Though some stories and novels are based on unrelated episodes (Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote), known as the “episodic story” or the “picaresque”, and some have a purpose to reveal what life is like for the protagonist without the use of a rising action/rising emotion sense of plot (Flaubert: “A Simple...
Generative Exercises allow creative writers to think outside our normal default modes of creation. Often, the poems created during exercises are stronger than ones created with no prompt. This exercise is taken fro Chapter 7 of Rose Where Did You Get That Red? So pleased to announce these things that have happened just in the past week: Community is publishing my poem “Between Two Nothings” I’ve been asked to be the featured poet next November 12 for the Flying Out Loud reading series, and given the opportunity to invite 3 or 4 of... Here’s a slideshow of me reading my story “Belonging” on the Kentucky Homefront radio show taped 2 April 2017 in front of a live audience. It will be broadcast on WFPL, Louisville some time in 2017. I’m excited to be the featured story teller on the Kentucky Homefront Radio Show, which will be recorded live in Louisville, KY on Sunday, April 2, 2017. Two shows will be taped that night. My friend and talented writer Bob Sachs will also be a featured storyteller. I’ll be performing... If you’re in the area – The Clarksville Public Library asked me to give a workshop on Black-Out Poetry + Art – It’ll be ton’s of fun. Don’t forget to register online (see link). === In case the PDF doesn’t display on some browsers === Join IUS Senior Lecturer in English... Okay, so this is pretty neat. I was searching the Web for info for my annual report at IU Southeast (performances, press, and such), and found a podcast of a poetry spoken word and music improv performance I did in October, 2013, for the Subterranean Phrases series at the Decca...
Announcement: New Pubs, Performance
Slideshow from KY Homefront Show
I’ll be appearing as a featured storyteller on Kentucky Homefront radio show – tickets available
Free Workshop on Black-Out/Erasure Poetry + Art
Found on MixCloud – Subterranean Phrases Spoken Word & Music Improv