Emerson

Anyone know of a good biography on Emerson?

Friday Night

If you're in or around NYC tomorrow, come hear me read from my chapbook, Otherhow. I'll be in excellent company--also reading will be Keith Newton, Chris Tonelli & Dustin Williamson.

Where & When: Friday, June 1st, 8 PM * Jimmy's No. 43 Stage* 43 East 7th Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues * East Village

Cool Hand Lucas's First Trip to the Beach

My godson, Lucas, and me chillin at the beach.

Lucas, Miriam, and the Barnegate lighthouse.

Adam ("The Rockford Files") Chiles and Mark.

Lucas testin out the sand.

Best family / rock band photo ever.

New Moon

In case you haven't heard, Elliott Smith's new album, New Moon, is incredible. These are no mere B-sides. These are two discs of fully realized material. Better than From a Basement on the Hill, but perhaps not quite as good as Either / Or. "Angels in the Snow," "Talking to Mary," and "Almost Over" are by themselves worth the price of admission. If you've been thinkin of pickin up the new Wilco, hold off. Pick this up instead.

Upcoming Reading

Back in Jersey and looking forward to a whole lot of beach time AND to my first East Coast reading, compliments of Justin Marks and Matt Henricksen. If you're in the area, I'll be reading in NYC on June 1. The details:

Keith Newton, Morgan Lucas Schuldt, Chris Tonelli & Dustin Williamson * Friday, June 1st, 8 PM * Jimmy's No. 43 Stage* 43 East 7th Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues * East Village

Free At Last, Great God Almighty, Free At Last

No, not from the bigot Jerry Falwell, but from my MA studies. I took the oral exam on Monday, passed, and now I'm free to attack an entirely different stack of books, including Brad Gooch's biography of Frank O'Hara, City Poet, a book by Paul Fussell about which I've heard nothing but raves, The Great War and Modern Memory, and another book The Metaphysics Club by Louis Menand. There's also a collection of essays on Charles Wright, High Lonesome, I've been meaning to get back to, as well as Peter Gizzi's new book of poems, and another by Andrew Joron. I'm also hitting up again Jack Gilbert--Views of Jeopardy and Monolithos. I've also got three new poems started, and the new issue of CUE, guest edited by Jason Zuzga, should be out in a matter of weeks. I leave for Jersey in less than a week for a little beach action, a little city time. Definetly looking forward to it.

The Written MA

Rocked it!

Two Years In a Row

Congratulations to G.C. Waldrep whose poem "Diacritical Remarks" was selected for inclusion in the 2008 Pushcart Prize anthology. This makes CUE 2-for-2 in only two years of submissions to the prize, an incredible honor for our little magazine. Waldrep's poem can be found in the Winter 2006 issue of CUE. If you haven't subscribed yet, now's the time. And if you are subscribed, now's the time to renew!

MA Exam

A week from today I'll be taking the written component to my MA exam. Let it be over!

Reading in Brooklyn

Thanks to Justin Marks and Kitchen Press I'll be reading from Otherhow over at Matt Henricksen's Burning Chair Readings.

Cutbank

New poem accepted over at Cutbank