In case you don’t have a magnifying glass in your pocket, that nifty little graphic says the reading is at 7 on the Trinity Campus in the Attic Theater, in the Ruth Taylor Theater Building.  It is free.  So is parking across the street at Alamo Stadium.  The invite also doesn’t say that the day […]

Don’t miss this one. Wednesday, March 25, 8pm Ruth Taylor Recital Hall (located in the Dicke Art Building @ Trinity University) Free parking in the Alamo Stadium lot. Here’s one of my favorites from his recent, “Time and Materials” A Supple Wreath of Myrtle by Robert Hass Poor Nietzsche in Turin, eating sausage his mother […]

Big thanks to Paula and her imaginary press. So great to see poet friends, old and new. And family. And snow. While you are at it, check out my pal Jacquie Moody Fuller’s cool new project.

Don’t miss Steve Bennett’s great piece on Rigoberto Gonzalez in today’s Express News. Rigo will be reading Friday night at 6:30pm, at Gemini Ink, 513 S. Presa. He is also teaching a class on confessional poetry on Saturday. For more info on that call 734-9673. Hope to see you at the reading.

It occurs to me that I’ve been too busy organizing The Poetry Conversation/s: Six Voices in Contemporary Poetry, this year’s Lennox series at Trinity, to post anything about it here. So, thanks to the Express-News for the interview with our first visitor, Stephen Burt, and for asking me to weigh in on why I think bringing […]

Rain January isn’t exactly the best time to leave Texas for Seattle but I’m excited to be reading on Tuesday night, January 13 at Open Books with the lovely and fun fun Matthew Dickman. Shine Then, at the end of the month, I’ll be on a Florida mini-tour. First stop, an intimate evening of poetry, […]

I sent a pre-election sonnet of sorts to my friend Matt Hart.  He then did a most excellent Ted Berrigan on it. So here you have it, before and after.  Yay America!  Obamanos!   It Was Cold in the Country I Remember November 3, 2008   The children imagine a fire in the yard. They’re […]