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Readings: Come Hear! 2026 at The Center
Two of my favorite go-to poets, Malcolm Tariq and Joey De Jesus, were joined by newcomer Chela Crinnion and memoirist Steve Turtell.
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4 days ago2 min read


Readings: In Other Words at Tompkins Square Library
I had the pleasure of reading two poems ("Apocalypse" and "Past Due") at In Other Words, the 35th anniversary celebration for A Gathering of the Tribes.
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Apr 281 min read


Poem: "Laptop" and Two Others at "Unlikely Stories"
This villanelle and two other poems ("Apocalypse" and "On the Matter of Vincent Price") are working towards two new poetry collections.
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Apr 142 min read


Theater: Vermont Studio Center Residency
I wrote over 20 poems, started a new play entitled The Stations of Martha Cross, and made quite a number of new friends.
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Mar 271 min read


Poem: "Sonnet i" at Vermont Studio Center
I wondered how I might transform this poem into an objet d'art in its own right.
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Mar 132 min read


Poem: "Bromine" at Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation's YouTube Channel
Steven Burton's short film spotlights my poem "Bromine" from "Periodic Boyfriends."
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Feb 262 min read


Theater: The Land of Mystery (A Radio Play)
An audio recording of this Allen/Pisarra production is available to stream for free at roulette.org.
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Feb 151 min read


Theater: "The Best Men's Stage Monologues 2025"
The latest edition of this theater anthology (edited by Debbie Lamedman for Smith & Krauss) includes an excerpt from my play "Click."
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Jan 231 min read


Distribution: So Many Titles, How Many Libraries
Which libraries are carrying "Fassbinder: His Movies, My Poems," "Periodic Boyfriends," "You're Pretty Gay," "Infinity Standing Up," and "Publick Spanking"?
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Jan 11 min read


Criticism: Non-Fiction by Contemporaries
Five books by people I know -- namely, Claire Bellerjeau, Elizabeth Cline, Lois Gordon, Sarah Lohman, and Jeffrey Sweet.
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Dec 31, 20251 min read


Poem: "Eight Hours Are Not a Day" at "Northwest Indiana Literary Journal"
This poem inspired by Rainer Werner Fassbinder's five part miniseries is republished again at "Northwest Indiana Literary Journal."
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Dec 21, 20252 min read


Theater: "Fog Machine" Reading at The Drawing Board NYC
The Monday before Thanksgiving, a live reading of my play-in-development "Fog Machine" took place at Houghton Hall Arts Community.
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Nov 27, 20252 min read


Poem: "Bedspread" at "Ovunque Siamo"
One of five villanelles originally published by "Ovunque Siamo."
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Nov 5, 20252 min read


Press: Postcard Collages
This fall, my postcard collages are part of two group shows ("Parallel Cosmologies" at Ursa Gallery; "Curiosities" at Art Haus SF) and on the website Tribes.org.
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Oct 9, 20251 min read


Criticism: Fiction by Contemporaries
A list of nine Goodreads reviews about fictional works written by friends and people I've met.
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Oct 1, 20252 min read


Criticism: "The Making of Americans"
Gertrude Stein once wrote, “Some time then there will be every kind of a history of every one who ever can or is or was or will be living.”
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Sep 21, 20252 min read


Criticism: Poetry by Contemporaries
A list of ten Goodreads reviews about poetry collections written by friends and people I've met.
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Sep 18, 20252 min read


Theater: My Career in Dramaturgy
A brief recap of my life in dramaturgy from Serial Killer Parents to Bite the Apple to L'eulelogy for our super(re)latives.
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Aug 21, 20252 min read


Poem: 3 Haiku at "Haiku Pause"
Here's one of a trio of my summer-themed haiga, an artform that combines haiku with visual images
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Aug 14, 20251 min read


Distribution: 6 Anthologies, How Many Libraries
My writing hasn't been anthologized that much but it does happen once every blue moon.
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Jul 29, 20252 min read
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