See you in Kansas City 2021

It was a very hard decision to cancel my trip to AWP this year. “I’d Rather Break Your Heart: A Tribute to James Tate” was the first panel I ever proposed. Tate's my spirit animal—or rather, I’m Mickey Mouse to his Walt Disney. Our panel’s email discussions felt downright science-y—like we were identifying a hybrid midwestern mushroom-insect. My brain’s been inexorably altered by our discussions on the nature political poetry, authority, Buster Keaton, and Westworld.