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Many thanks to @kevinmkearney.bsky.social for organizing Small Press Nite, and to Book Catapult for hosting. Reading photos: @kevinmkearney.bsky.social, @stutz-writes.bsky.social, @adamvoith.bsky.social

Absolutely honored to read "Bill Murray Encounters Bigfoot" alongside @stutz-writes.bsky.social, @adamvoith.bsky.social, @adamvoith.bsky.social's yellow phone, @shelbyhinte.bsky.social, and @kylerseibel.bsky.social this weekend--such an iconic reading! Thanks to @adamdeutsch.com for the rad photos.

Honored to be reading on March 22 alongside a crew of stunningly-good-looking writers at SMALL PRESS NITE: @kylerseibel.bsky.social, Shelby hinte, @adamvoith.bsky.social, & @stutz-writes.bsky.social. Thanks to @kevinmkearney.bsky.social for organizing/hosting (he is also stunningly-good-looking)!

As I sat in an East Hollywood bar with a dear friend of mine, she relayed to me how writing advice to keep her work succinct and direct has made all the difference in keeping her writing honest.

“‘You know what?’ is not the best conversation starter” - Nico Vassilakis

That Super Bowl was a gift for black artists. Kendrick showed us a way forward in this time of facism. Coded language. Storytelling. Aggressive humor and joy. Elevated artistry in the place of mere entertainment. Not obeying in advance. Saying the thing that respectability doesn’t want us say.

Feb 12 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915–1973) Before Elvis. Before Chuck Berry. A queer Black woman invented rock & roll. Sister Rosetta Tharpe shredded the electric guitar and changed music forever. Give her credit. #BlackWomenRock #BHM

I’m honored to open for @kylerseibel.bsky.social, Shelby hinte, @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social, and @adamvoith.bsky.social at Small Press Nite at Book Catapult in San Diego. Thank you to @kevinmkearney.bsky.social for organizing the event!

I would happily let Denmark purchase California.

I have three small poems that I was fortunate enough to have published in the Sonora Review. Thank you to Dillon Clark and Nellie Papsdorf for taking these pieces and giving them a home. Link to the work is in my bio. ❤️

I shared this to my IG profile earlier today, but I thought it worthwhile to share it here as well, if anything to at least provide an opportunity for sharing some vulnerability.

In the flesh! Proofs of Nathaniel Mackey’s chapbook BY BENT LIGHT have arrived. Forthcoming from The Bodily Press fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/the-bodily-p...

Check out my interview with Michael Sikkema from a few weeks back. You can find our interview here: periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2024/10/mich... or by heading to the link in my bio.

My pup. 😍

Dog nephew. He’s pretty damn cute.

Shameless plug for my two latest books from White Stag Publishing: The Sham Tapestry and Compunctions + Thefts. Check them out at whitestagpublishing.com/poetry-books...

Follows the herd. Questions the herding. Herd is the word. Herd weird words.