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  • 05/01/08
    • Killer news. I just found out that my first full-length book, I Have to Go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl, received the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry and will be published by Sarabande Books in Fall 2009!
  • 02/16/08
  • 12/10/07
    • My chapbook, Scorpionica, is just out from New Michigan Press. Awesome stocking stuffer. Nothing says Happy Christmas like heatstroke, dead snakes and coleslaw...  You know you want one. Buy it here.
  • 12/01/07
    • I've just been nominated for two more Pushcarts: one for "the 9-day queen gets lost on her way to the execution block" at Coconut, and another for "Cherry Liqueur from Zadar" at Now Culture.
    • Check out the new Denver Quarterly featuring work by Dan Beachy-Quick, Noah Eli Gordon, Fanny Howe, Nin Andrews, Brian Teare and Simon Perchik.
    • Also check out the synesthetically pleasing new issue of  Forklift, Ohio featuring gems by Kristi Maxwell, Nate Pritts, Alex Lemon, Bob Hicok, Tomaz Salamun, and Joshua Marie Wilkinson.
    • Finally, do pick yourself a copy of the beautiful new Subtropics, a sexy new(ish) journal featuring the work of Barbara Hamby, Jennifer L. Knox, Floyd Skloot, Jennifer K Sweeney and more.
  • 09/05/07
    • Check out the new DIAGRAM, featuring work by Paul Guest, Jack Boettcher, Claire Hero, Leigh Stein, et moi.
    • Also just out: the new CutBank, with poems by Patricia Goedicke, Jennifer K. Dick, Julie Doxsee, Brent Armendinger, et moi encore.
  • 07/23/07
    • The lovely new Coconut 9 is out, featuring four poems by me as well as poetry by Andrei Codrescu, Bernadette Mayer, Jonah Winter, Olivia Cronk, Tao Lin & many others.
  • 06/14/07
    • Great news! My chapbook, Scorpionica, was a finalist for New Michigan Press's Chapbook Competition and has been chosen by the editors for publication in NMP's 2007-2008 series.
  • 06/08/07
    • Please go check out Jeremy Richards' excellent Poetry Foundation Podcast on page versus stage featuring spoken-word by Susan Somers-Willett & yours truly. Also, make sure to follow all the Poetry Foundation page v. stage interviews as they appear. Susan Somers-Willett's interview is up now. Mine is forthcoming, so stay tuned..
  • 05/29/07
    • I have poems in the brand spankin' new Pebble Lake Review (featuring Matt Hart, Kim Addonizio, Paul Guest, Bob Hicok, Clay Matthews and Susan B.A. Somers-Willett), and the RATTLE Tribute to Slam issue.
  • 05/08/07
    • Could there be anything sexier than the spring/summer 2007 issue of Ninth Letter? I'm truly flattered that they allowed me four whole pages of such loveliness!
    • I'm on the 2007 Ann Arbor Poetry Slam Team. Woo!
  • 04/10/07
    • One of my poems ("My 3rd 9 a.m. Appointment with the University's Writer-in-Residence") appears in Spoken Word Revolution Redux (Sourcebooks, 2007). Aside from the usual slam suspects, the Book/CD combo also features Viggo Mortensen, Jeff Tweedy, Billy Corgan, Ted Kooser, Billy Collins, Mark Strand, the fabulous Simone Muench with "Tom Waits, I Hate You," and--get this--Ethan Hawke reading Gregory Corso! Buy it here.
  • 03/27/07
    • I have a poem in the lovely new issue of FENCE!
  • 03/01/07
    • I'm in Paris! Also, my poem from the current issue of Willow Springs is featured on their website here. It's a great issue, with poems by Dean Young, Russell Edson, Alberto Rios, Robert Bly, and Mark Halliday.
    • One of my poems is featured with commentary in the new issue of Now Culture here. 
    • Two of my poems are featured in the current issue of Northwest Review.
  • 01/30/07
  • 01/14/07
  • 11/22/06
  • 08/25/06
    • Typo Magazine has nominated my poem "Would You Like Me To Walk Your Baby?" for the Best of the Net anthology. 
  • 08/09/06-8/12/06
    • I'll be at the National Poetry Slam in Austin, TX. My official schedule is as follows:
      • Thursday, August 11th - I'll be doing the Slam & the Academy Panel from 12:00-1:30 in the Hideout Classroom w/ Susan B.A. Somers-Willett, Daphne Gottlieb, Jeffrey McDaniel, & Marty McConnell.
      • Friday, August 12th - I'll be doing two events back-to-back: The Women's Poetry Showcase from 12:00-1:30 in the Hideout Theater, then I'll be teaching the 30 Publishing Tips for Slam Poets Workshop from 1:30-2:15 in the Hideout Classroom.
  • 07/22/06-7/29/06
  • 07/19/06
    • Three of my poems (w/ audio) are up on MiPOesias.
  • 05/14/06
    • Three of my poems are featured in the latest issue of eratio.
  • 05/10/06
    • I have three poems featured in Typo.  There's also an interesting review of "Would You Like Me to Walk Your Baby?" on Simon DeDeo's blog, Rhubarb is Susan. 
  • 04/10/06 
  • 04/07/06
    • Scorpionica (one of my mss in-progress) just won the Hopwood Award in Poetry at the University of Michigan. Past winners of this award include Robert Hayden, John Ciardi, Frank O'Hara, Marge Piercy, Nancy Willard, X.J. Kennedy, Jane Kenyon, Ronald Wallace, Laura Kasischke and Keith Waldrop.  These poets (and many others) are featured in new book which commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Hopwood Program: The Hopwood Award: 75 Years of Prized Writing. There's also a great article on the Hopwood Program here. The Hopwood Awards Ceremony will take place on April 21st at 3:30 p.m. in Rackham Auditorium. This year's Hopwood Lecture will be given by Charles Baxter.
