I’ve been working with artist, photographer, and documentary filmmaker Lee Fearnside on an illustrated collection of poems titled The Fantastic Bestiary. During the writing process for this collection, I came up with the idea of an abbreviated sestina form that would usually take the approximate shape of an hourglass if centered on the page. ThoseContinue reading “A New Poetic Form: The Hourglass Sestina”
Tag Archives: American Literature
Classic Books on Zoetic Press
Zoetic Press is a relatively new publishing company that produces interactive e-books using an app called “Lithomobilus.” It is at present only available only on iOS, but an Android version is coming soon. Their projects involve publishing ebooks that feature classic, public-domain novels alongside contemporary responses to them, and they have a literary magazine featuring booksContinue reading “Classic Books on Zoetic Press”
Sleep well, B.B. King
I was lucky enough to see B.B. King in Morristown, NJ in the early 2000s, sometime before 2004. Yes, it was a great show, and he was a great performer and guitarist, but what impressed me the most at the time was that whatever he’d been all his life (I just don’t know), he’d becomeContinue reading “Sleep well, B.B. King”
Short Story Published
The Michigan Authors Syndicate has just published Bald Eagle Stew, an edited anthology of fiction and poetry that includes my most recent short story. Many thanks to my editors Sherry Truffin, Martin Reaves, and Diana Edelman-Young for their helpful feedback and to Malcolm Magee and the Michigan Authors Syndicate for soliciting a submission from me.
Jonathan Carroll’s Bathing the Lion: A Response to a Harsh Review
Laura Browning’s review of Jonathan Carroll’s Bathing the Lion for the A.V. Club, “Bathing the Lion Ruins a Great Premise,” leaves me with seriously mixed feelings. On the one hand, I’m glad Carroll is getting reviewed in a major outlet. On the other hand, the review was completely negative. The problem with this negative review is that it getsContinue reading “Jonathan Carroll’s Bathing the Lion: A Response to a Harsh Review”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 