I’ve just learned the formidable Otoliths has ended its run after seventy issues.
Few lit mags have published such a dizzying variety of work while also maintaining such an unmistakable and singular vision. Its intrepid editor, Mark Young, is a wonder.
Something just happened and, honestly, it’s taken me a few days for the reality of it to sink in. It’s of no consequence to almost anyone else, of course, but it’s rather a big deal to me.
Last week, I signed a contract with Unsolicited Press, which will be publishing my debut book of poetry.
More details soon, but first I need to attend to my chapbook, which will be coming out early next year.
You know that scene where Faye is mailing letters and she hears “That Thing You Do” on the radio and she and the bass player run down the street screaming like lunatics and then they all dance around Patterson’s appliance shop? Yeah, that. Details to follow.
Well. Isn’t that just some of the best news I can’t tell anyone yet.
Apparently, some foolish press has committed the grave tactical error of accepting a manuscript of my poetry, going so far as to claim they will actually publish it.
Why would anyone do this? I have no idea. Were they hopped up on pain meds? Did they lose a bet?
Publishers are inscrutable and are often motivated by strange, dark urges. Best not to dwell too much on their disquieting perversions.
In short, my debut chapbook, This Folded Path, is forthcoming from above/ground press.
Details to follow!
🎙️ I’m this week’s guest on Micro Monday podcast series.
I know, I know: fifty-four minutes isn’t exactly “micro.” Well, after the main interview, we talked for almost forty extra minutes about Until the End of the World, which we’re both very big fans of.
And “cinephile”? Oh I don’t know. I think of myself more as a song & dance man.
Bonus! Now that this rare series has been reissued on DVD, be sure to check out the bonus disc of Deleted Scenes & Bloopers: Songwriting! Sylvia Plath! Bob Dylan! Cults! Hot dogs!
1: Never rebroadcast since its original airing, it’s the genre-defying pilot, in which people say the word “accomplish” so many times it stops holding any meaning whatsoever.
4: In this week’s musical episode, Hal Holbrook, fresh off his Tony award-winning run as the Mysterious Stranger, joins the cast to sing about adjectives. (Originally performed and broadcast live!)
2: In this exciting episode, groundbreaking in its use of CGI, I answer the question, “What poets changed the way you thought about writing?” Special appearance by the late John Engman in a flashback.