panels, pubs, references, oh my

I wanted to take a minute to thank those I had the privillege to join in a panel earlier this month entitled, “The Art, Craft, and Ethics of Biography and Autobiography.” We had a great conversation.

Also, since this is a new blog, here are some links to online short stories. of mine in Blackbird and 42opus.The Blackbird piece was nominated for Million Writers Award Notable Stories of 2007 by Story South.

Honestly, if you’ve never googled or searched your name on the internet, I’d suggest trying. You’ll learn all kinds of untrue stuff: races you’ve entered, alter service you’ve signed up for, honor rolls you’re named in, etc. And then, you’ll find something astonishing as I’ve just done: a paper I wrote “Carnivalesque and Bifurcated Labels” is referenced on page 43 in Theory for Performance Studies (Routeldge, 2007) by Professor Philip Auslander. Wow.

Miwa Yanagi: art & poems

I fell in love with this artist, Miwa Yanagi, when I first saw her grandmother series in a museum in Sydney, Australia. Like this one:

Her next series was entitled White Casket, which featured elevator girls. I wrote a few poems in response to these beautiful images and the wonderful editor, Jane Armstrong, at MississippiReview.com accepted one, “Elevator Girl Brand” for their ekphrasis issue. Thanks, Jane! The poem responds to Miwa Yanagi’s piece “Midnight Awakening Dream.” Here’s a taste of White Casket: