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Hello everyone, I am back from the great southwest! Glad to be home where so many wonderful readings, exhibits and events are taking place...

Thanks to a Poetry Translation Residency from the Witter Bynner Poetry Foundation and the Santa Fe Art Institute , I spent a few spectacular...

Happy mid-summer, everyone! The air is fragrant and moist and trees laden with green. Cygnus flies overhead so take a look at her beautifu...

God, it’s spring—beautiful out. At night I smell invisible honeysuckle floating out of dark trees and nameless bushes. It’s time to write ...

Yes, I am back from my big trip to LA: The readings at USC and Otis College of Art and Design were wonderful. Thanks to our hosts, poet/pr...

Michael and I woke our first day in California hearing a woman screaming into her cell phone “I’m in Hollywood! I’m in Hollywood!” And wh...

Dear Mr. Eliot: April is not the cruellest month. National Poetry Month this year marks the arrival of my first two books. Furthermore, I...

March Madness Wow, did you see Georgetown win yesterday in overtime? That was magical. The Georgetown mascot is a bulldog named Jack, so w...

It’s a joy to celebrate African-American History Month: This February, I stumbled onto some great programs on PBS that deepened my understan...

Is it too late to say Happy New Year? I am going to do it anyway: Best wishes for a creative, productive and fun year ahead. Mine has starte...