Monster, Paris, Banjo, Teepee

Thanks to Tin House for taking five poems for the summer issue. It’s the title sequence of Some Studies for the Monster, a new poetry manuscript that I’m starting to let myself get excited about.

Thanks also to Amanda Hesser for the nice shout about my Modern Love essay on the Paris Review Blog.

Although I’m a big fan of the Reeltime Travelers,I was somehow late to Martha Scanlan’s amazing album, The West Was Burning. Buy it now. Been watching this video obsessively. And this one too.

And finally, a belated pic from our Thanksgiving stay at El Cosmico.