MCPL Celebrity Judge

If you live in Montgomery County, PA, consider submitting to the MCPL Poet Laureate Competition. I'm honored to be this year's Celebrity Judge.

"Sleep Song" Featured on Verse Daily

http://www.versedaily.org/2012/aboutethelrackin.shtml

Big Tree Feature Edited by Thomas Devaney

http://www.bigbridge.org/BB16/features/tree/treeindex.htm

Featured on Apiary:
http://apiarymagazine.com/a-collection-of-tree-poems-to-celebrate-the-15th-anniversary-of-big-bridge/

My poems in the feature:
http://www.bigbridge.org/BB16/features/tree/treeerackin.htm

"Ode to a Lamp" on Zocalo Public Square

Here's one of my odes on Zocalo Public Square. Many thanks to poet and editor, Stephanie Brown, for featuring it!

New Poem in Evergreen Review

Honored to be included in the current issue of Evergreen Review. This is the final issue edited by founder and editor Barney Rosset.

New Poems in Colorado Review

I am happy to be included in the current issue of Colorado Review! You can buy the journal here.

Reading with Poet James Richardson Wordsmiths Reading Series

   Friday, February 17, 2012

   7:30pm until 9:00pm

The Orangery @ Bucks County Community College

James Richardson is the author of six books of poetry and two books of criticism, including, most recently, By the Numbers: Poems and Aphorisms, which was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award. Recipient of the 2011 Jackson Poetry Prize, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Robert H. Winner, Cecil Hemley and Emily Dickinson Awards of the Poetry Society of America, Richardson has recent poems and aphorisms in Slate, The New Yorker, Paris Review, Poetry Daily, and The Best American Poetry, among other anthologies. He is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Princeton University.

All readings are free and open to the public and sponsored by the college Cultural Affairs Committee and Department of Language and Literature.

For the complete Spring 2012 schedule, visit: www.bucks.edu/news/culture/wordsmiths/

Contact:
Chris Bursk
burskc@bucks.edu

Dave Venditto
venditto@bucks.edu