Video of my Flywheel Brewing reading in Elizabethtown, KY

On Sunday 6 October 2024, I had the pleasure of reading for A.S. Coomer's monthly poetry series at Flywheel Brewing in Elizabethtown, Kentucky and he was kind enough to record my set.

I began and ended with older "classics" and sandwiched newer work between them.

John Cage Engaged and Uncaged
Solar Assignation
Faithwalking
Critical Condition
Cause and Effect
Cause of Death
Lens

October 2, 3 and 6: Readings in Lexington and Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Next week, after Maryland, I look forward to heading to Kentucky for these three fab events.

 

10/2: Poetry at the /'tā-bəl/ at Kenwick Table in Lexington with co-feature Matt Hart.

 

10/3: Teen Howl 2.0 at Third Street Stuff & Coffee in Lexington with Howler of the Month Ryker Chadwick.

 

10/6: A Live Reading from Recent US National Beat Poet Laureate John Burroughs + POETRY Open Mic at Flywheel Brewing in Elizabethtown.

 

 

Other New Books I've Picked Up in Early January 2021 (and a review)

Memorabilia by A.S. Coomer [2019, 11:11 Press]

Orange Alert: essays on poetry, art, and the architecture of silence by Kazim Ali [2010, University of Michigan Press]

The Invisible Waterhole by Joe Kidd [2020, JKSB Media]

The Prettiest Girl at the Dance by John Dorsey [2020, Blue Horse Press]

The Far Mosque by Kazim Ali [2005, Alice James Books]

Wooroloo by Frieda Hughes [1998, Harper Flamingo]
 

The first of these I've finished reading is John Dorsey's. I left this brief review of it on Goodreads:

Victor Clevenger, in his introduction to this wonderful new collection of poetic vignettes, calls it "quite possibly [John Dorsey's] greatest work to date." I have to agree. That's saying a lot when you consider we've read a stack of Dorsey books and loved his work for years. Boy or girl, I'm pretty sure you're gonna love taking a spin or two (or more) around the ballroom floor with The Prettiest Girl at the Dance.