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Poem: "Skyfall" at "Ovunque Siamo"
Having had two books of sonnets published since 2019, I thought I'd try my hand at another form. So late last year, I began writing...
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Nov 6, 20232 min read


Theater: "Price in Purgatory" at 53 Above
Happy hour in Hell? Something like that (and just in time for Halloween). My new “live” radio play Price in Purgatory concerns horror...
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Oct 27, 20231 min read


Press: "My Bedroom Is an Installation" at Imago Theatre
Although this is the third script I've created with Imago Theatre's Jerry Mouawad in the last three years, My Bedroom Is an Installation...
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Oct 26, 20232 min read


Poem: "Missing the boat" at "Eunoia Review"
My first chapbook was a self-published one that I did back in the 1990s when I was living in Portland, Oregon: Untitled and other poems....
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Oct 25, 20232 min read


Press: "Click" at The Tank
Inspired by the death of film legend Jean-Luc Godard in 2022, I wrote the script for Click in a week, using my memories of Breathless...
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Sep 19, 20231 min read


Poem: "Gay Street" at "Grand Little Things"
Some poems take a long time to create but every once in awhile, I can pen one in my head. This particular one, "Gay Street," was written...
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Sep 17, 20232 min read


Foundlings Press Residency at ArtPark
Yaddo, MacDowell, UCross, Millay Colony for the Arts... I've certainly heard of different residencies over the years but I've generally...
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Aug 17, 20231 min read


Poem of the Week at Just Buffalo Literary Center
In anticipation of my participation at ArtPark next weekend, poet-curator R.D. Pohl has selected a pair of sonnets as Poem of the Week at...
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Jul 3, 20231 min read


Book Launch Reflections: "Periodic Boyfriends"
It might seem strange to have an aggregate image of other people to reflect the June 18th book launch party for my own book Periodic...
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Jun 27, 20231 min read


Poem: "A Psychological Asana" at "Bourgeon"
Getting multiple poems placed in a single publication is rare for me. Usually, the magazine or website takes one piece and I'm happy...
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Jun 2, 20232 min read


Poem: "Mendelevium" at "Red Tree Review"
The final poem from Periodic Boyfriends to find a home prior to the book's publication is the sonnet "Mendelevium." This poem concerns...
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May 20, 20231 min read


Book Launch Weekend: "Periodic Boyfriends"
This Pride Month, Capturing Fire Press will be releasing Periodic Boyfriends, my new collection of sonnets inspired by the periodic table...
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May 17, 20232 min read


Short Story: "Gertrude Stein Is Dead" at "The Collidescope"
Nearly 30 years ago, I was lucky enough to work a couple of times with Imago Theatre, a company whose artistic directors and founders,...
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May 7, 20232 min read


Poem: "Capital Philosophy" at "Dispatches from Quarantine"
In 2020, poetry entrepreneur Lisa Ann Markuson a.k.a. LA Marks launched the timely, big-hearted project Poems for a World on Pause in...
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Apr 28, 20231 min read


Poem: "Beckett's 88th Psalm" at "The Raven Review"
As someone who keeps meaning to re-read Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnameable (and who has seen multiple productions of everything from...
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Apr 25, 20231 min read


Award: LMCC Grant for "Price in Purgatory"
Earlier this month, I was awarded my first-ever Creative Engagement Grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) to produce a...
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Apr 16, 20231 min read


Poem: "Strontium" at "The Oakland Review"
The sonnet "Strontium" is likely the last of my periodic table sonnets to surface before the arrival of my poetry collection Periodic...
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Apr 10, 20231 min read
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