August 2, 2012
Topographed: a new approach to poetic geography
Over the past few months, I’ve traveled from Hayward, California to Washington, D.C., then from D.C. to Manassas and Remington in Virginia, then to backwoods West Virginia—Hinton, Beckley, and the […]
March 27, 2012
Namesakes: On Titles
A few weeks back, I was in Boston for a reading when a friend showed me the Amazon page for Jane Springer’s forthcoming book, Murder Ballad. My friend asked “Doesn’t […]
February 23, 2012
Mix Tape: “You’ve been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation / Of the sequel to your life”
Thanks for the quote, Stephen Malkmus. I’m always looking for an excuse to invoke Pavement. Being Flynn, the regrettably titled film adaptation of Nick Flynn’s memoir, Another Bullshit Night in […]