There are things We live among ‘and to see them Is to know ourselves’. -George Oppen

Let this serve as a belated shout out to Elizabeth Alexander, who was the Steiren Arts Series speaker at Trinity a few weeks back. An original voice, a generous spirit, and a kick-ass teacher, she was like a visiting writer trifecta.  Of course she read the inaugural poem. She also read this favorite of mine. Ars […]

First Thursday Reading – April 1, San Antonio Central Library (with Jesse Amado and Vocab) 6:30pm Saturday – April 10 – 6:00PM Reading and Book Party for the Starting Today Anthology Paris on the Platte Cafe, 1553 Platte Street, Denver, CO More than twenty contributors from the Starting Today: 100 Poems for Obama’s First 100 […]

First Thursday Reading – April 1, San Antonio Central Library (with Jesse Amado and Vocab) 6:30pm Saturday – April 10 – 6:00PM Reading and Book Party for the Starting Today Anthology Paris on the Platte Cafe, 1553 Platte Street, Denver, CO More than twenty contributors from the Starting Today: 100 Poems for Obama’s First 100 […]

Brand new poem up at Zocalo Public Square.  Thanks Collette. “We are drowning not in a sea but in a swamp of words.” -Octavio Paz

Brand new poem up at Zocalo Public Square.  Thanks Collette.

Thanks to the Bat City Review for first publishing this poem, and to Verse Daily for putting it on their site, and to Lyle Seeligson for naming her dog Eggroll. There will be wine. There will be snacks. Come on out! HOA NGUYEN MARCIA ROBERTS KATE GREENSTREET MONDAY,NOV, 9 @ 7pm Holt Conference Center Trinity […]