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FEST: Working with Source Texts
Published on 2012-05-19 09:08:42
Every writer has their own unique composition process. Some work exclusively in print, others on a computer and many, an amalgamation of both. Usually, I work entirely on a computer. My process for writing papers in college and grad school was always to read through the source texts, type up (or copy from an online [...] > read more
FEST – A David Foster Wallace Poetry Project
Published on 2012-05-12 20:58:33
As a un-coupled, childless, late twenty-something who’s not from the area and whose hobbies lie largely outside of what a lot of people find interesting and fun, I’m pretty used to feeling pretty different from others pretty much all the time. Sometimes these moments ping clearer than others. Two weekends ago, I had finally landed [...] > read more
From the Left and the Right
Published on 2012-03-24 10:56:58
If it weren’t for throwing conniption fits, we wouldn’t get any exercise at all: The insensitivity of Nike shoes. The Fighting Sioux. Kirk Cameron. Ashton Kutcher. Gilbert Gottfried. Cee Lo Green. The Super Bowl halftime show. An apology doesn’t make any difference; the terrible damage can never be undone, I have a better idea. Let’s [...] > read more
27 in Review (YIR): The Personal
Published on 2012-02-12 09:23:38
I turn 28 this week, giving me cause to take pause and and reflect on the past year. I started the year by ending a one-year relationship with a good man. In the movie version of my life, this is a montage that would be accompanied by swelling music and serious expressions. Meeting in Manhattan. [...] > read more
All the Single Ladies
Published on 2011-06-10 20:35:25
1) I have recently come to realize my love for Edward Hopper paintings. 2) I have recently come to realize that my life is an Edward Hopper painting. > read more
Two New Poems
Published on 2011-06-02 06:04:20
Two new poems appear on the 3by3by3 site: “The Memory Suicide.” “Released from Norms.” > read more
Hypothesis of the Primeval Atom
Published on 2011-05-24 21:25:57
Everything must have been much closer in the past before the universe’s first minutes, rapidly expanding and cooling. The fabric of time and space comes into existence at a point and expands forward in time, attracting nearby dark matter. The oscil > read more
Beyond Fabulous
Published on 2011-05-18 18:52:21
Confession: I am not a TV watcher. I follow fewer shows than I have fingers and it’s the rare show that I actually look forward to watching enough to tune in on the night it airs. The Fabulous Beekman Boys, which airs on Planet Green and availa > read more
Twittering
Published on 2011-05-14 10:55:28
Lines and words donated from the writers at Big Tent Poetry Like birds on a wire, we feel compelled to talk: rejection and compassion like temperamental silk, soaring scarves of clouds. We down ourselves just to be polite. Your warehouse of anxiety > read more
New Poem: “Shaken and Grand”
Published on 2011-05-12 18:37:47
I have a new poem over at 3by3by3 — go check it out. > read more
Found Poetry – Full House
Published on 2011-04-30 20:57:14
Culled from the Twitter feeds of @DaveCoulier @JohnStamos and @bobsaget: Dave Coulier Today is one of those days where I’m just allowing myself to be bored. Lately, I’ve been feeling very tired; it’s raining so hard here in L.A. I wish there > read more
The End Times Do Come
Published on 2011-04-02 08:48:15
Found poem based on The Found Poetry Review (@foundpoetryrev) daily prompt for National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo): Who's your favorite celebrity? Write a found poem based on their Twitter stream. I picked Colin Meloy (@colinmeloy) The > read more
A New Niche
Published on 2011-02-06 10:05:52
photo © Gilles Chiroleu — click the photo to visit his Flickr site This weekend, I’m working on an essay for a local writing contest. The topic is epiphanies, with the easy-enough prompt of: Have you experienced a moment of epiphany, as > read more
A New Niche
Published on 2011-02-06 10:05:52
photo © Gilles Chiroleu — click the photo to visit his Flickr site This weekend, I’m working on an essay for a local writing contest. The topic is epiphanies, with the easy-enough prompt of: Have you experienced a moment of epiphany, as > read more
Ditties for the Weekend
Published on 2011-02-05 08:22:13
What are you listening to? > read more
Ditties for the Weekend
Published on 2011-02-05 08:22:13
What are you listening to? > read more
Gimme Five
Published on 2011-01-30 11:33:34
I have a love-hate relationship with the Internet. On the upside, there’s so many things to look at and learn about. On the downside, there’s so many things to look at and learn about. It’s been said that I’m the supreme Googl > read more
Gimme Five
Published on 2011-01-30 11:33:34
I have a love-hate relationship with the Internet. On the upside, there’s so many things to look at and learn about. On the downside, there’s so many things to look at and learn about. It’s been said that I’m the supreme Googl > read more
