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lines written with a razor

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My poem, “Fermentation”, is up on lines written with a razor.  Click here to read it and then go read the other poems.

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November 10, 2009 at 12:10 am

Signs That Clearly Point Your Gig Is Doomed

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1. When an organizer  doesn’t release the names of the readers at an event until four days before the event takes place.

2. When an organizer doesn’t try corralling people to come see you read when it’s your time to perform.

3. People molest your books, smile when they read the poems, and yet don’t buy a copy.

4. When the venue warns you it’s a bad idea to do a poetry show at that time of night on a Saturday and you try any way.

5. When an organizer is surprised a handful of people show up at your event despite a football game.

What I’ve learned:

1. You should be at a bookfair as a featured author not a vendor if you want to sell your books.

2. Listen to a venue’s recommendation about why you shouldn’t be there.

3. Avoid Sundays unless the venue has a poetry event that day that has a consistent following.

4. Book features at structured events only.

5. Unless you know the promoter, treat them like they don’t know what they’re doing and flyer the living hell out of a city before you go on.

St. Pete, I come for you next.  I know we are going to get along very well.

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November 9, 2009 at 6:08 pm

wtf pwm 1.1

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My poem “Transposed” is up on wtf pwm.  Click here to read it and then go read the rest of this awesome issue.

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November 9, 2009 at 10:55 am

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wtf pwm preview

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wtf pwm goes live this Monday.  Check out below its contributors for the debut issue.

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November 6, 2009 at 7:34 pm

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Here’s What’s Up

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First off, my poem “Greatest Hits Collection”, is up on Alien Sloth Sex as part of their Alien Sloth Sex Presents series.  It’s only up for a week so click here and read it while you can.

Second, here’s my schedule for New Orleans this weekend:

Saturday, November 7 @ 12:30 pm – The Apple Barrel (609 Frenchmen St).  This is where one of the two venues the 8th Annual New Orleans Bookfair is using for its readers.  I’m doing a set from 12:30pm to 12:50pm.  The readings start at noon and end at 6pm local time.

Saturday, November 7 @ 11pm – Neutral Ground Coffeehouse (5110 Danneel St). I’m doing a late night set out there for an hour.  This should be interesting.

Sunday, November 8 @ 5pm – Zeitgeist (1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd).  I’m doing a full set of poems from and not from Dodging Traffic.

There you go, New Orleans.  Three different time frames where you can catch me perform.

Finally, if you haven’t gone over to vis a tergo yet, my poem “The Kama Sutra of the Basilisk” is up there.  Click here to read it.

vis a tergo

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My poem, “The Kama Sutra of the Basilisk”, is up on vis a tergo.  Click here to read the poem and then go check out the rest of the issue.

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November 4, 2009 at 12:20 pm

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Where You Can Find Me This Saturday

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After I do my reading at The Apple Barrel – 609 Frenchmen St (which I’m set to go on around 12:15pm local time) as part of the 8th Annual New Orleans Bookfair, come on over to here and say hi to my publisher, Ampersand Books, where you can pick up copies of such fine titles as Do Something! Do Something! Do Something! by Joseph Riippi,  Ryan Davidson’s Under What Stars, and my book, Dodging Traffic.  New Orleans, I can’t wait to meet you.

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November 3, 2009 at 1:27 pm

Some Things

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I am now on PANK Magazine’s staff as a copy editor.  Part of my job also includes compiling interview questions with each of the issue’s contributors in a given month.  This is going to be incredibly fun.

Next week is my first out of town gigs ever here and here.  I hope I come back intact.

Finally, what’s the weirdest writing exercise you’ve encountered?  Please share.

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November 2, 2009 at 12:18 pm

Happy Halloween: Now, Sober Up And Go Home.

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The Kama Sutra of November 1

I will misinterpret your thighs
like a Ouija board, spill
onto your neck like alcohol,
unmask your denial.

We will moan, fail
like a seance; pay no mind
to our skeletons watching
from the closet.

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November 1, 2009 at 12:17 am

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Dead Poets Slam

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Tonight is Broken Speech’s annual Dead Poets Slam, the one night where dead poets and rappers come back from the dead and slam for bragging rights in Hell.  It’s at Stardust Video & Coffee (1842 Winter Park Rd) starting around 9:30pm or so.  To sign up, e-mail slam@brokenspeech.com or show up before the slam begins.  Click here for all the details.

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October 30, 2009 at 2:57 pm