HAPPY POETRY MONTH! Back in 2018 I posted a clip on here of a young performer, Orlando Watt , on YouTube  performing a snippet of my poem ...

Last December when I posted about Punks  I noted that the positive response felt almost inconceivable, in no small part because this was a b...

This afternoon  Cave Canem hosted a celebration for the great 20th century  African American poet Russell Atkins , who had turned 96 just a ...

Somehow, some way, I've made it to 17 years on here. Barely. As post tallies from the last several--7 especially--years have demonstrate...

It has been a while since I posted poems for Black History Month, but this year  Rutgers-Newark made it fairly easy by inviting me to tape s...

May this year bring us all better health, more happiness and as much peace as is humanly and spiritually possible and may Covid-19 fade quie...

Punks  has been out roughly two and a half weeks, but it has begun to receive some very good, thoughtful reviews. They include  a fine revie...

It's official! Punks , my new book of poems is officially in the world! You can order a copy directly from my publisher The Song Cave , ...

Abdulrazak Gurnah on Gravel Heart (via YouTube.com) I haven't blogged much this year, for a variety of reasons, but I did want to post a...

Today, thanks to poet, translator and critic Rosa Alcalá , who curated the poems appearing on The  Academy of American Poets ' September...

And now, one year and one month later, I have wound down my pandemic-spurred moviewatching (I of course will continue to watch films and TV ...

So one year has passed--one year of the pandemic (which actually arrived in the US in December 2019 or perhaps January 2020, to be a bit mor...

I posted a bit on my Blogaversary (Blogiversary?), not too long ago, so I will keep this entry brief. Every day of almost every week day thi...

The Translation Project's Black History Month tweet, from February 21, 2021,  highlighting my essay "Translating Poetry, Translatin...

A new year has begun and we are already at the end of its first month, though not without drama. On January 6, 2021, supporters of DJT attem...

At the Oculus, WTC, NYC May this year bring us all much better tidings than the relentless, Covid-19-ridden horrorshow of 2020! Health, pros...

It seems almost unreal that 2020, this tumultous year, is coming to an end. There are positive signs on the horizon when it comes to Covid-1...

I've already blogged about the election, which turned DJT out of office (if he leaves, that is, for which there is no guarantee) and wil...

President-Elect Joe Biden Jr. & Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris This has been a nightmarish year on so many levels, from the deadly C...