Book Review, The Brooklyn Rail

“The title of Mark Leidner’s new gorgeously made book Returning the Sword to the Stone is apt. Like a reverse Arthur Pendragon, we decide not to go for the holy grail, not to accept our righteous lineage, and maybe not to pursue a noble quest in human development but stay home and continue “whipping ourselves with Christmas lights” and theorizing […]

Next Galaxy Poetry Retreat

Now accepting applications. A four day writing retreat and poetry workshop, located in the lush Green Mountains of Central Vermont, and hosted by The Ruth Stone House at the Blueberry Hill Inn from August 19-23

Online Poetry Workshop Starting June 3rd!

Sign up before June 3rd! There are four spots left for this generative poetry workshop I’m teaching, “Creative Uncertainty” “Do not forget that a poem, although it is composed in the language of information, is not used in the language-game of giving information.” -Ludwig Wittgenstein SIGN UP HERE In this class, we will be workshopping […]

New Poem in New Yorker

“And the illusion of separateness,let it go back into remission.Just look at you—you looklike a resurrected child.A serious drama in a cosmic joke.” READ THE FULL POEM HERE