Golden Globes Predictions (Films)
Published on 2011-01-16 15:46:33
In the past year and a half, Bethesda Row Cinema and a Netflix subscription have turned me from a passive movie watcher to an avid film fan. I’ve also become a fairly discerning critic — not always in line with what the public or other cr > read more
Golden Globes Predictions (Films)
Published on 2011-01-16 15:46:33
In the past year and a half, Bethesda Row Cinema and a Netflix subscription have turned me from a passive movie watcher to an avid film fan. I’ve also become a fairly discerning critic — not always in line with what the public or other cr > read more
Between Us Now
Published on 2011-01-11 05:00:08
A Thomas Hardy poem in recognition of the 83rd anniversary of his death. Between us now and here– Two thrown together Who are not wont to wear Life’s flushest feather– Who see the scenes slide past, The daytimes dimming fast, Let th > read more
Between Us Now
Published on 2011-01-11 05:00:08
A Thomas Hardy poem in recognition of the 83rd anniversary of his death. Between us now and here– Two thrown together Who are not wont to wear Life’s flushest feather– Who see the scenes slide past, The daytimes dimming fast, Let th > read more
Instant Karma’s Gonna Get You
Published on 2011-01-09 16:05:34
Today, I volunteered as part of an organized group at DC Central Kitchen (DCCK), an organization that turns leftover food into millions of meals for thousands of at-risk individuals while offering culinary job training to once homeless and hungry adu > read more
Instant Karma’s Gonna Get You
Published on 2011-01-09 16:05:34
Today, I volunteered as part of an organized group at DC Central Kitchen (DCCK), an organization that turns leftover food into millions of meals for thousands of at-risk individuals while offering culinary job training to once homeless and hungry adu > read more
Weekend Update
Published on 2011-01-08 10:21:41
That is to say, an update written on the weekend, not about the weekend. I’m not a terrible fan of the bulleted list- type updates. It seems lazy and perfunctory, like one can’t be bothered to string together her ideas in a narrative post > read more
Weekend Update
Published on 2011-01-08 10:21:41
That is to say, an update written on the weekend, not about the weekend. I’m not a terrible fan of the bulleted list- type updates. It seems lazy and perfunctory, like one can’t be bothered to string together her ideas in a narrative post > read more
La Bataille Redouble de Violence (a Cento)
Published on 2011-01-04 22:38:06
If it redoubles de violence much longer who will be left? The sky is lit up with flashes and star shells and a big bang shakes the house above the almost continuous thudding and the barking of the machine-guns. My compound fractured femur man told me > read more
La Bataille Redouble de Violence (a Cento)
Published on 2011-01-04 22:38:06
If it redoubles de violence much longer who will be left? The sky is lit up with flashes and star shells and a big bang shakes the house above the almost continuous thudding and the barking of the machine-guns. My compound fractured femur man told me > read more
Chicken, Asiago and Pear Tart
Published on 2011-01-02 16:35:32
As pledged in my New Year’s Resolutions post, I am going to make a few recipes each month with the hopes of eventually gathering a somewhat respectable repertoire of dishes I can make for myself and for other people. I decided to start easy, at > read more
Chicken, Asiago and Pear Tart
Published on 2011-01-02 16:35:32
As pledged in my New Year’s Resolutions post, I am going to make a few recipes each month with the hopes of eventually gathering a somewhat respectable repertoire of dishes I can make for myself and for other people. I decided to start easy, at > read more
Closed on New Year’s Day
Published on 2011-01-01 10:44:01
Photo © bluecinderella on Flickr. Click image to visit her site. The city boards up its buildings giving pause to the carpe diems that depend on the open doors and granting a temporary stay of execution on good intentions impossible to achieve at ho > read more
Closed on New Year’s Day
Published on 2011-01-01 10:44:01
Photo © bluecinderella on Flickr. Click image to visit her site. The city boards up its buildings giving pause to the carpe diems that depend on the open doors and granting a temporary stay of execution on good intentions impossible to achieve at ho > read more
Up and to the Right
Published on 2010-12-30 22:16:57
It’s New Year’s resolution time. Now, I’m not normally one for New Year’s resolutions. In fact, I can’t ever remember actively making a resolution on my own accord, though in years past I have begrudgingly mumbled someth > read more
Burning the Old Year
Published on 2010-12-29 17:55:15
by Naomi Shihab Nye Letters swallow themselves in seconds. Notes friends tied to the doorknob, transparent scarlet paper, sizzle like moth wings, marry the air. So much of any year is flammable, lists of vegetables, partial poems. Orange swirling fla > read more