. Hayden Carruth has died; this is my favourite of his poems. (via)

2. October 6th is the deadline to register to vote in Tennessee and a bunch of other places.

3. This week's story at Strange Horizons, "Kimberley Ann Duray Is Not Afraid" by Leah Bobet, is really excellent and thought-provoking.