The 60-Minute Digital Creation & Reflection Challenge: Rethinking Text through Speed and Media
As the semester drew to a close in my Digital Textuality course, I invited students to participate in a creative experiment that asked them to produce original digital work under … Continue reading
Haiku Fun, Part 2
After the warm response to my first collection of haikus, I’m excited to share a second set that continues to explore moments of stillness, surprise, and quiet reflection. These short … Continue reading
New Work: Smudge (2025)
I’m excited to share my latest series, Smudge—a body of work born from a deep reflection on the fragility and resilience of human connection. In a world that often feels … Continue reading
The Artworks I Think About: Edward Wadsworth’s Vorticist Study (1914)
This is the start of a new series of blog posts where I explore artworks that have stayed with me over time. These pieces, whether encountered in person, through textbooks, … Continue reading
Dan Waber’s Strings: A Pioneering Work of Digital Poetry
While preparing for my digital textuality lectures this semester, I stumbled across a series of video recordings from 2010–2012—artifacts of an earlier era of electronic literature. Many of the works … Continue reading
Haiku Fun
Haiku is a timeless form of poetry that captures fleeting moments with precision and simplicity. Originating in Japan, haiku traditionally follows a 5-7-5 syllable structure and often reflects nature, the … Continue reading
The American Civil War and December: How Literature Captured the War’s End and Christmas
The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a pivotal moment in U.S. history, a conflict that altered the nation’s landscape, both geographically and socially. The war left deep scars on the … Continue reading
An Introduction to Polish Poetry
Polish poetry holds a unique and powerful place in the global literary canon. Rooted in a history marked by upheaval, resilience, and an enduring search for identity, Polish poets have … Continue reading
Celebrating the Anniversary of When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne
On this day, we celebrate the anniversary of When We Were Very Young, the charming collection of poetry for children by A.A. Milne, first published in 1924. Though primarily remembered … Continue reading
Dodge’s Literary Museum
Welcome back to Book by Book! In Series Two, we dive into my teaching collection—a curated glimpse into my personal library of historical treasures. Discover rare books, vintage newspapers, and … Continue reading
“Little Pieces for Little Speakers”: A Schoolbook for Recitation
Here is the next installment in my Book by Book: The Teaching Collection Series. This week’s installment looks at Little Pieces for Little Speakers: A Collection of Poetry Designed to … Continue reading
“This is the Sort of Book We Like”: An AI Reading
As I have already begun to publish videos from Series Two of the Book by Book project, it is time to close Series One. In all, there are eight videos … Continue reading
“This is not a Small Love”: Projector Poetry Strikes Again
Here’s the next set in my Projector Poetry series. For this grouping, I tried to offer something new. I selected three random months’ Tweets–an online randomizer selected the year 2020–and … Continue reading
Projector Poetry: Poetic Experiments
I am always drawn to fusions of technology and literature that recognize the poetics of the everyday and that bring verse to life in a modern context. And I am … Continue reading
Projector Reboot: Casting New Light on Book History
After a four-year hiatus, I am thrilled to return to the world of blogging, bringing with me a wealth of new experiences and insights from my tenure as the Director … Continue reading
Bob Brown Bubbles
As I begin to consider the next phrase of Roving Eye Press, I have been researching more of Bob Brown‘s poetry, including a lot of poems not included in some … Continue reading
Lest We Forget! A Poem
LEST WE FORGET! The World is Round and Very Wet! By Bob Brown Pilsener beer from a tall frosted glass at Luchow’s … Continue reading
Call for Publications: Textshop Experiments, Spring/Summer 2019
This January, I posted a new Call for Papers for the next issue of Textshop Experiments. This will be an open double-issue with a rolling submission deadline. My goal here … Continue reading
Three Poems by Olga Cabral
Electronic Tape Found in a Bottle If this small human testament completes its odyssey clears the curtains of fiery meteors crosses the rages of magnetic storms rides free of hydrogen … Continue reading
Spotlight: Olga Cabral
As fate would have it, as I take a brief hiatus from working on the next project with Roving Eye Press, last week, while shuffling through an old used book … Continue reading
Empire State by Olga Cabral
Empire State I am a prisoner of bones of keyrings habits teeth and hair I am a tenant of torn skies I am a runner in the air of escalators … Continue reading
The Schoolmaster, Translated
Last week, I noted that I would return to completing my translation of selected poems by Marcel Lecomte. To slowly return to this project and to offer another preview of … Continue reading
365
