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new new new…

May 9, 2017May 9, 2017 kineticprose

New can be scary. It can also be exciting…freeing… I’m feeling the latter at the moment. I’m in a new position at my old job. The newness of it means shedding a lot of the old work. And it means … Continue reading new new new…

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the slow, low book movement…

October 19, 2016October 19, 2016 kineticprose

My friend Mychael, who runs the “So….Poetry?” podcast, recently invited me and my fellow book-y friend Meredith to talk book arts. We had a great time — after years of working together, Meredith and I still finish each other’s thoughts … Continue reading the slow, low book movement…

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words & images x 66…

March 16, 2015July 31, 2015 kineticprose

I am so ridiculously excited to share today’s launch of The Baltimore Ekphrasis Project, a collaboration between LED Baltimore and my journal The Light Ekphrastic. Not only is there a gigantic special issue online, the work of all 66 Baltimore-area … Continue reading words & images x 66…

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life moves pretty fast…

December 31, 2014July 30, 2015 kineticprose

Wow, 2014…you went by in a flash! As the great Ferris Bueller once said: “If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” We certainly don’t want that. At a time when we’re thinking … Continue reading life moves pretty fast…

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11 book for 13 schools…

February 5, 2014July 30, 2015 kineticprose

(And, no, that’s not a typo.) Talking to students and strangers about my particular brand of bookiness and poetry can sometimes be a little weird at the beginning. It generally starts with an awkward self-deprecating intro, followed by assorted blank … Continue reading 11 book for 13 schools…

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i’m thinking about this shape…

March 30, 2013July 30, 2015 kineticprose

Isn’t it amazing? So many moving parts. So strangely fluttery under water, alien even in its own home…an elegant armored spaceship. And always so (sadly) dead when I find them on the beach. A student of mine made an absolutely … Continue reading i’m thinking about this shape…

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inspiration for a wallflower…

February 7, 2013July 30, 2015 kineticprose

I’m so excited that my poem “Wallflower (For Eva Hesse)” is up today in What Weekly, and specifically, in the very first installment of its new “What Lit” section. What Weekly is a supercool online magazine that’s “documenting the Baltimore … Continue reading inspiration for a wallflower…

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