Shebeen Reading Series, Zandbroz Variety Store, Fargo

Happy Monday

Here is the first installment of Tourist Trap, NYC featuring lovely Julie Doxsee.

Bemidji!

Here is a link to the full week's schedule for the Bemidji Book Festival, August 9th through the 14th. I am participating in a side event, a reading with fellow poets Erin Lynn Marsh and Jules Nyquist, on Friday, August 13th, at 5:00 PM, at the Wild Rose Theater. I am excited to revisit the town of my birth. If you are nearby, please come!

Some Photos From Upon Arrival's Book Launch, May 7th, 2010

Judy O did amazing menhdi!

John Colburn prepared an incredibly warm and kind introduction.











The crowd was amazing and supportive.Jerry Belich, my very new theremin teacher,            accompanied me for The Poor Choruses.

My favorite kid worked the book table!

Dobby Gibson's raffle ticket number won him the box of metaphors.

My henna tattoo (the next day).

GF Receives its First Review: Fun with Links

Jordan Davis wrote a very generous review of Ghost Fargo for The Constant Critic.

(Also, it has been a month since the GF book launch, and I still plan to post photos. My camera's batteries died early, and I am amassing a better photo collection from friends.)

A Little Update & A Question About Who's Commenting

The Little Update:
I love failbetter.com, and they kindly published two of my poems a few days back. It makes me so glad.

The Question About Who's Commenting:
Why am I getting so many bad comments and links to who knows what in my comments? Will you please stop? Will some real person tell me how to make that stop?

a KFAI visit and a book launch

This Thursday, May 6th, I'll be a guest on KFAI's Write On! Radio, which airs btw 11am-12pm central time. I'll be reading from my new book and hoping to persuade all of you kind people to attend this launch party on Friday the 7th: