Falling Off the Richter Scale
On a recent trip to SF, I did a scavenger hunt to see how many of the people/places/things I could find from my poem (in Mother) Falling Off the Richter Scale. Below are the poem and the results of the hunt.
You Had One Eye In the Mirror As You Watched Yourself Gavotte
What up yo?
Oh me? Not much. Fresh off the boat from AWP, alone in an LA hotel room (Cali freaks–come to these readings) making sweet love to a box of Vitamuffins at midnight. You know.
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New poems up at Miracle Monacle, Five Dials and poems from the book at Swink.
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I’m being a joiner and blogging for a blog. Another blog. A group blog called We Who Are About To Die.
These are my posts thus far:
What not to include in your literary submissions letter.
Vice DOs and DON’Ts: dead poets edition.
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Talked about a few of my favorite things: poetry, Belle and Sebastian and Gossip Girl on TV.
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And Tao Lin turned me and my pet guinea pigs into a hamster.
This Is My Happening and It Freaks Me Out
Okay. After much hemming and hawing I’ve decided to go to AWP. Z-Man (love of my life) in his ascot from Beyond the Valley of the Dolls won’t be there, nor will Strawberry Alarm Clock be a featured presenter, but that’s okay.
For those of you NYC stragglers who aren’t going to AWP, there will be a special AWP East party at Polestar guest-hosted by the talented Mr. Riippi:
Sunday April 11th
4 PM
CakeShop
152 Ludlow Street
NYC
Readings by Joanna Fuhrman, Michael Leong, Laura Hinton, Adam Gallari and Joel Allegretti
After AWP, it’s off to California for me. Cali freaks–come say hi at these two events:
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
7-9 PM
The Bar
w/ Dava Krause
5851 West Sunset
LOS ANGELES
Saturday, April 17, 2010
6-9 PM
Elbo Room
w/ Dava Krause + D.W. Lichtenberg + Del Ray Cross
647 Valencia Street
SAN FRANCISCO
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