http://blog.boxcarpoetry.com Poetry, poetics, first books, and life. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:25:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you've read my book, you'll know that my father shows up in a number of poems and the book moves from an exploration of exile and home into something of an elegy for my father and others who have passed on.  I think the figure of the father ... http://blog.boxcarpoetry.com/?p=427 It's more than a little amazing to me that we put up the 20th issue of Boxcar Poetry Review last night. Amazing because: Despite so many other things going on this month (semester end papers, projects, grading, meetings, moving into a new apartment, unpacking, etc), the issue actually did go up last ... http://blog.boxcarpoetry.com/?p=425 I'm 60% done with my move (I think) and hope to be around 80% done sometime tomorrow. At this point the bookcases have all been moved, as have the vast majority of my books. I've started moving over computer equipment and things for storage. Tomorrow will be ... http://blog.boxcarpoetry.com/?p=422 PR:  In terms of audience, we've heard of writers who write in order to:  heal the conflict in Northern Ireland; hang out with Henry Miller and Herman Melville in heaven (or hell); not embarrass their family; embarrass their family; get revenge; be therapeutic; meet deadlines; amuse themselves; pay mortgage.  In ... http://blog.boxcarpoetry.com/?p=420 PR:  How does being Canadian give you a poetic advantage compared to being a wine-swilling urban American? Me:  Although I've lived in many places around the world, Canada remains a strong influence on my work.  I spent much of my childhood in Saskatchewan where the land stretches out flat in all ... http://blog.boxcarpoetry.com/?p=418 I've been thinking it might be helpful to set down some of the ways that we can help out friends with first books. Obviously the ideal thing would be to purchase a copy of the book for yourself (if possible from the poet directly or through their publisher or your local ... http://blog.boxcarpoetry.com/?p=414 I've grown a year older, or least that's what the calendar tells me. Sadly the day will be spent occupied with school work, teaching, and presentations. As I get older I find myself doing less to mark this day. In part, it's sometimes hard to know what ... http://blog.boxcarpoetry.com/?p=412 Negligence (Lat. negligentia, from negligere, to neglect, literally "not to pick up") Like so many projects, or perhaps the poetry books I've accumulated from countless readings and events.  Almost innumerable the things I've not completed, simply by not picking up where I left off, or just not picking it up in ... http://blog.boxcarpoetry.com/?p=410 I'm reading at the following venues in the next little while. TONIGHT - 6PM // Tongue & Groove Reading HOTEL CAFE, 623 1/2 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood, CA TUESDAY, March 31 - 8PM // Visiting Poets Series The Warehouse @ FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY Tallahassee, FL WED April 15 // UC Riverside MFA Alumni with Books Reading UC ... http://blog.boxcarpoetry.com/?p=407 (Though much delayed (school work, travel, grading, and spring break all factor in), the new issue is finally up and hopefully worth the wait) www.boxcarpoetry.com Bee sting and sweetness. Cologne and old cars. Phone calls. Prison beatings. The body bruised, tasted, turned, destroyed or reformed. In this, our 19th issue, the senses ... http://blog.boxcarpoetry.com/?p=404