...and in October of 2002 when I wrote it, I can assure you that this man did not exist (erehem, in this form). So why is this not-so-great snippet worth a mention? Well, from at least 1998-2000 (the MFA years) I was mostly strictly and defiantly autobiographical in my writing. My thesis advisor (bless the [...]
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Monthly Meter: August
fellowship/publication submissions: 8 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 3 books: The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man - James Weldon Johnson *Coming Home - Stacy Hawkins Adams Jonestown: A Vexation - Carmen Gillepsie The Onliest One Alive - Catherine (Hyacinth) Thrash as told to Marian K. Towne *Kindred - Octavia Butler Secret Shame: 1. Popcorn for [...]
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Marrow (A Sort of Update)
56 poems into my manuscript and I'm back to Day One. On Day One, I was enrolled in the workshop where the project was born. A. Van Jordan, our instructor, had us select a historic event and try writing about it. Often, okay it is the case for me and I can only speak for [...]
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On the Selling of Souls, or Eff the Man
When I was a kid I loved to hear my dad tell stories. First of all, he's a consummate storyteller--animations and all--and secondly he's a man with many stories thanks to his life experiences. One of my favorites was when he would talk of people who were rumored to have "sold their souls to the [...]
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Monthly Meter: July
fellowship/publication submissions: 0 Momentum is a terrible thing to waste. fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 "Sometimes this happens. It means nothing. So pull the shadows around you like a puff and get back to work. More opportunities scramble forth, trailing their long elegant heels of hot air with alice blue eyes, crinkled as if at the most [...]
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Monthly Meter: May 2012
fellowship/publication submissions: 7 fellowship/publication acceptances: 0 fellowship/publication rejections: 1 books: 0 Secret Shame: See "books" above. Mantra of the Moment: Action reveals priorities. --Mahatma Ghandi
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Yeah, I Said It
For real: I did. And some folks thought it was worth printing. I hope you think it's worth reading; check it out here: ITCH, a literary magazine out of South Africa, published two poems in its ≠ issue. "Algebra" and "How Today Will Look When It's History 14 September 1977" are from my manuscript Marrow [...]
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Monthly Meter: March 2012
fellowship/publication submissions: 4 fellowship/publication acceptances:0 fellowship/publication rejections: 1 books: me and Nina Monica A. Hand Secret Shame: I really might, well probably would, for a Klondike bar. Ice cream is definitely one of my weaknesses. Mantra of the Moment: "Even those who appear fearless are afraid and just live fully anyway." (Antoinette Brim in an [...]
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Monthly Meter: February 2012
fellowship/publication submissions: 10 fellowship/publication acceptances: 1 fellowship/publication rejections: 1 books: 3 Teeth Aracelis Girmay Blood Dazzler Patricia Smith Like Trees, Walking Ravi Howard Secret Shame: Running nightmares. Seriously. I have them. Why can't I be faster with killer abs? Because I like white chocolate chips, ice cream, and sleep--the latter of which I cannot seem [...]
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Monthly Meter: January 2012
It's ba-yack! The Monthly Meter returns this year. It might be better named my accountability log; my Dar-get-on-the-stick statistics. Because that's really what all these numbers and records are about. Follow me on the journey. Or walk beside me. Well, run with me--I'm picking up the pace! Come back every month to see how goes [...]
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