Super excited to present my translations of three poems by the esteemed Italian writer Orazio Labbate in Literary Matters.

I'll past one poem below, and the rest are here: literarymatters.org/issue-16-2/
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Mary Oliver -- one of my fav poets -- is trending!

Check this one out:

“Going to the cinema is like returning to the womb; you sit there, still and meditative in the darkness, waiting for life to appear on the screen.”

--- Federico Fellini

I'll be in Halifax NS next week!

If you're in Canada and you'd like a copy of my essay book, The Elephant of Silence, I can send you one ($20 CAD + postage $6?).

Let me know by DM.

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Book sighting in Hong Kong!!

The Elephant of Silence has climbed to the #1 spot for the new releases of Poetry Literary Criticism!!

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City.

An awesome museum!

AWP DAY 2

Signing now at #AWP24 : John Wall Barger and Ed Falco! Come find us at booth 1745!

Our fabulous book signing schedule for today features Ed Falco, John Wall Barger, Ryan Wilson, Sally Van Doren, and Alice Friman! Join us at booth 1745!

At Boston Logan heading to AWP wooooooo

Official publication day of The Elephant of Silence 🥳

Who's coming to AWP in Kansas City?!

I have a couple of events but for now will just mention how excited I am to be reading with 32poems (one of my favorite literary magazines ever) at an offsite reading on the first night.

If you're around, come say hi!!

The first wave of responses to The Elephant of Silence has been extremely positive! It's fun to have conversations with new people about these aesthetic ideas.

If anyone out there is interested in reviewing this book, just let me know and I can get LSU Press to send you a copy.

Please join us now on our Facebook page for a live event featuring John Wall Barger! He will be discussing and answering questions about his new LSU Press book, 'The Elephant of Silence: Essays on Poetics and Cinema.” fb.watch/pDWZtIks4U/

Celebrating the virtual book launch of The Elephant of Silence (essays on poetics and film) with my LSU Press pressmate John Wall Barger TODAY at 2p, CST! facebook.com/events/2055022…