A few tips from Jane McCafferty from her interview w/ Emily Mohn-Slate: "1. Give whatever sentences you do have...2. Hand copy a poem or paragraph of a writer you love, then extend the poem or paragraph for at least five lines...3. Go for a singing walk." open.substack.com/pub/emilymohns…

Louise Glück, Nobel-Winning Poet Who Explored Trauma and Loss, Dies at 80 nytimes.com/2023/10/13/boo…

I shot this in June at Lincoln Center. I had no idea how they would put it all together. I had no idea that watching it would make me cry and cry and wish my mother and grandmother were alive to see it. Thank you, @mobrowne and PBS News! pbs.org/newshour/brief…

Very happy to be included in the next Free Association Reading, along with Clint Benjamin, Jason Irwin and Bergita Bugarija. Sun. 11/12 3:30 p.m., Pgh City of Asylum (free but tix required, streaming also available). pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/fre… via Pittsburgh City Paper

🤣Sellout Poet Made Over $150 In 2023 Alone theonion.com/sellout-poet-m… via @theonion

Looking forward to reading at the next OddMonth (which has been pushed into an even month due to Thxgiving), along with Tabassam Shah and Jason Irwin. Come on out! Sat. 12/2, 7 p.m. to Bantha Tea Bar, Pittsburgh. facebook.com/events/1003645…

""[T]he evidence that teaching evaluations reflect racial and gender bias on the part of students dates back over 40 years. Even more damning, “good” student evaluations may be negatively correlated with academic achievement." chronicle.com/newsletter/the…

Listen to Jason Irwin's poem, "Monster," on @wpsu's Poetry Moment with Marjorie Maddox. "Sometimes I imagined he was a warden / locking the doors. Sometimes he was the doctors, / with their tiny knives and mouse-black eyes..." radio.wpsu.org/2023-12-05/poe…

Fred Shaw: A tribute to Pittsburgh’s Jeff Oaks, a sensitive poet too young to leave post-gazette.com/opinion/insigh… via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A beautiful tribute to Jeff Oaks. Thanks Fred and all who contributed remembrances. Too young to leave...and he will be dearly missed...

Check out these changes to the long-running Hemingway's Reading Series. I'm pretty excited to hear (and read) some poetry at Hop Farm Brewing Co. #Pittsburgh littsburgh.com/hemingways-sum…

Insightful article by one of my favorite banjoists Rhiannon Giddens. "Tradition is shaped according to the inner logic of specific communities through long processes of creative engagement.... Genre, on the other hand, is a product of capitalism" theguardian.com/music/2024/feb…

Happy pub day to Sheila Carter-Jones whose collection EVERY HARD SWEETNESS releases today from BOA! Help us celebrate our second book of the season and get your copy from BOA's online bookstore today!

The NLRB has authorized its Region 06 Pittsburgh office to seek an injunction in the 18-month-long news workers strike. Our Bob Batz Jr. and Steve Mellon chronicle how some strikers heard the news: unionprogress.com/2024/04/19/its…

Nice write-up on Pittsburgh's own Autumn House Press w/ Christine Stroud & Mike Good, and their annual fundraiser Autumn in Spring. nextpittsburgh.com/arts-entertain…

Seats available but going fast for Lit Youngstown's Fall Lit Fest in Northeast Ohio! 👏 Supportive Community when Writing about Difficult Topics w/ Jen Ashburn Valerie Bacharach, Daniela Buccilli, Elisabeth Crago & Laurel Szymkowiak #writingcommunity lityoungstown.org/post/registrat…

Very sorry to hear that John Burnside has died. theguardian.com/books/article/…

Been AWOL from the Twitterverse for a while 'cause, well, you know... just not the same. But had to jump back on to share this nice write-up of the Madwomen in the Attic. pghcitypaper.com/arts-entertain…

Pitt Press is celebrating the life and work of Ed Ochester next weekend, Sept. 12 - 13, through a full series of events. utimes.pitt.edu/news/celebrati…