Four more sonnets from my ongoing sequence were just published in vol. 44, no. 3, of Grain: The Journal of Eclectic Writing. The issue is titled “Relativity of Zen,” is edited by Adam Pottle, and can be purchased here.
Of Archival Interest
Upcoming Readings on May 18 and June 13
I will be giving two poetry readings in Pittsburgh over the next couple months.
On May 18, 2017 I will be reading at Piccolo Forno at 7:00 pm to accompany the release of issue 7 of the After Happy Hour Review. Also reading will be Bob Hartley, Daniel Parme, Celine Roberts, and Daniel M. Shapiro.
On June 13, 2017 I will be reading at the Hemingway’s Summer Poetry Series. Also reading will be Nikki Allen, Jennifer Jackson Berry, Jason Irwin, Sharon Fagan McDermott, and Kayla Sargeson.
“Toward a Theory of the Megatext” Forthcoming in Scale in Literature and Culture
“Toward a Theory of the Megatext: Speculative Criticism and Richard Grossman’s ‘Breeze Avenue Working Paper,'” the first essay from a new project on what I have been calling megatexts, will appear in Scale in Literature and Culture, edited by Michael Tavel Clarke and David Wittenberg. The collection of essays will be published by Palgrave Macmillan and will hopefully come out later this year. More information to come.
Reading at The Bonfire Reading Series with Dan Thomas-Glass on March 4, 2017 in Pittsburgh
I will be reading at The Bonfire Reading Series with Dan Thomas-Glass on March 4, 2017 in Pittsburgh, PA. For more on the series, check out Guillermo Parra’s article and interview with the Bonfire Collective on The Best American Poetry blog. Landmark Tongues with Alan Lewandowski will also be performing.
The Shape of Things, Forthcoming from Salò Press
I am happy to announce that my second volume of poetry, The Shape of Things, will be published this summer by Salò Press. More details to come.
“2015.17” in The Offbeat
“2015.17,” a poem from my ongoing sonnet sequence, just appeared in volume 17 of The Offbeat.
Beginning of the Semester Links, Spring 2017
Nuclear and Environment
Stephen Hawking, “This Is the Most Dangerous Time for Our Planet.”
Andrew Bast, “Unpredictable,” review of Nuclear Politics: The Strategic Causes of Nuclear Proliferation, by By Nuno P. Monteiro and Alexandre Debs.
Joe Romm, “Priebus Confirms That Climate Denial Will Be the Official Policy of Trump’s Administration.”
Natasha Geiling, “Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Deletes Accurate Climate Science from Agency Webpage.”
Madeline Conway, “Trump Threatens to Upend US Nuclear Weapons Policy.”
Sam Stein, “Trump Releases Letter From Putin Amid Talk Of Nuclear Arms Race.”
Robinson Meyer, “Human Extinction Isn’t That Unlikely.”
“The Shape of Things II” and Other Poems in Verse
A portfolio of my poems was chosen as a finalist for the 2015 Tomaž Šalamun Prize and was just published in Verse. Included in the portfolio are “The Shape of Things I,” “Architects and Their Books,” “What We Are Looking At,” “Tristeza,” “An Ode to 2013: We Are the National Security Agency’s Children,” “Throw Out Your Life,” and an eighteen-page long poem, “The Shape of Things II,” of which I am particularly proud.
The poems appear in volume 33 of Verse, along with poems by Felicia Zamora, the winner of the 2015 Tomaž Šalamun Prize, E. C. Belli, Alex Stolis, Beth Marzoni, Michelle Murphy, Dan Ivec, Gabrielle Hovendon, Todd Melicker, Keith Jones, Catherine Taylor, Lynn Melnick, and the late James Tate. I will post a link to where one can order the issue as soon as it becomes available, but in the meantime, individual subscriptions can be ordered from Verse‘s editorial office for $18/year (check payable to Verse):
Brian Henry and Andrew Zawacki, Editors
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Winter Links 2016
Nuclear and Environmental
Robin Bravender, “Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic to Lead EPA Transition.”
Ian Johnston, “Climate Change May Be Escalating So Fast It Could Be ‘Game Over,’ Scientists Warn.”
Oliver Milman, “Donald Trump Presidency a ‘Disaster for the Planet,’ Warn Climate Scientists.”
Coral Davenport, “Donald Trump Could Put Climate Change on Course for ‘Danger Zone.'”
Noam Chomsky, “The Republican Party Has Become the Most Dangerous Organization in World History.”
Generation Anthropocene, “An Interview with Kim Stanley Robinson.”
xkcd, “A Timeline of Earth’s Average Temperature.”
Douglas Fox, “Scientists Are Watching in Horror as Ice Collapses.”
And Avery Thompson, “Scientists Accidentally Discover Efficient Process to Turn CO2 Into Ethanol.”
“Mobile Games, SimCity BuildIt, and Neoliberalism” at First Person Scholar
On today of all days, I have a short essay, “Mobile Games, SimCity BuildIt, and Neoliberalism,” up at First Person Scholar.
The Hyperarchival Parallax 