I’m grateful to Tracy Zeman for a lovely review of Green-Wood in Kenyon Review!
anthropocene
A beautiful new review of Green-Wood in the Iowa Review by Peter Myers. It’s moving to be read so closely, and so well.
“We come to know the poem—like a cemetery, like nature—as a made thing, shaped by the material presence of the past in the here and now. To write, the poet tells herself: “First fence a voice. / Lie / down ferocious feeling.” What must be made to lie down for the fence to be constructed is precisely what Green-Wood concerns itself with, and the tension between what’s enclosed and what’s in common, what’s visible and what’s buried, what’s present and what’s erased, becomes, in Green-Wood, the force that drives the poem onward.”
On rage, leaking bodies, and understanding fire
I had the distinct pleasure of being interviewed for Jacket 2 by the poet Christy Davids about my new book After We All Died. We talked about rage, leaking bodies, Taylor Swift, and understanding fire–among other things!
I did want to be a figure skater
Rob McLennan published this interview with me–in which I admit to having wanted to be a figure skater, and get the chance to speak of many other poets I love.
It’s officially After
After We All Died is officially in the world. The people at Ahsahta Press have written a stunning description of it over at the site–to be compared to one of my heroes Ursula le Guin! 
Announcing After We All Died
My book After We All Died is out from Ahsahta Press! I’m really happy to have the opportunity to appear at several upcoming events with some incredible poet colleagues. My gratitude to all the organizers and hosts.
Upcoming readings and events:
September 19: People’s Co-Op Bookstore, Vancouver, BC, 7:30 p.m. reading with Stephen Collis and Kaia Sand
September 23: The Black Squirrel, Washington, DC, 8 p.m. reading with Leslie Bumstead and Sue Landers
September 24: Charmed Instruments, Philadelphia, PA, reading with Sue Landers
September 26: Fall for the Book Festival, George Mason University, 6 p.m. reading with other alums
October 2: Fall Convergence, University of Washington at Bothell, 1 p.m. panel “What is Poetics?”–with some great co-panelists
October 29: Segue Series, New York, NY, reading with Angela Hume
November 13: Small Press Traffic, San Francisco: A reading and conversation with poet Lindsey Boldt
Plastic: an autobiography is out!
Essay Press has just released my book Plastic: an autobiography. It’s free at their site. So thrilled by the beautiful cover!
6-30-14 heart glove
plastic rocks
First we had the plastisphere, a new ecosystem of tiny plastic particles in the ocean colonized by bacteria.
Now we have, plastiglomerates, Frankenstein rocks incorporating plastic, found at Kamilo, the beach I wrote about here. (And photo by Jen Coleman above.)
I love the poetic comment at the end of this piece that future beings might find etched impressions of water bottles in fossils. Welcome to the Anthropocene, life.
Thanks Susan Schultz for the tip.
1-9-14: fear
