American Amen

It is with great pleasure and great grattitude that I announce the impending publication of my first full-length collection, American Amen. The manuscript has won the 2009 Orphic Prize from Dream Horse Press and will be available in late 2010.

I know that the blog has turned into a bit of a bragging-post, but I want to take a moment to thank the readers, if there are any of you still lurking out there. All of you fellow poets have been hugely important to me over the last (almost) 5 years; reading your posts on prosody, journal acceptances, MFA and PhD applications, family and friend drama, po-biz, drinking games, blurbs, writing slumps, writing highs, and everything in-between has been wonderful. I might keep this blog going, but I'm also thinking of moving to another format, one I haven't yet exactly nailed down yet. Whatever happens to my insanely small corner of cyberspace, I guarantee that I won't be leaving as a reader even if I do leave as a writer. So thank you to all of you who have sent well-wishes and congratulatory remarks via Facebook, email, text, and phone. You're all the best!

Back soon!

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I know, I know. I've neglected this space the past 8 months or so. But get this: I have some BIG news... though I can't announce anything yet. Perhaps this good news will help me turn around this blog, get it back up and running. I'm not sure yet though.

I just wanted to say: stay tuned, because some good news will be hitting this site soon. Of course, you may not be all that concerned with my news. In that case, you've simply proven what I've been worried about concerning this blog: it's a bit of an egotistical trip. So many other bloggers (whom I follow with RSS feeds and enjoy immensely) do this better than I.

We shall see.

Stay tuned!!