  • 03/18/06
    • While at AWP, I ran into Gregory Donovan and Jeff Lodge, two of the editors of the fabulous online journal, Blackbird. They recorded audio files of both of the poems they published in their last issue: "Epistle to Elsner On the Eve of his 34th Birthday" and "Under the Volente Raft." The MP3s are now up and you can listen to them by clicking on "audio version" here and here.
  • 03/15/06
    • Just in time for the Ides of March, here is the new issue of Moria which contains several of my more experimental pieces.
  • 03/08/06
    • I've just been awarded the Moveen Residency in Ireland through the University of Michigan. I'll be spending the month of May in the ancestral home of renowned poet and essayist Thomas Lynch in West Clare. While there, I plan to do lots of writing, lots of photography, lots of walking, and, yes, lots of beer drinking. Heavenly! In light of this recent turn of events, my April 5th reading at Crazy Wisdom has been moved to April 12th with Thomas Lynch as a special guest. Check my Calendar for more info.
    • My photo "70 Cent Pirates" appears on the latest cover of Stirring. 
  • 03/06/06
    • Check out the new issue of Blue Fifth Review in which my poem "Shoalwood" appears. It's a special issue on the female perspective which includes Mp3s of several of the pieces, including my own. I'm particularly excited to have my work appear alongside such poetry luminaries as Marge Piercy and Dorianne Laux!
  • 01/13/06
    • One of my poems appears in the Winter '06 issue of the Del Sol Review.
    • I now have two photo albums accessible from the nav bar: "Portraits" and "Photographs." The first is, as you would expect, portraits of people. The second is mostly urban decay & urban irony. Unfortunately, because of the way the way my albums are formatted, you'll have to click past all the older photos to get to the new stuff, but please do. I think you'll find it worth your while.
  • 01/04/06
    • I've just been awarded the Michael R. Gutterman Prize for poetry "which exemplifies the new, the unusual, and the radical" from the University of Michigan.
  • 01/02/06
    • I've accepted an associate editorship at Stirring: A Literary Collection.
  • 01/01/06
    • My photography appears on the cover of the January issue of Stirring.
  • 12/18/05
  • 11/01/05
    • Check out my feature in the new issue of Blackbird.
    • If you live in the Ann Arbor area, don't forget to attend my reading at the Guild House this Friday, November 4th. Check my calendar section for more info.
  • 09/12/05
    • My spoken-word is featured on Ragan Fox's fabulous podcast, "Fox & the City." Click here to download.
    • I'm thinking about putting out a new spoken-word CD with music. If you're a musician and would like to collaborate on this, please e-mail me.
    • As some of you know, I'm also a photographer. I mainly do B&W portraiture of fellow artists, friends and children. If you're going to be in or near the Ann Arbor/Detroit area (or Austin, TX during Christmas or summer) and would like to schedule a shoot, drop me a line. My prices range from free to very reasonable, depending on how well I know you and how much work is involved. I also sometimes work for trade. Check out my WebsAlbum for samples.
    • Videos and MP3s of my spoken-word with electroclash by Chris Holmok are now available at SlamChannel and LivePoets. 
    • Currently appearing at a newsstand near you! Print journals in which I am featured: Midwest Quarterly, Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, Rosebud, Swivel Magazine, and Cranky. 
  • 05/04/05
  • 02/20/05
  • 01/09/05
  • 12/01/04
    • The editors at Stirring, failbetter.com, and Rock Salt Plum Review have each nominated me for the 2005 Pushcart Prize.
    • Check out my feature in Absinthe Literary Review

    • I've just released a new chapbook, The Strawberry Coats. I've also re-released my EP, Unsuitable.  Both are available for $5. Come buy them in person at one of my readings, or e-mail me with your order.

    • Check out the documentary, Rhapsodists: Women Rewritten, directed by Goldie Jones. The film features fifteen female spoken-word artists, including Celena Glenn, Marty McConnell, Karyna McGlynn, Christina Nation, and Lynne Procope.

"With the "overt intimacy" of the spoken word and the power of slam poetry, fifteen women reveal the truths that often lie hidden underneath. As the film races across the country from New York to Seattle, women confront a shocking variety of issues, inspiring laughter and tears and a new understanding of the universal and the individual experiences of American women."
 
A preview of the film as well as ordering and screening information is available through the film’s website.

That's all for now! Keep checking back for updates.

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