Well hi there. How are you?
I know I’ve been quiet here, but I promise I’ve been busy elsewhere. I’ve given virtual readings for Moon City Press/ Missouri State University, Poetrio at Malaprops Bookstore in Asheville NC, and TGI Reading Series, all of which were a blast. If you missed them, just click the links to watch the videos! Hurray for technology that makes such things possible!
I’m hard at work on my next book RIGHT NOW (well not RIGHT now, because I’m writing this, but you know.) and I’m reading a lot. Have you read Stone-Garland? It’s an anthology of Greek lyric poems translated by Dan Beachy-Quick, and it’s my latest favorite book. Read these lines from one of his translations of Simonides, and tell me you don’t want to read the whole thing:
of sky of sea
some black-turning-black force
void desolate of mortals and also
the goat-shanked gods divine
I also have new poems forthcoming in Moon City Review, which is available for pre-order now. You should check out the cover; it looks so cool!
Until next time, which will be sooner that last time– KG