A few days ago, on New Year’s Eve, I completed my #365DayChallenge of posting one image a day on Instagram. So, for now, I’m taking a little break from social … Continue reading
An Exercise in Creative-Critical Thinking
The Paltry Nude Starts on a Spring Voyage Wallace Stevens (1919) But not on a shell, she starts, Archaic, for the sea. But on the first-found weed She scuds the … Continue reading
Bob Brown’s Houdini
I’m happy to announce the publication of the latest title from Roving Eye Press: Houdini. The title is number 5 for Bob Brown’s revamped mobile small press. Originally published in … Continue reading
Beyond Criticism 2017
One of my latest projects this year has been the book series Beyond Criticism published by Bloomsbury. It’s been a busy year here with six books already published and many … Continue reading
Winter 2017-18 at Calypso
My Mother, Resurrected Fabián Casas, Trans. Adriana Scopino Poetry · English · Translation · Bilingual · Spanish 2017 $15.00 Acclaim for My Mother, Resurrected This remarkable translation of Fabián Casas’ poems by Adriana Scopino takes … Continue reading
Francis Hopkinson’s Ode to the Fourth of July 1788
This summer, I was awarded a fellowship and small stipend to continue my work on American printing history. The goal was two engage in a reenactment or historical performance / … Continue reading
Reading as Art: A Micro-Review
Reading as Art Simon Morris, editor. York: Information as Material, 2016. http://www.informationasmaterial.org/portfolio/reading-as-art/ In my own ongoing research investigations of reading publishing as arts practice, I came across this title last … Continue reading
Summer Work 2017 — The Road Ahead
Well, another semester has finally come to an end, which typically means a new transition–a new type of busy season–is about to begin. I can’t believe I haven’t formally posted … Continue reading
Blue Structure — Calypso Editions’ Latest Title
Blue Structure by Jan Freeman 68 pages $15.00/Book Calypso Editions Acclaim for Blue Structure “In this strangely beautiful and long-awaited collection, Jan Freeman again brings her rich, lyric gift to bear on … Continue reading
Shopping in Tuscany
To celebrate the last month of summer holidays, I’d like to share my poem “Shopping in Tuscany” and the story behind it. Like a lot of my poems that appear … Continue reading
New Chapbook Making Faces
I am happy to announce the release of my new poetry chapbook, Making Faces. The book is now available via Amazon: http://amzn.to/1UwLwDp. Thanks to everyone who has supported this work. … Continue reading
New Poetry at Coldnoon & Sour Grapes
I have a new set of poems recently published at Coldnoon Travel Poetics: The International Journal of Travel Writing and a poem in the regional journal Sour Grapes (finally, a journal … Continue reading
New Bob Brown Bio & Roving Eye Press Book Review
This month, Roving Eye Press celebrates the first biography of Robert Carlton “Bob” Brown, written by Craig Saper and published by Fordham University Press and Empire State Editions. Contemporary publishing, … Continue reading
New Poem in the Tule Review
I just received the latest issue of The Tule Review, published by the Sacrament Poetry Center, which includes my poem, “Venus and Mars, the Leviathan.”
Just published…New Poems and an Essay
Just published… My poem “Hands Off” @ Arsenic Lobster Poetry Journal. Translations of Marcel Lecomte‘s “Interior” and “Forest” @ PING-PONG. A flash-fiction/creative essay hybrid on blues musician Peppermint Harris, “A … Continue reading
Switching to Summer Gears… and Marcel Lecomte’s “Carnival”
As I switch gears this summer to complete chapters on my dissertation, I predict that I won’t add many posts to this blog throughout the summer. I have nearly completed … Continue reading
Flanders Fields
Today marks the 100th anniversary of John McCrae’s war poem “In Flanders Fields.” McCrae, a Canadian writer, artist and soldier/surgeon in the Great War, was inspired to write the poem … Continue reading
Bob Brown’s 1450-1950
Brown invents a type of slapstick poetic burlesque. Calling it visual poetry is too staid and decorous; call it scratch & scrawl. ~Craig Saper I am happy to announce that … Continue reading
Toad Suck #5: With New Translations of Marcel Lecomte
This week, I received copies of the latest issue of the Toad Suck Review, which published a number of my translations of Marcel Lecomte‘s poetry. Among the laundry list of … Continue reading
Calypso Editions
Just after New Year, I was invited to join Calypso Editions, an artist-run, small press dedicated to publishing quality literary books of poetry and fiction with a global perspective. More … Continue reading
For the Crows: The Remix
I am fan of the work of Punctum Books and the journal postmedieval and, to some extent, those theorists investigating Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO). I am especially interested in the ways … Continue reading
For the Crows: The Broadside
In November, I began talks with the folks at Hot Air Press to reprint a limited edition broadside of the Francis Hopkinson poem “Ode” for a July 2015 release. The … Continue reading
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