i suppose we all have writers whose work stirs, thrills, and teaches. i've a few. i call them my "best friends." and/or my "lovers". whenever i'm down i pull one of their books off my bookcase and reread. it always helps.
today i found out one of these best friends/lovers died this past friday. leslie scalapino is an amazing poet, innovative novelist, playwright, critic, who has published somewhere around 30 books. i had the good fortune of meeting her once. now she's gone.
but her words remain. i recommend her to all of you. here's her obit.
http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/scalapino/obit.html
today i found out one of these best friends/lovers died this past friday. leslie scalapino is an amazing poet, innovative novelist, playwright, critic, who has published somewhere around 30 books. i had the good fortune of meeting her once. now she's gone.
but her words remain. i recommend her to all of you. here's her obit.
http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/scalapino/obit.html
publishing news
what a week.
i returned from an extended road trip to colorado, and then brief stop in salt lake city to find main street rag had accepted my poem "she was fine" for publication.
i just received word that four of my poems,this is like removing a part of shared memory effort, the fear, the fear of performance and failure, fleeing this instead however an opportunity, and look to me ask [all from my book length poem loves conduit], were published in aura literary arts review last fall (2008). i never received notice of this, and only found out today. good news nevertheless.
i hope you are all enjoying august. peace.
what a week.
i returned from an extended road trip to colorado, and then brief stop in salt lake city to find main street rag had accepted my poem "she was fine" for publication.
i just received word that four of my poems,this is like removing a part of shared memory effort, the fear, the fear of performance and failure, fleeing this instead however an opportunity, and look to me ask [all from my book length poem loves conduit], were published in aura literary arts review last fall (2008). i never received notice of this, and only found out today. good news nevertheless.
i hope you are all enjoying august. peace.
don't ask don't tell the military's law against gays in the military discriminates. lt. dan choi, iraq veteran & linguist, is challenging his discharge based on don't ask don't tell. if you would like to support him go here:
http://www.couragecampaign.org/SupportDan
http://www.couragecampaign.org/SupportDan
for some of us the events at the stonewall bar forty years ago this saturday continue to reverberate. check out the link:
http://ourscenetv.com/main/2009/06/25/stonewall-veterans-the-night-that-changed-the-world
http://ourscenetv.com/main/2009/06/25/stonewall-veterans-the-night-that-changed-the-world
the second issue hollly rose review (hollyrosereview.com) is now online and features photos of two of my tattoos by chris belville. i'm skin canvas which is great. it's a cool ezine of poetry & tattoos. check it out.
i just watched the following video. seems to confirm my belief that homophobes have their own problems. made me laugh and laugh. enjoy.
http://www.queerty.com/gay-porn-turns-on-homophobes-a-lot-it-turns-out-20090518/
http://www.queerty.com/gay-porn-turns-on-homophobes-a-lot-it-turns-out-20090518/
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