I'm today's naked castaway on the Island of Misfit Toys at Queen Mob's Teahouse! Thanks, Mobbers!
This. Is. Amazing.
Michael Ching asked me if I'd write the words to his music for the 2015 Science Festival Chorus' "A Little Light Music." Our piece was about how animals see light. We called it "What do you see, butterfly?" The Cambridge Family Chorus is singing. I'm guessing the kids did the drawings. Thank you so much, Michael, for inviting me to do this! Click here to watch.
I'm so thrilled to be part of Plume's amazing new anthology, with 100 awesome poets including my NYU homie, Kazim Ali. Plume's always been so supportive of my work. Thanks, Daniel and all you Plumers! Get it here!
I'm judging the Burnside Review Chapbook Contest, which runs March 15 through June 30. Click here for da rules. All questions happily answered by e-mail: sid@burnsidereview.org. P.S. I like it weird.
The nice folks over at Sundance TV asked me for my top ten list of poetry flicks, and here they are!
I'm loving the company in the new issue of Plume! With Rae Armantrout, David Baker, Yusef Komunyakaa, Kimiko Hahn, T.R. Hummer, Marilyn Kallet, Drew Milne, Tomaž Šalamun (tr Michael Thomas Taren), Jeffrey Skinner, Nomi Stone, Daniel Tobin, and a collaboration by Tess Gallagher and Lawrence Matsuda. Whoa, Nellie! What an inspired mag!