I was a finalist for Provincetown! Sure, you might say, finalist means a pat on the back and a punch in the boobs, but I’ll take it. Then I went to the pool and swam 20 laps and read Philip Larkin during that blissfully exhausted post-swim state, which makes me pretty sure I am winning [...]

Fuck, man. From what I hear it’s bad everywhere. In every way, and for everybody. Even in Austin, the shittiest recession town of all thanks to all the new raw foodist juice bars that keep opening their doors. Maybe it took a little longer for the badness to hit here thanks to all the disposable [...]

2010 AT IT AGAIN
2010 ON THE MEND
2010 BOGS & FENS
2010 FREY COMMA GLENN
2010 WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN
2010 NOW IS THEN
2010 PITCHBEND
2010 HATCHET MEN
2010 BEST FRIEND
2010 THE WAY IS WEND
2010 PROMOTIONAL PEN
2010 LITTLE BROWN HEN
2010 SEASONAL COFFEE BLEND
I invite you at your leisure to contemplate how tedious this will become once we get into the teens. [...]

“Since ancient times people have wondered about what was smart and what was stupid. In that regard I remember this incident: When my aunt gave me a writing desk as a gift, I said to myself: ‘Well now I’ll sit down at this desk and the first thought I come up with at this desk [...]

First, read this New York Times profile of Brooklyn’s new Poet Laureate.
Now, read the following, my profile of Hyde Park’s new Poet Laureate:
A Poet Who Doesn’t Do Yoga: S.E. Smith, Poet Laureate of Hyde Park
After S.E. Smith puts her battered espresso pot on the stove, she pads nearly barefoot, still wearing last night’s tights, about [...]

I can’t tell which branch of old world Europe messed up cabbage for most people, but whoever it was you can be sure it was the ones who just boiled it as if that would do the trick. I’m sorry on behalf of cabbage for its PR problems because there are a lot of good [...]

Ready? OKAY. Watching episode one of RuPaul’s Drag Race is like getting to see what happens in my freaking mind while I sleep. Everything is there: vaseline-hazy drag model celeb injunctions to drink Swedish vodka, 90s deep house transition music, super contoured three-color eye makeup, people saying things like “I have a lot of really [...]

Karaoke parlors, I am speaking to you now.
This is a wish-list of personal karaoke jams that only fail as karaoke jams in that they are often not listed in your binders. Unfortunately, for me anyway, these are the same songs that most cohere with my vocal range and disposition. As a result, I am [...]

Meet the new lion, same as the old lion.
Lately I want to increase the amount of pickled eggs in my life, especially red pickled eggs with beets. Why is Texas deficient in having big jars of beet pickled eggs in bars or grocery stores, I want to know. Or is it? Maybe I go to [...]

“You must pay no attention to Mrs. Abbey’s unfeeling and ignorant gabble. You can’t stop an old woman’s crying more than you can a Child’s. The old woman is the greatest nuisance because she is too old for the rod. Many people live opposite a Blacksmith’s till they cannot hear the hammer. I have been [...]