Not only did I receive the good news from PANK while I was in Las Vegas last weekend, but this week I got word that Spillway 14 will be publishing two of the three poems I sent them.  My fingers are crossed that this indicates a long series of acceptances in the coming weeks.  A [...]

Please forgive the dearth of posts — I’ve been consumed with wading through the slush pile.  I must say, I am very impressed with the overall quality of submissions we’re getting at LA Review. I would have thought there’d be a lot more amateur poetry.
All that slush has, unfortunately, affected my writing time as well, [...]

My friend Peter sent me a link today to a Telegraph article on how the Internet is actually making poetry more popular and more accessible to the everyday Joe.  What great news!  How long has it been since poetry has actually increased in popularity and accessibility?  Perhaps the Internet isn’t the literature-killing monster that some [...]