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Pre-Show Press: "Salome" at Imago Theatre
Portlanders exploring their weekend entertainment plans via TV, radio, and online discovered that Jerry Mouawad's production of "Salome" at Imago Theatre is receiving recommendations on all three platforms.
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Apr 12, 20251 min read
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Poem: "Room 666" at "Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY"
This poem from "Fassbinder: His Movies, My Poems" has appeared in "Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY," "Academy of the Heart and Mind" and "Red Fez."
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Mar 30, 20252 min read
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Curation: Publishing Triangle Book Awards
What's the state of queer literature circa 2024? I definitely got a crash course by being a judge for the Ferro-Grumley Awards.
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Mar 20, 20252 min read
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Final Press: "Fassbinder: His Movies, My Poems"
I've aggregated 15 reviews and interviews on this book's behalf, from the recent Fahmidan write-up to the early one from London Grip.
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Feb 28, 20251 min read
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Poem: "Pillow Talk" at "Live Nude Poems"
Whatever the sickness, there's definitely some feverish logic at work in this villanelle.
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Feb 18, 20252 min read
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Criticism: "Knife," "Gorgeous Freak," and "The Porpoise in the Pink Alcove"
Book reviews of Salman Rushdie's "Knife," Julie Poole's "Gorgeous Freak," and Kathi Wolfe's "The Porpoise in the Pink Alcove."
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Jan 10, 20251 min read
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Distribution: 5 Titles, How Many Libraries
As a kid, I never imagined that I'd author an actual book so it comes as somewhat of a surprise to find that I've got five to my credit...
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Jan 1, 20251 min read
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Poems: "In Truth" and "Footwork" at "Grand Little Things"
As 2024 comes to a close, I thought I'd resurface one of the two villanelles published earlier this year at Grand Little Things . This...
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Dec 31, 20242 min read
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Readings: Segue Reading Series Fall/Winter 2024
Regie Cabico and I co-curated an eight-week series of poetry at Artists Space on behalf of A Gathering of the Tribes and Segue Foundation.
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Nov 30, 20242 min read
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Even More Press: "Fassbinder: His Movies, My Poems"
New reviews for "Fassbinder: His Movies, My Poems" from "HA&L," "Modern Literature," "Out in Print," and "Harpur Palate."
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Oct 31, 20241 min read
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Theater: "The Inner View" at "Masque & Spectacle"
Is "The Inner View" my only play online right now? It might be. Written about 20 years ago, this comedic two-hander was initially...
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Sep 5, 20241 min read
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More Press: "Fassbinder: His Movies, My Poems"
Reviews and interviews from "The Georgetown Voice," "Headcanon," "Other Terrain," "Ovunque Siamo," "Unlikely Stories," and Guts Publishing.
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Aug 10, 20241 min read
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Press: Saint Flashlight, 2017-2022
A look back at the five years of poetry activations of Saint Flashlight.
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Jul 16, 20243 min read
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Poem: "Abstinence" at "Eunoia Review"
I don't have a lengthy list of publications that have published me repeatedly over the years. (I often feel shy about going back!) The...
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Jul 5, 20241 min read
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Theater: "Tea Towels" at Theater for the New City
My one-act "Tea Towels" premiered as part of Village Playwrights One-Act Pride Festival.
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Jul 4, 20241 min read
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Press: "Fassbinder: His Movies, My Poems"
A recap of recent reviews for the new poetry collection "Fassbinder: His Movies, My Poems"
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Jul 3, 20241 min read
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Readings: COME HEAR! 2024
I've read at the Rainbow Book Fair maybe twice before via the COME HEAR! poetry marathon organized by Nathaniel A. Siegel and Regie...
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Apr 27, 20241 min read
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Press: "Periodic Boyfriends" (Again)
"Periodic Boyfriend" reviews from "Vagabond City," "Other Terrain" and poet Evelyn Berry.
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Apr 16, 20241 min read
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Poems: "Four Gay Men" at "Northwest Indiana Literary Journal"
The first book I ever had published -- if you consider a chapbook a book and self-published as published -- was Untitled and other poems....
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Feb 22, 20243 min read
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Short Stories: "Going Nowhere" and "The Blow" at "Unlikely Stories"
Last year, motivated perhaps by my inability to be more prolific, I decided to start sending out short stories from my first book Publick...
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Feb 13, 20241 min read
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