Layin All My Troubles Down

I have a new poem at beautiful online journal The Collagist.

I have an acutely vaginal new poem at The Morning News.

Gonna throw down some Tarot at this mofo at AWP.

Reviewed Travis Nichols’ See Me Improving (good shit!) at The Rumpus.

The lovely Katarina Hybenova came over to my apartment and took pics / asked some questions for Brooklyn 365.

Lots of readings coming up…

That being said, 2010 confirmed for me that no amount of happy externals will ever fill me up. Peace of mind is, annoyingly, an inside job. In 2011, it’s likely I will continue to seek external approval to feel A-OK and continue to bottom out on said external approval (or lackthereof–depending on the day) on a daily basis. But I still proclaim 2011 the year of the inside job.

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