Very Different Animals in NYT Arts Beat

Who knew I'd be mentioned in the New York Times Arts Beat with John Ashberry, Adrienne Rich, James Dickey and Daniil Kharms? I love almost all of those poets! A big shout-out also goes to Nicole Donnelly who painted the incredible covers/canvasses.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/03/a-years-worth-of-verse-at-poets-house/

Pew Fellowship for Literature

I'm honored to be selected as a Pew Fellow in the Arts for 2013. Recipients this year also include Karen M’Closkey & Keith VanDerSys (design), Jenn McCreary (literature), J. Louise Makary (media), Kinan Abou-Afach (music), Sueyeun Juliette Lee (literature), Hafez Javier Kotain (music), Paul Swenbeck (visual arts), Toshi Makihara (music), Raphael Xavier (dance), Emily Abendroth (lierature) and Bhob Rainey (music).