In the next few months, Write Bloody Publishing will be re-releasing (in expanded editions) my first four books of poetry: Dear Future Boyfriend, Hot Teen Slut, Working Class Represent and Oh, Terrible Youth. It's a huge honor that I deeply humbled by! Plus, the re-issues are are looking so beautiful!

The first book being re-released is Oh, ( Read more... )

And just like NPS has our own finals night bingo card, here's the AWP one, as created by WeWhoAreAboutToDie's Dan Nester (aka, my AWP road trip pal & roomie!)


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What did the tree say to the wind?

What did the book say to the page?

Where do sick boats go?

What kind of birds always stick together?

What is the caterpillar afraid of?

How did the sheep get clean?

Why did the elephant decide not to move?

Why did the ghost baby cry?

Got back on Monday after an amazing week in the Revival van with Derrick, Buddy & Anis (& Timmy & Alexis), and after our final show together as a group at UPenn, I began to question the logic of having an early morning appointment at the TJU archival library the very next morningBut when the alarm went off, I put myself through the places, found my ( Read more... )

I am learning new things every day thanks to this resideny, and it's not all medical oddity related!

For instance, do you know how vocal I am as an audience member listening to poetry? A lot of uh-huhs and mmmmms? Turns out I do the same thing while reading interesting stuff -- even if I am in a totally silent library ( Read more... )

Excerpts from a letter written by Mutter in 1841 (bolding mine ( Read more... )

Greetings LJ pals,

Still settling in here in the city o' brotherly love, but thought I'd send a little visual postcard!

I am spending my days here:


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Does anyone know anything about this book:


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The St. Paul Poetry Slam Team is topping the news at the Poetry Foundation blog, Harriet:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/

HU-FREAKING-ZZAH!

But, if I may, a historian's quibble? From the article: "The five person crew beat out seventy-five other teams for the win, ( Read more... )