“How Like Foreign Objects is an impressive first book by a promising poet. One hopes that it is only the beginning of a rich and prolific career. Orgera fearlessly heeds Ezra Pound’s call to “make it new.” As some, including Dana Levin, have pointed out, Pound’s imperative has led too many young poets to embrace a …
Okay, so this is a truly fascinating discussion of what is sure to be a wonderful chapbook by my friend and former Emerson classmate, Chad Reynolds. Chad was instrumental in helping me organize the poems in my MFA thesis, and I’ve been a real fan of his poetry since way back when. Enjoy the interview … Continue reading »
My friend Sandy Florian just posted her Next Big Thing self-interview, and because I’m a huge fan of her work, I thought I’d post the link here. Check it out! Continue reading »
Next week is the AWP conference! Schedule of events (at least the ones I’ll be attending): -I will be signing How Like Foreign Objects on Friday @ 1pm at the Bookfair, H_ngm_n’s Table L-27, -Reading on Friday night @ 7:30 pm at the Beacon Tavern in Brookline. (Coconut reader) -Reading again the next morning Saturday, March … Continue reading »
The Next Big Thing // Nate Pritts, (author of the almost here book Right Now More Than Ever and publisher extraordinaire) tagged me for The Next Big Thing, a self-interview project in which folks talk about new/forthcoming books. Below are some thoughts about mine upcoming book. What is the working title of the book? … Continue reading »
Upcoming Events: I’ll be in Boston the first week of March for the AWP Conference, will you? I’m signing How Like Foreign Objects on Friday, March 8 @ 1pm at table L-27 of the book fair (H_ngm_n Books’ table). On Saturday, March 9, at 10:30 a.m., I am honored to be reading with Matt Hart, Nate … Continue reading »
Melanie Hubbard is a friend of mine; I’m also a big fan of her poetry with it’s off-center syntax, beautifully strange language play, and erasure experiments. AND she just published her first book-book: We Have with Us Your Sky (Subito Press). Here’s an excerpt poem: Chaos Suddenly he realized small errors proved catastrophic he analyzed a … Continue reading »
H_ngm_n Books has a great sale going on! You can buy the e-version of my collection, How Like Foreign Objects, for name-your-own-price. If your price is $10, you can get a B-sides-chapbook, Man O’ War (cover art by Ben Sims), as well! And for $20, you get all of that, plus the book-book in the mail. For $25, … Continue reading »
