Poems As Part of the Meal

 
Thanks to Michael S.Hennessey for recording recent work inspired by the American Fall & the summer yet to come. Michael brought his field recorder to a delicious dinner created by chef CAConrad. We brought the poems for dessert.

You can hear Great Meetings in History here.
Listen to Love Letter November 15 here.

Frank Sherlock on Etel Adnan

Much thanks to Exit Strata's Lynne Desilva-Johnson for the opportunity to share one of my great influences & one of the world's great writers.

You can read my 30/30/30 Poetry Month piece on Etel Adnan here.

Great Meetings in History

Great Meetings in History is an OWS Zizek mash-up recorded live at Kelly Writers House. Shout-outs include Carol Mirakove, Filip Marinovich, Mark Nowak, Kaia Sand, David Buuck, Anne Boyer, Sasha Berkman Tupac Spahr, CAConrad, Carlos Soto Roman and Alli Warren. Listen to the intro here, with more shout-outs to Thom Donovan, Samantha Giles and Jules Boykoff. The recording of Great Meetings is followed by a piece written the day of the police raid on Liberty Plaza, entitled Love Letter November 15.

Neighbor Ballads

The Neighbor Ballads project is a public art installation available for the taking from honor boxes in South Philly. These seven poems celebrate figures from immigrant communities that continue to shape one of Philadelphia's most diverse and storied neighborhoods.

It's been a pleasure to meet and work with the friends, families and figures themselves that make this project a reality. Big ups to collaborator Erik Ruin for his visual design and box installation.

Where you can find them:

Antonio Isoleri- 9th & Carpenter
Frank Snock- 9th & Washington
Fabiola Canto- 9th & Ellsworth
Ba Nguyen- 9th & Passyunk
Bill McIntyre- 10th & Dickinson
Dorothy Allen- Cross & Passyunk
Joe Tayoun- Passyunk & Morris

The installation is a component of Journeys South, a neighborhood-wide Mural Arts Program initiative . Check out all the great installations that comprise Journeys South.

Conrad, Zurawski & Me

I'll be reading with CAConrad & Magdalena Zurawski this Saturday in Raleigh-Durham.

Saturday April 23 at 8pm
Women's Studies Lounge
East Duke Building,
Duke University East Campus

Carolina peoples, I'll see you there.

You Can Feel Good About

Check out my new poem for Zoe Strauss on Jupiter 88. You should feel good about it. If not, feel good about the fact that you don't feel good about it. Either way, just relax & feel it.

PoemTalk: I'd Like to See It That Way

Julia Bloch, Linh Dinh & I discuss Norman Fischer's I'd Like to See It on PENNSOUND's PoemTalk. Take a listen...