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Category: Beneath Stars Long Extinct

Defying Conventional Wisdom

Two weeks ago I was treading the boards for Beneath Stars Long Extinct in the beautiful city of Portland. For the past twenty years, the United States has seen chain superstores expand in the book retail business faster than the national debt. With their Walmart-like invasion across the dark fields of the republic, as Fitzgerald […]

Disappear Here

I’m in Los Angeles, and alone in this city for the first time in almost twenty years. I read at the beautiful Ruskin Arts Club for Red Hen Press to promote Beneath Stars Long Extinct. The woman I love, my wife Jenn, is a Los Angeles native, and she’s not with me this time around. The […]

Stephen Dobyns’ Blurb

I felt very fortunate to get a blurb for Beneath Stars Long Extinct from the literary powerhouse that is Stephen Dobyns. If you’re not familiar with his work, Dobyns is worth looking up. Here’s a paragraph of his achievements we’ve used on the Camber Press site when he judged our poetry award a few years […]

Open Studio Weekend

It’s Open Studio Weekend here on the Hudson River. Catch a rare glimpse inside the home of Camber Press. Swing by from noon until five, both Saturday and Sunday, if you’re interested in seeing a real live writer in his natural habitat. Ask about real life survival techniques, getting published, readings, private workshops, proofreading, and […]

The Title of Beneath Stars Long Extinct

I’ve gotten a lot of great feedback on the title of Beneath Stars Long Extinct. It seems thinking about light reaching us after leaving distant galaxies hundreds of millions of years ago has resonated with some individuals. It puts things in perspective when you’re depressed about paying another mortgage installment on a house worth less […]

Michael Zinkowski’s UNCG Egatz Introduction

Michael Zinkowski of the University of North Carolina Greensboro was kind enough to introduce me when I read there on 23 April 2010. Knowing my work for only two weeks before the reading, he poured over galley pages of Beneath Stars Long Extinct as the book was being printed and bound. He’s allowed me to […]

Dick Allen’s Blurb for Beneath Stars Long Extinct

Here’s what poet Dick Allen had to say about Beneath Stars Long Extinct. “I’m really taken with Beneath Stars Long Extinct. I’ve never read poems quite like these: poems at once sardonic and sad and celebratory as they detail a late 20th Century-early 21st Century unmarried male searching for and finding, yes, true love. But […]

Pratt Library Reading

I had the pleasure of reading at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore yesterday. Definitely a moving experience to be among all the artifacts in the Edgar A. Poe Room, while poems from Beneath Stars Long Extinct were being read just under the watchful eyes of the master. The panel I sat and read with […]

Beneath Stars Long Extinct’s Arrival

Advanced copies of Beneath Stars Long Extinct have arrived today. Red Hen Press came through in time for the Baltimore readings. Film was rolling for the documentary, and Ab caught me unboxing the first copies. Looks awesome. Cover photo by Julie Jones Ivey. Author photo by Baldomero Fernandez. I was talking a lot. Wonder what […]